Max Levchin's (BS CS ’97) 2018 Commencement Address
The PayPal co-founder and Silicon Valley tech mogul encouraged the Class of 2018 to not let the fear of failure deter taking risks.
DEPARTMENT NEWS
Amato, who graduated from Illinois in 1995 with a PhD in computer science, will become the first woman to lead the department.
Assistant Professor Aditya Parameswaran has received an award from the U.S. Army Research Office’s Young Investigator Program.
Matt Sinclair (PhD CS '17) has been given an honorable mention for the ACM SIGARCH / IEEE CS TCCA Outstanding Dissertation Award.
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IN THIS ISSUE:
- Social Understanding: Research Examines Social Media
- $100,000 NCWIT Prize for Recruiting & Retaining Undergraduate Women
- Kleczynski Leverages $25 Million Grainger Matching Challenge for Undergraduate Scholarships
