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The Empower Lab has a lot to celebrate at CHI 2026 in Yokohama, Japan!

Sprout receives an Honorable Mention Award. Sprout uses a visual metaphor to support customizable and collaborative health tracking, empowering individuals to take an active role in managing their wellbeing. Congratulations to Pape Sow, Shirin, and the whole Sprout team!
Vafa Batool has been accepted to the Doctoral Consortium, a prestigious program that brings together PhD students to receive mentorship and feedback on their dissertation research from senior HCI researchers.
Vafa Batool will also be presenting at the Engagement Workshop, supported by the Phillips Family Student Professional Development award.
Emma Ricci-De Lucca has been selected as a Student Volunteer, playing a vital role in making the conference a success and engaging with the broader HCI community.

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Congratulations to Dylan Moore for successfully defending his PhD thesis, \"Augmenting Sensemaking in Dementia Care and Education through AI-enabled 'Narrative Stewardship'\"!

Dylan's research examines how AI systems can serve as stewards of narrative knowledge across communities. His work spans three case studies: developing a peer-to-peer learning platform called Apricot Stone City; creating CareInsights, an AI infrastructure for documenting person-centered dementia care; and designing Family In The Loop to improve information sharing between caregivers and families. He proposes \"narrative stewardship\" as a design framework emphasizing attentiveness, translation, generativity, accountability, and dignity in AI systems that mediate stories and experiences.

We are so proud of Dylan and all he has accomplished!

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Congratulations to Emma Ricci-De Lucca for being accepted into the Dartmouth Innovation Accelerator for Digital Health (DIADH) 2026 cohort!

DIADH supports interdisciplinary Dartmouth teams in translating clinically-validated digital health solutions into the marketplace. Emma's DoulaConnect project was selected for the program, which includes a 2-day bootcamp, two months of mentorship and guidance, access to business and market research resources, and the opportunity to pitch to top investors and executives in digital health — with funding awards of up to $100,000.

We are so excited to see where this goes!

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