ARTIFICE

Artifice is Woodlawn-based Illinois not-for-profit corporation that introduced a bold new approach to STEM education, which includes science, technology, engineering, and math. It began as a result of a series of conversations, which took place between James Crooks, computational scientist and PhD candidate in Biophysics at the [University of Chicago](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/chicago-state-university), [Adam Hammond](http://www.crunchbase.com/person/adam-hammond), Curriculum Di... rector for the Biophysical Sciences Program at the [University of Chicago](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/chicago-state-university), and [Ashley Lane](http://www.crunchbase.com/person/ashley-lane), Development Associate at a youth digital media. Artifice’s objective is to use project-based, hands-on learning to award participants with the tech and entrepreneurial skills. The skills that these participants learn at the center to create community-based social enterprises, enable them to build their skillsets, por...More