Joe Janes podcast titled Documents That Changed the World released a new episode titled “Negro Motorist Green Book, 1936.”
Several iSchool researchers are recipients of the Community Engaged Computing Initiative (CECI) funding:
Jason Young received $40,000 for the project “The Indigenous Connectivity Project: Indigenizing Digital Literacy to Support Empowerment and Collaboration in the Peruvian Amazon”
Kunsang Choden Lama (PhD Student) and Chris Jowaisas received $20,000 for the project “Building High Mountain Local Capacity in Technology Repair and Maintenance Training in Nubri Valley, Nepal”
Amelia Dogan (PhD Student) and Lindah Kotut received $20,000 for the project “Climate Data Sensemaking with Frontline Communities”
Megumi Kivuva (PhD Student) and Amy Ko received $5,000 for the project “Designing Computing Education with and for Refugee Youth”
Eman Sharif (PhD Student) and Amy Ko received $3,500 for the project “Imagining Culturally Responsive Help-Seeking"
JaeWon Kim (PhD Student) and Alexis Hiniker received $1,500 for the project “Empowering Teens’ Voices: Co-creating Age-Appropriate Social Media with Youth Online Community”
Emily M. Bender was invited to present the opening public lecture at UNESCO’s Digital Learning Week titled “We Do Not Have to Accept AI (Much Less AGI) as Inevitable in Education.” This event brought together researchers and policy makers from around the world to discuss the role and impact of AI in education.
Jevin West was mentioned in an article titled “AI Generated Scientific Hypotheses Lag Human Ones When Put to the Test: Machines Still Face Hurdles in Identifying Fresh Research Paths, Study Suggests,” published in Science.
Chirag Shah was mentioned in an article titled “IBM-NASA Surya Open Source AI Model Forecasts Solar Flares,” published on TechTarget.
Jevin West and Carl Bergstrom were interviewed for the podcast Intelligent Machines, on an episode titled “I See OJ and He Looks Scared,” sharing things about their Bullshit Machines course.