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July 14, 2025  

 

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UIC Experts

Does political identity shape trust in AI?

A recent study co-authored by Jeffrey Parker, associate professor of marketing at UIC, explored the influence of political ideology on the likelihood of accepting AI-generated recommendations in categories such as movie streaming, music streaming and recipe websites. The researchers found that conservatives are more likely than liberals to accept AI-generated recommendations. Parker can discuss the findings and, in general, the relationship between political ideology and acceptance of new technology.

Contact: Brian Flood  | 312-835-5432

UIC to open new computer science center

UIC will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony on July 16 to open its new Computer Design Research and Learning Center. The 135,000-square-foot state-of-the-art computer science facility will expand collaborative research and teaching capacity and unite a growing group of researchers and students in the UIC College of Engineering’s Department of Computer Science. Media planning to attend the invitation-only event should contact Brian Flood, bflood@uic.edu, 312-835-5432.

Contact: Brian Flood  | 312-835-5432

 

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UIC Events

Performance: 'We Lit the Fire and Trusted the Heat (after Angela Davis)'

July 23  |  Free  |  Email: gallery400@uic.edu

UIC alum Maria Gaspar, a performance and multimedia artist, will present “We Lit the Fire and Trusted the Heat (after Angela Davis),” which she describes as a sonic sculpture. Gaspar created it from 18 prison bars she salvaged from a demolished portion of the Cook County Jail’s Division I and put together as a xylophone-type musical instrument. 6-7 p.m. Gallery 400, 400 S. Peoria St. Register to attend online.

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