Digital Literacy: The New ABCs
On the surface, literacy may seem pretty straightforward. The term usually implies proficiency in reading and writing, a definition that is easy enough to grasp. But Nichole Pinkard, associate professor in […]
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Cracking the Code of Success: The Coding Academy
By Marilyn Ferdinand At 1647 S. Blue Island Ave., in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, sits a squat, nondescript building that looks every bit as drab as the state unemployment office it […]
Video: A Vision for Improving the CTA Rider Experience
If you thought geography was only about borders and place names, you may be surprised to learn that geographers work in such disparate fields as education policy, cyberinfrastructure, economics and […]
Programming Pioneer: Sanjay Gidwani (CDM ’03)
“I am the epitome of the ‘Oregon Trail’ Generation,” says Sanjay Gidwani (CDM ’03), senior director at Salesforce.com. He’s proudly referencing a descriptor for a subset of people who were […]
Girls Run the World at STEM Summer Camp
What do lip balm, solar-propelled cars and robots have in common? For one group of lucky middle school girls from Chicago, the answer was InSTEM, a weeklong summer camp held […]
