Game Studies and Design brings to campus a day of Games, VR and Dance at the Siebel Center for Design in the lower level gallery.

Santiago Nunez-Corrales a 2020 Informatics PhD graduate was recently highlighted in The Illinois Professional video series as part of an on going champaign from the

“Lab 217” is a multidisciplinary, collaborative escape room that is designed, fabricated, and run by students in two courses. INFO 418: Makerspace – Escape Rooms,

Doctoral Candidate Don Keefer successfully defended his dissertation, “ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE-RICH INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS IN GEOLOGY: RESEARCH ON INTELLIGENT INTEGRATION, REPRESENTATION, AND USE” on October 5th and

Doctoral Candidate Alexis Kim successfully defended her dissertation, “SHAPING VIRTUAL REALITIES: HEURISTICS AND DESIGN PRACTICES FOR SIMULATIONS & GAMES” on October 23rd and will graduate

 The Graduate Student Leadership Award recognizes graduate students who have exhibited outstanding services that has positively impacted the campus and wider communities. Informatics PhD student

This Fall Informatics PhD student Julian Chin was highlighted for her work with Tech Services. Julian works as a data analyst on the Data and

Informatics PhD student Kyra Abrams as been selected to serve on the 2023-2024 SAGE board. SAGE is a student advisory board serving the graduate student

Doctoral Candidate Cliff Shin successfully defended his dissertation, “INTERDEPENDENCY BETWEEN COMPLEXITY AND LONGEVITY THROUGH THE LENS OF THE DESIGNER” on June 14th and will graduate

Doctoral Candidate Ryan Chandler successfully defended his dissertation, “SEMANTIC-PROSODIC CORRELATES OF BACKCHANNEL UTTERANCES IN HUMAN-COMPUTER DIALOG” on March 28th and will graduate May 2023. Program