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Gamification at School or Work a Win-Win

Incorporating elements of gaming into learning environments and workplaces is proving not just trendy, but also effective in producing positive learning outcomes, according to new research from Assistant Professor of Psychology Kristina Bauer and industrial-organizational psychology Ph.D. students Danny Gandara and Caribay Garcia-Marquez.

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Psychology in the Workplace

The quest to understand and measure the complexities of human personality has long fascinated both scientists and philosophers alike. By the late eighteenth century these efforts had coalesced into a branch of medicine called phrenology , in which practitioners sought to quantify personality traits and mental acuity by measuring bumps...

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Redefining Ownership

While the term “artificial intelligence” (AI) may conjure up visions of campy ’50s science fiction movies or epic man-versus-machine chess duels, for Chicago-Kent College of Law Professor Mickie Piatt, it has a much more practical application: as an anecdotal case study for the intellectual property (IP) law classes she teaches...

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Alumni Orville Klima ME ’34 Whitewater, Wis. Bernard Wolfe LAW ’37 Northbrook, Ill. Earl Sherman ME ’43 Encino, Calif. Richard Vander Mey ME ’43 Bolingbrook, Ill. Kenneth Sanders ME ’44 Campbell, Calif. Carl Sundeen ME ’44 Minnetonka, Minn. Charles Soderquist ME ’45 Black Canyon City, Ariz. Arthur Uhlir CHE ’45,...

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Kishor "Josie" Kulkarni (M.S. MAE ’68, Ph.D. ’72), Naples, Fla., was selected by the ASM Materials Education Foundation to receive the 2018 George A. Roberts Award for his efforts in increasing awareness of materials and applied science careers. He is a fellow of both ASM International and APMI International, and has served on committees of several engineering societies.

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Higher Ed 101 for Bronzeville Parents

Even parents with the best intentions who dream of sending their daughter or son to college may be naive when it comes to understanding how the admission process works or what resources are available to finance their child’s education. Deborah Young, director of new enrollment partnerships in the IIT Office of Student Access, Success, and Diversity Initiatives, says that growing up she was one of seven siblings and “found her way” to college on her own. Spurred on by that memory as well as discussions she had with staff from the Chicago Housing Authority and the Bronzeville Community Action Council, Young established Parent University.

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Is the Textbook Obsolete?

The science-learning landscape is shifting. As information becomes more readily available, learning environments become transformed with the help of technology and individuals take more ownership of their education in and out of the classroom. For example, the Maker Movement has helped the act of doing science and engineering become more...

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Seeing with the Brain

A groundbreaking artificial vision system that bypasses the optic nerve and instead, transmits image information to a special pair of eyeglasses via a camera and a wireless implant on the visual cortex of the brain, has advanced to the clinical trials stage this year. The National Institutes of Health awarded...

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Gamification at School or Work a Win-Win

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Is the Textbook Obsolete?

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