Illinois Tech In the News Archive

Crain’s Chicago Business looks at alumni engagement in this week’s Focus section, which looks at IIT’s alumni community and includes comments from IIT Trustee Martin Jischke, Alumni Board member Raj Rajaram, and Senior Director of Alumni Relations James Acton.

August 30, 2012
It’s a small world after all Rewriting the old reunion formula Tapping the power of alumni…
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Adjunct Professor of Landscape Architecture Barbara Geiger will present her lecture, “The Making of Downton Abbey: Setting the Scene,” at the Morris Area Public Library on October 14, the Morris Daily Herald reports.

August 29, 2012
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IIT Chicago-Kent Professor Bernadette Atuahene was a guest on WBEZ’s Worldview to discuss her documentary film on land reform in South Africa, “Sifuna Okwethu” (We Want What’s Ours)

August 29, 2012
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Assistant Professor of Political Science Laura Hosman continues to report on the progress of the PISCES project, a multi-partnered endeavor emphasizing hands-on training in solar-powered technology for Pacific Islanders, with the Renewable Energy World post, “Solar-Computer-Lab-in-a-Box and Solar Long-Distance WiFi Set up at Rural Island School in Udot, Chuuk, FSM.”

August 28, 2012
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The Chicago Sun-Times article, “Math Whiz Helps CPS Students,” profiles IIT ECE undergraduate Luis Larco, who along with three other IIT Presidential Scholars established a high school math competition earlier this year.

August 28, 2012
Chicago Sun-Times – Math Whiz Helps CPS Students IIT Today – IIT Math Club to Hold High School Mathematics Competition March 17…
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A Chicago Tribune article about athletes’ attempts to swim across Lake Michigan from Chicago to Michigan City notes that “arguably the city’s most successful marathon swimmer,” Ted Erikson was a 33-year old research scientist at IIT when he succeeded and set a world open water distance record in 1961.

August 27, 2012
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IIT Chicago-Kent Clinical Assistant Professor of Law Jonathan Decatorsmith spoke in a panel discussion about how law schools provide representation for the unrepresented in administrative proceedings at the annual ABA meeting, The John Marshall Law School reports in their weekly publication, “In the Loop.”

August 22, 2012
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Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Chair Timothy Johnson, Executive Director Antony Wood, and Trustee Peter Irwin have each contributed a guest column on World Architecture News’s “Eco in the City” blog in August.

August 22, 2012
Eco in the City CTBUH 9th World Congress in Shanghai by Timothy Johnson Investigating the Sustainability of Tall Buildings by Antony Wood The importance of a green urban habitat by Peter Irwin…
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IIT Chicago-Kent Clinical Professor of Law Daniel Coyne and Senior Instructor David Erickson spoke with the Associate Press about misteps by the prosecution in the Drew Peterson trial and how they might influence the jury.

August 20, 2012
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Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat spokesman Kevin Brass spoke with Architectural Record about the changing design plans for One World Trade Center and the possibility that the changes may jeopardize the building’s expected status among the world’s tallest once completed.

August 20, 2012
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Illinois Tech In the News Archive

Crain’s Chicago Business looks at alumni engagement in this week’s Focus section, which looks at IIT’s alumni community and includes comments from IIT Trustee Martin Jischke, Alumni Board member Raj Rajaram, and Senior Director of Alumni Relations James Acton.

Adjunct Professor of Landscape Architecture Barbara Geiger will present her lecture, “The Making of Downton Abbey: Setting the Scene,” at the Morris Area Public Library on October 14, the Morris Daily Herald reports.

IIT Chicago-Kent Professor Bernadette Atuahene was a guest on WBEZ’s Worldview to discuss her documentary film on land reform in South Africa, “Sifuna Okwethu” (We Want What’s Ours)

The Chicago Sun-Times article, “Math Whiz Helps CPS Students,” profiles IIT ECE undergraduate Luis Larco, who along with three other IIT Presidential Scholars established a high school math competition earlier this year.

Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Chair Timothy Johnson, Executive Director Antony Wood, and Trustee Peter Irwin have each contributed a guest column on World Architecture News’s “Eco in the City” blog in August.

IIT Chicago-Kent Clinical Professor of Law Daniel Coyne and Senior Instructor David Erickson spoke with the Associate Press about misteps by the prosecution in the Drew Peterson trial and how they might influence the jury.

Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat spokesman Kevin Brass spoke with Architectural Record about the changing design plans for One World Trade Center and the possibility that the changes may jeopardize the building’s expected status among the world’s tallest once completed.

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