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- Drexel 3D Face Shield Printing Project Responding to COVID-19 Pandemic Achieves 30K+ Donation Milestone
  
  December 23, 2020
  
  The collaborative project to generate 3D printed face shields recently hit a milestone of 30,500 donations to more than 100 Philadelphia area organizations battling the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Fall Updates from the Department of Information Science
  
  December 22, 2020
  
  As the Drexel CCI wraps up 2020, the Department of Information Science is pleased to share recent news and updates from fall term.
- Professor Il-Yeol Song Wins Best Paper Award from Data & Knowledge Engineering (DKE)
  
  December 18, 2020
  
  Song's paper was recognized by Data & Knowledge Engineering (DKE) editorial board members as having the largest impact and most citations among all papers published in 2017.
- Drexel Deans Look Back at 2020 — Part One
  
  December 16, 2020
  
  After a tumultuous year of change and uncertainty, deans from the University’s colleges and schools reflected on what happened and what they’ve learned.
- Drexel PhD in Information Science Applications Open
  
  December 09, 2020
  
  Applications are now being accepted in the areas of data science, human-centered computing (HCC), and information science.
- Women in Computing Society Launches Mentorship Program Connecting Students with Industry Professionals
  
  December 08, 2020
  
  Drexel’s Women in Computing Society (WiCS) did not allow a pandemic to slow their plans for launching an expanded mentorship program designed to pair students in computing with industry professionals. The program kicked off right before the start of fall term has already successfully paired 40 students with mentors working in the tech field.
- Drexel Alums Make Forbes’ 30 Under 30 List for Speech-Coaching App, Orai
  
  December 07, 2020
  
  Paritosh Gupta '18, Aasim Sani '20, and Danish Dhamani '17 are featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 Class of 2021 list for their speech-coaching app Orai which they founded while at Drexel.
- Drexel’s Chapter of Upsilon Pi Epsilon Congratulates Fall 2020 Inductees
  
  December 02, 2020
  
  Thirty five undergraduate and graduate CCI students were recently inducted into the international honor society for the computing and information disciplines.
- IMLS-Funded LIS Education and Data Science-Integrated Network Group to Launch Nov. 1
  
  October 28, 2020
  
  Drexel CCI's Metadata Research Center, in partnership with Montana State University Library, UC San Diego Library, and OCLC, is establishing an LIS Education and Data Science-Integrated Network Group thanks to a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
- Santiago Ontañón Wins Best Paper at International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games
  
  October 05, 2020
  
  Ontañón's winning paper, titled "Player-Centered AI for Automatic Game Personalization: Open Problems," examines computer games as the next generation of personalized digital applications.