Bashir and Sharma author article in Nature Medicine on privacy protection and COVID-19
iSchool Associate Professor Masooda Bashir and Informatics PhD student Tanusree Sharma have published a paper, “Use of Apps in the COVID-19 Response and the Loss of Privacy Protection,” in Nature Medicine. In the paper, they examine how digital surveillance used to contain the spread of COVID-19 may impact privacy rights. Read the full story on […]
Two INFO minors awarded ARL Fellowships for 2019-2020
Two UIUC Informatics minors, Kagen Quiballo and Hailey Vasquez, are among 12 undergraduate students awarded the ARL Fellowship for Digital and Inclusive Excellence for 2019-2020. This national fellowship provides awardees with a paid yearlong internship, mentoring and professional development opportunities. Read the full story on the Association of Research Libraries website.
Volunteer Opportunity – Provide tech help at Clark Lindsey Retirement Village
Become one of the U of I Tech Volunteers at Clark-Lindsey Village — a retirement community located just south of campus.
KCH Class Project Results in Competition-Winning Entry
Mikaela Frechette, a master’s student in Kinesiology and Community Health, along with Widya Ramadhani, a Ph.D. student in the School of Architecture, and Thierry Guigma, a Ph.D. student in Health and Medical Informatics, developed an innovative form of fall prevention technology — winning cash prizes in both the AARP Tech Nest competetition, and the Health Make-A-Thon competition.
Read the full story on the College of Applied Health Sciences website.
FA 2016 Informatics Undergraduate Research Assistants Named
This year Informatics has selected a total of 11 students to work with 10 mentors on a variety of projects from across campus.
Innovation at Illinois: Fab Lab integrates campus community through digital engagement
The CUC Fab Lab was featured in an April 25, 2016 article in the Daily Illini.
Informatics PhD Students Design Interactive System for Learning Tai Chi for EPSY/ INFO 590 Course
Informatics PhD Students, presented their educational interactive system for learning Tai Chi at the EPSY/ INFO 590 Open House and Demo Day, on May 6, 2015 in the IDEALL Lab.
ARTS 499: Makerspace – NEW Informatics/ ArtEd Course for Fall 2014
Informatics and Art Education are collaborating on a new course this fall to be taught out of the CU Community Fab Lab on campus!
Fab Lab in the News: A Paradise for Young Inventors
The Champaign News-Gazette recently published a blog post titled A Paradise for Young Inventors, covering the summer camps sponsored by the Champaign-Urbana Community Fab Lab.
HathiTrust Research Center Awarded Grant from National Endowment for the Humanities
The HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC) is pleased to announce an exciting new project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The NEH awarded $324,841 for “Exploring the Billions and Billions of Words in the HathiTrust Corpus with Bookworm: HathiTrust + Bookworm” (HT+BW) a two-year project that begins September 1, 2014 and will conclude August […]