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Liz Gerber, PhD

Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Communication Studies at Northwestern University, co-Director of the Center for Human Computer Interaction + Design, co-Director of the Delta Lab, and Faculty Founder of Design For America

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Invited to the 3rd Annual Maker Ed Convening

Invited to the 3rd Annual Maker Ed Convening. Excited to share the Mockupsgame which is finally available to the masses on Amazon!

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on May 2, 2017 by Rick Marzec.

Proud to be part of Northwestern’s Bay Area immersion program

We are heading up a new immersion program in the Bay Area thanks to wonderful students, alumni, colleagues, and administrators.  Read more here

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on February 14, 2017 by Rick Marzec.

Humbled to be included on Impact Design Hub’s 40 under 40 list

Humbled to be included in impactdesignhub.org‘s  40under40 list highlighting leaders in the U.S. and Globally working at the intersection of design and social change.

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on December 21, 2016 by Rick Marzec.

Grad students Julie Hui and Emily Harburg selected for Facebook internships

We are pleased to celebrate grad students Julie Hui and Emily Harburg who were selected for Facebook internships and will conduct research at the Mountain View campus this fall.

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on September 7, 2016 by Rick Marzec.

Invited to Keynote at Open and User Innovation at Harvard Business School

Thanks to colleague, Karim Lakhani, who invited me to deliver a keynote at the Open and User Innovation Conference this summer at Harvard Business School.

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on June 16, 2016 by Rick Marzec.

Crowdsourcing research featured in New York Times

Thanks to New York Times Reporter Constance Gustke for a great  article about the role of crowdsourcing in innovation.

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on May 16, 2016 by Rick Marzec.

Research featured in Sloan Management Review

Our research on the challenging work of crowdfunding was recently featured in the April 2016 Issue of Sloan Management Review “How Crowdfunding Supports Innovation”

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on April 29, 2016 by Rick Marzec.

Congratulations to our PhD student Eureka Foong who was accepted to Computing Research Association Grad Cohort Workshop

Congratulations to our PhD student Eureka Foong who was accepted to Computing Research Association Grad Cohort Workshop in San Diego!

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on April 13, 2016 by Rick Marzec.

Asked to be founding Associate Editor of New ACM Journal on Social Computing

I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve been asked to be a founding associate editor of the New ACM Journal on Transactions on Social Computing!

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on April 11, 2016 by Rick Marzec.

Social Network, Web Forum, or Task Market? Comparing Different Crowd Genres For Design Feedback Exchange

I am very proud of Grace Chen and my colleagues for publishing this latest paper titled Social Network, Web Forum, or Task Market? Comparing Different Crowd Genres For Design Feedback Exchange. It will be available in Proceedings of Design of Interactive Systems, ACM Press, 2016.

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on April 11, 2016 by Rick Marzec.

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  • Multimillion gift to advance the study of human-computer interaction and design
  • Invited to deliver keynote at Lorentz Center in the Netherlands
  • Design for America’s Sproutel product selected as one of Time’s Inventions for 2021
  • PhD student Evey Huang to receive prestigious Advanced Cognitive Science Research Fellowship
  • State of Black Design Conference on April 9-10
  • Invited to present our work on scaling HCI interventions to appear at the Human Computer Interaction Consortium
  • Work in progress on online mentor career strategies to appear at CHI 2021
  • Invited to present at the Carnegie Summit on Network Improvement Communities
  • New paper accepted on the design risks framework
  • Design for America Teams Up with Innovation Leaders to Help Fight Against COVID-19

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