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A September 6 Chicago Tribune article focusing on technology parks affiliated with universities includes comments about IIT University Technology Park (UTP) from IIT Vice President of External Affairs David Baker and from Said Al-Hallaj, a former research professor at IIT who started AllCell Technologies, a company working to improve safety and efficient of litium-ion batteries. AllCell, the first UTP incubator tenant, moved to a larger space in 2009 and plans to double its workforce this year.

September 6, 2011
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The State-Journal Register reported on the work of “IPRO 335: Developing Technology to Transform Education throughout Haiti,” which sent a team of students to implement their solar power solution at the EFACAP school in Lascahobas this summer. The article, published September 4, talks with IIT psychology/sociology major and member of the IPRO team Simon Brauer. The group is currently raising funds to provide more solar installations on another trip in December.

September 4, 2011
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IIT Assistant Professor of Physics Jeff Terry discussed the problems surrounding storage of renewable energy sources with Design News in an August 31 article.

August 31, 2011
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IIT University Regent Robert W. Galvin will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Marconi Society for his historic and lifelong impact on worldwide telecommunications, the society announced in a press release on August 29.

August 29, 2011
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The September 16 edition of the Chicago Tribune included the special section “Education Today,” in which IIT is featured in several articles. Computer Science Associate Professor David Grossman and Information Technology and Management Adjunct Faculty Robert Hendry discussed the field of data mining and IIT programs in that area for “Digging for information gold with data mining.”

September 22, 2010
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The September 16 edition of the Chicago Tribune included the special section “Education Today,” in which IIT is featured in several articles. Vice Provost for Undergraduate Affairs Mike Gosz and several students talked about iPads in the article, “Students rock their free iPads at IIT.”

September 22, 2010
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ABC 7 News reported on the Indo-American Community Services job fair held Saturday, August 28 at IIT’s Rice Campus. The fair included experts who discussed job trends with career-seekers and offered tips on resume writing, interviewing skills, and social networking.

September 1, 2010
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The Southtown Star reported that the South Metropolitan Higher Education Consortium, a partnership which includes IIT, have signed a mutual aid agreement to help campuses in crisis maintain operations, on July 25.

July 27, 2010
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TechCrunch Europe Hightlights Student Mobile App Project

July 16, 2010
A TechCrunch Europe article on July 6 highlights Tourist Eye, an iPhone and Android app developed as a class project in IIT’s Information Technology and Management department by recent alumnus Javier Fernandez Escribano and another student. The app allows users…
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