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2023 Redbird Holiday Gift Guide

The 2023 Redbird Holiday Gift Guide is now live and has you covered this holiday shopping season! 
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Native American historian Dr. R. David Edmunds shares his life’s work on Redbird Buzz

Dr. R. David Edmunds, M.A. '66, LL.D. '02, joins Redbird Buzz to discuss his newest book, Voices in the Drum: Narratives from the Native American Past and his work as a Native American scholar and advocate. 
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Artificial intelligence will … change the world

Illinois State experts weigh in on the importance of learning about the advantages of, and working with artificial intelligence.  

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OSF-ISU 30-Day Readmission Data Science Competition winners announced

The crescendo of the fall 2023 semester was the eagerly anticipated OSF-ISU Data Science Competition, titled "OSF 30-Day Readmission." The competition, jointly supported by OSF and Illinois State, challenged 14 teams to create predictive models determining whether a patient discharged from OSF HealthCare would be readmitted within 30 days. The competition was intense, with six finalists emerging from a pool of strong contenders, boasting impressively close scores.   

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