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The first school of its kind founded in 2000. We shape tomorrow.

At the Luddy School, we emphasize problem solving, innovation, communications, and teamwork along with technical skills and knowledge.

09/09/2026

Luddy students are putting AI to work on real community challenges, building literacy games for first graders at Bloomington’s Childs Elementary School as part of INFO-I 400: Vibe and AI Programming. Led by Michal Gordon, senior lecturer of informatics, the course gives students hands-on experience using emerging AI tools to move from a real problem to an idea, a working product, and feedback from real users.

Working in teams, Luddy students used AI-assisted programming to design and build interactive literacy games that help first graders practice early reading skills. They then put their prototypes directly in front of Childs students and teachers, observed how the children played, gathered feedback on usability and engagement, and used those insights to improve their designs.

09/08/2026

The Luddy School and IU Athletics teamed up to create a life-size 3D-printed replica of Indiana Football’s national championship trophy, giving Hoosier fans a chance to get up close with a piece of IU history. 🏆

Led by Nicole Miller, director of Luddy’s 3D Fabrication and Design Inquiry Labs, and lead fabricator Kellen Moran, the project used high-resolution 3D scanning, sophisticated software, and 300 hours of printing to recreate the 36.5-inch trophy.

Made from lightweight polylactic acid plastic, the replica weighs about five pounds (compared to 50 pounds for the original) and will allow fans to hold it and take photos and videos at the Indiana Football AAA Championship Tailgate during home games this fall.

09/05/2026

Ready for the first game of the season. 💪 🤍❤️

09/04/2026

Luddy Informatics Ph.D. alumnus Rachith Aiyappa has received the Indiana University Distinguished Ph.D. Dissertation Award for 2026, one of IU’s top honors for doctoral research.

Aiyappa’s dissertation combined network science, complex systems, computational social science, agent-based modeling, natural language processing, and AI to investigate how beliefs shape the ways people process and share information in social networks. His research offers new approaches to understanding social contagion, with applications ranging from predicting responses to new information to designing interventions against misinformation and malicious campaigns.

Aiyappa was advised by YY Ahn and worked with Luddy faculty including Fil Menczer, Alessandro Flammini, and Jisun An.

09/02/2026

Luddy’s Department of Information and Library Science faculty Devan Ray Donaldson and Yuerong Hu have each received federally funded research awards through the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program, totaling more than $1.1 million.

Donaldson received an Applied Research Grant to lead a three-year project examining what library and archival professionals need to understand about AI data and the artifacts AI systems leave behind to make responsible stewardship decisions. Hu received an Early Career Research Award to study early childhood STEM books that introduce advanced topics such as AI and quantum physics to children age 6 and younger.

Their work will help libraries and archives navigate emerging technologies while developing resources that support professionals, educators, and families.

08/31/2026

Two research projects led by Luddy Ph.D. students are examining timely challenges at the intersection of technology and society: harmful video game experiences among teenagers and how misinformation language has evolved in U.S. newspapers.

Ph.D. students Bryce Greene and Brian Pleasants Harper, working with Informatics Professor Christena Nippert-Eng, co-authored “Quantifying the ‘misinformation beat’: 38 years of coverage in major U.S. daily newspapers,” published in the Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review. The research analyzes nearly four decades of newspaper coverage to reveal how the language and focus surrounding misinformation have changed over time.

Ph.D. students Nick Abegg and Ritika Gairola, alongside Nippert-Eng and Computer Science Professor Apu Kapadia, co-authored “Normalizing Harm Through Teenagers’ Everyday Experiences with Video Games.” Accepted for the 2026 Proceedings of the ACM Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, the study explores how teenagers can come to accept manipulative game mechanics and harmful experiences as routine parts of gaming.

Together, the papers highlight Luddy student researchers’ contributions to understanding how digital technologies shape everyday experiences, and how research can inform safer technology design, governance, and policy.

08/28/2026

Congratulation Luddy Class of 2030, you just finished your first week of classes. 🎉

08/27/2026

Autonomy. Computation. Embedded and Cyber-Physical Systems. Human-Centered Robotics. Robot Design and Building. Biorobotics.

Luddy's new B.S. in Robotics offers six specialized tracks for students to choose from. 🤖 🛠️

Design and build physical robots, conduct computer vision and AI research, program autonomous vehicles and aircraft, and more — students get to choose the track that interests them most.

08/25/2026

Luddy's Virtual World Heritage Laboratory, led by Informatics Professor Gabriele Guidi, are part of a four-partner consortium led by Louisville’s Frazier History Museum receiving a three-year grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to 3D digitize selected Revolutionary War artifacts.

08/21/2026

Meet the 2026-27 Luddy LLC cohort! New year, new friends, new home away from home. 🎉

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