Esports in Colleges & Universities: Articles & Resources


Online Game Battles Alzheimer's

Cornell University researchers have developed a game that they say they hope will be picked up and played by non-experts to help the experts accelerate their Alzheimer's research efforts.

Video Gamers Beat Scientists and Computers in Protein Folding Competition

Researchers from the University of Michigan have discovered that video gamers can be as good or better than professionally trained crystallographers and computer algorithms at identifying the shape of a protein, a finding that has the potential to bolster citizen science initiatives and classroom gamification.

Chillenium Pits College-Level Game Developers Against One Another

Students from 12 universities will gather on the Texas A&M University's College Station, TX, campus the weekend of Sept. 23 for the Chillenium, in which teams of college students compete to build the best gaming software.

U of Utah Offers Unity Certification to Game Design Students

Game design students at the University of Utah now have the opportunity to become a Unity Certified Developer for free.

U Nevada Las Vegas Opening Lab Dedicated to E-Sports

The International Gaming Institute at the University of Nevada Las Vegas will help students explore the segment of video game culture that brings players and spectators together physically and virtually for massive video game competitions.

Penn State Program Intros Teens to Software Behind Pokémon Go

A summer-time enrichment experience for high schoolers at Penn State has taken on a heightened level of excitement with the use of the same development toolset behind the global phenom Pokémon Go.

Top 7 Campus Technology Stories in June

From gamification to makerspaces, here's what was trending on our website last month.

Research Suggests Students Learn More When Working Together in Virtual Reality Games

With the help of a virtual reality game their professor created, some students at Cornell University have gathered evidence that interacting with other people in a game-playing atmosphere may help them learn more.

What to See at Campus Technology 2016

At this year's Campus Technology Conference in Boston, learn about wearables, gamification, solutions-based IT and the future of technology in higher education.

Texas A&M Develops Art History Video Game

Faculty and students at Texas A&M University have created a video game designed to supplement a college-level art history course.