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SANDBOX Events

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Kickoff Event

January 30, 2025

Students, faculty, and our Apple partners came together to celebrate the grand opening of the Sandbox Lab at UIC! Attendees explored hands-on activities with iOS coding, GarageBand, Apple Pencils, augmented reality software, and the Apple Vision Pro.

Click below to read more about our kickoff event from UIC Today:

Swift Coding Course

February-March 2025

This 15-week course met twice a week to prepare non-coding participants for the Swift Associate certification. 100% of course participants earned their certification!

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Spatial Computing Workshop Series

April 7-8, 2025

We hosted over 30 Chicagoland learning professionals to explore spatial computing concepts using Spline's creative 3D modeling applications. Subject matter expert, Paul Hamilton, and Curriculum Co-lead, Dan Yao, piloted programming for summer 2025.

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Community Engagement Event

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With 43% of Sandbox participants belonging to the Latinx community, we hosted a group of Latinx students that utilized the Challenge-Based Learning framework to explore emergent issues within the UIC Latinx community.

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Apple Vision Pro Demos

Spring 2025

The lab introduced spatial computing to the UIC community with over 35 Apple Vision Pro demos. 98% of demo participants were interacting with the technology for the very first time.

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Sandbox Lab - UIC Innovation Center

1240 W Harrison St, Chicago, IL 60607

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