2+ hour, 41+ min ago  (740+ words) Last week in math class, I shared my story about growing up poor in a small trailer in rural Illinois. I told my students about my mom, who dropped out of high school at 17 to have me. I told them…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (360+ words) Fifth-grade teacher Tiffany Davis works with students at Champaign's South Side Elementary. Unit 4's top-performing school in core-course proficiency? South Side Elementary, with a 60.7 percent rating " considerably higher than the state average (38.4 percent) and seventh-best among 145 area schools. What's the…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (423+ words) In Part 6 of our continuing series on the future of artificial intelligence, a UI College of Veterinary Medicine faculty member and engineering alum fill us in on what their crystal balls show. " Associate Professor of Epidemiology BECKY SMITH: "I think…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1784+ words) Ready or not, here it comes " on your Facebook walls and Google searches, in the papers students hand in and the spacecraft NASA send up. Artificial intelligence is everywhere and it's only going to become more prevalent in the years…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1462+ words) Capping off a week that saw President Donald Trump pronounce the country's destiny to be "the world's number one superpower in artificial intelligence," we continue our series asking the experts " University of Illinois faculty, staff and alums " what their crystal…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1704+ words) Discover the Midwest's AI Powerhouse: The University of Illinois," screamed the headline on a story in Forbes last summer, which chronicled a commitment to AI innovation (that) is reshaping the landscape of technology and education." With the UI's flagship campus…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (171+ words) Illyanna Lopez has taught math at Jefferson Middle School since she was a student teacher there in 2016. Jefferson Middle School math teacher Illyanna Lopez will soon begin her fourth year as coach of the Champaign Central dance team. Jefferson Middle…...

8+ mon, 5+ day ago  (1417+ words) Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor SAYAN MITRA, who researches safe self-driving cars, spacecraft and drones: "My optimistic take is that 10 years from now, urban mobility under nominal weather conditions will be largely autonomous and remotely monitored, with safety records exceeding…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1784+ words) Ready or not, here it comes " on your Facebook walls and Google searches, in the papers students hand in and the spacecraft NASA send up. Artificial intelligence is everywhere and it's only going to become more prevalent in the years…...