Humanities at IIT

Matt has been an amazing mentor and friend to me -- so happy to see him doing his chair duties at @IIT_HUM

Have you listened to #illinoistech latest podcast? This month's topic: Is Higher Education Doing Enough to Help Underrepresented Students Succeed? Listen here: ow.ly/aHZ630nEUEp

What’s it like doing historical research? @histoftech describes how she got her hands on a copy of a 1965 ad urging people to apply for jobs as computer programmers. This is an EPIC tale people, read the thread!

Our 54th Annual Writing Contest is now accepting submissions! Prizes will be awarded in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and freshman essay. Visit humansciences.iit.edu/humanities for more information! #IllinoisTech #AmWriting

Digital Humanities PhD student Alex Damarjian was interviewed by @nbcchicago about a video game he created to improve vision screenings. The game was requested by doctors working in developing countries, and is ready to hit the market! bit.ly/2rbYHSO #IllinoisTech

“Does Determinism Clash with Freedom?" Join @Columbia philosophy prof. Jenann Ismael on 9/20 from 3:15-4:45 p.m. in the MTCC Ballroom for the Sawyier Lecture in Science, Technology, and Society! Refreshments begin at 2:45 p.m. Email schmaus@iit.edu for more info. #IllinoisTech

Associate Prof. Carly Kocurek (@sparklebliss), @michaelslore & others have a new article in the Journal of Popular Culture: "'Families, Friendship, and Feelings': American Girl, Authenticating Experiences, and the Transmediation of Girlhood." bit.ly/2w4Gj0H #IllinoisTech

Our inaugural, week-long Digital Humanities Summer Program for high school students kicked off yesterday! The students are gaining hands-on learning experiences with art, programming, and virtual reality hardware and software, making a VR ready game they can share! #IllinoisTech

Illinois Tech faculty discussing perspectives on Artificial Intelligence. @CSEP1 @illinoistech

Please participate in this research study about technical and professional communication keywords. This study is IRB approved: goo.gl/7AKZje @Halcyon_L @libbyh @karlstolley @rebeccaburnett

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"There is no American law against broadcasting subliminal messages to humans, let alone machines." Advances in technology will always outstrip society's ability to regulate and legislate. Legislators are barely able to ask the right questions about existing technology. twitter.com/merylalper/sta…

#DigitalHumanities major Amy Kamin will host Rendr, a pop-up gallery where art meets interactive technology. Established and rising local artists will be featured at the gallery on Wed. 5/2, 5:30-8p.m. at @1871Chicago. Learn more: bit.ly/RendrPopUpGall… @IIT_HUM #IITLewis

.@IIT_HUM's @Sparklebliss was quoted in the recent @Kotaku article, "GDC Pulls Award After Outcry Over Atari Co-founder Nolan Bushnell [Update]" kotaku.com/gdc-pulls-awar…

Re-integrating scholarly infrastructure: The ambiguous role of data sharing platforms buff.ly/2Efk5va #BigData #DataSharing #decentralization #infrastructure #platform