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  • Men’s and Women’s Tennis to Host Conference Semifinals

    Men’s and Women’s Tennis to Host Conference Semifinals

    The Illinois Tech Men's and Women's Tennis teams begin Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) tournament play this week, as both teams will be hosting semifinal matches at the XS Tennis Village in Chicago.

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  • MMAE Holds its 2026 Poster Competition and Department Awards

    MMAE Holds its 2026 Poster Competition and Department Awards

    The Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering at Illinois Tech held its annual MMAE Student Research Poster Competition and departmental awards ceremony on April 17. The MMAE Student Research Poster Competition is a longstanding tradition of the department, drawing keen interest and wide participation among students, faculty, and the Illinois Tech community. This year, 24 MMAE students presented posters displaying a wide variety of new and fascinating research projects.  

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  • Kaplan Pitch Tank — April 24

    Kaplan Pitch Tank — April 24

    Get ready for Kaplan Institute’s biggest event of the year! The Kaplan Pitch Tank is where Illinois Tech's brightest startups go head-to-head, pitching their groundbreaking ideas to compete for an investment of $50,000. This year, the Competition will take place on April 24, 2026 from 12:30−4:30 p.m. at the Kaplan Institute.

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  • Congratulations to Illinois Tech’s Marketing Team for Collegiate Advertising Awards

    Congratulations to Illinois Tech’s Marketing Team for Collegiate Advertising Awards

    Congratulations to the Office of Marketing & Communications and everyone in the Illinois Tech community who helped develop the You, Elevated campaign. The innovative and successful campaign won three Collegiate Advertising Awards, which honor today’s most talented marketing professionals for outstanding excellence in all forms of advertising, marketing, and promotion specific to higher education products and services. 

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  • One Earth Film Festival

    One Earth Film Festival

    Join the Office of Community Affairs, the Department of Landscape Architecture + Urbanism, Bronzeville Black Metropolis National Heritage Area, Gary Comer Youth Center, Organic Oneness, and other partners at the One Earth Film Festival on Friday, April 24, at 5 p.m. in The McCormick Tribune Campus Center Auditorium for a double film screening.

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  • Discontinuation of the RAVE Guardian Application

    Discontinuation of the RAVE Guardian Application

    As of June 30, 2026, the RAVE Guardian mobile application will be discontinued. Emergency alerts will continue to be delivered via email, text message, and phone call. All members of the Illinois Tech community are strongly encouraged to opt in to receive emergency alert text messages to ensure timely notifications.

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