University News Archive

  • 58th Annual Humanities Writing Contest Winners Announced

    58th Annual Humanities Writing Contest Winners Announced

    Congratulations to the winners of the Department of Humanities’ 58th Annual Writing Contest! 2023 winners represent students from the Armour College of Engineering, College of Architecture, Lewis College of Science and Letters, and the College of Computing. An in-person awards ceremony will be held on April 18, 2023, from 12:45 to 1:45 p.m.

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  • Join the Out of the Darkness American Foundation of Suicide Prevention Campus Walk

    Join the Out of the Darkness American Foundation of Suicide Prevention Campus Walk

    Join us on Saturday, April 15, at 2 p.m. for a Campus Walk sponsored by the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention. The event will be a fundraising opportunity for the AFSP as we raise money for suicide prevention and mental health resources. To encourage donations, we will be offering AFSP shirts and merchandise, as well as auctioning donated items from the White Sox, including a signed game ball by pitcher Lance Lynn.

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  • Participants, Judges Sought for ASM Chicagoland Student Poster Competition April 19

    Participants, Judges Sought for ASM Chicagoland Student Poster Competition April 19

    The ASM International Chicago Chapter is proud to partner with the Illinois Institute of Technology Material Advantage Chapter to announce a Chicagoland Student Poster Competition. This competition will be an excellent opportunity to network with local ASM members from industry and academia, showcase your research to the community, and get presentation experience without needing to travel far to a conference. The top three overall poster presentations will win cash prizes.

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  • Come to Tech to the Future 2023 on May 6

    Come to Tech to the Future 2023 on May 6

    Come to Tech to the Future 2023 on Saturday, May 6, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Kaplan Institute to explore the intersection of esports, game design, and tech education. Josh Tsui, director of the documentary Insert Coin and a key team member behind the creation of the Mortal Kombat game, is our keynote speaker.

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  • The Impact of Analytics: Celebrating 10 Years of Analytics and Innovation at Stuart

    The Impact of Analytics: Celebrating 10 Years of Analytics and Innovation at Stuart

    All are invited to join Stuart students, faculty, alumni, friends, community members, keynote speaker Will Krohn, and other leading industry professionals in celebrating 10 years of innovation, growth, and success in analytics education at Stuart, and to engage in a discussion about the latest innovations and trends in analytics as well as in a reception celebrating this milestone. The event at the Conviser Law Center will be held Thursday, April 27, at 4–5:30 p.m., with a reception to follow.

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  • Alfred Caldwell Lecture: The Intersection of Public Space, Art, and Social Justice

    Alfred Caldwell Lecture: The Intersection of Public Space, Art, and Social Justice

    Join the College of Architecture’s Master of Landscape and Urbanism program on April 12, 2023, beginning at 5 p.m. for the annual Alfred Caldwell Lecture to explore the intersectionality of public space, art, and social justice. Devon Henry, Franklin Cosey-Gay, and Makeba Kedem DuBose will discuss how memory and representation have expanded the narrative about the built environment. What do we want to collectively remember (or forget) through the symbols that we rise (or raze) in cities?

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  • Review of Blackboard: A Survey Request

    Review of Blackboard: A Survey Request

    A universitywide Learning Management System (LMS) Evaluation Committee was established this past February to consider how best to meet our learning requirements to build the Digital Illinois Tech vision. To help the committee in this task, please complete a brief survey about your recent experiences with Blackboard, Illinois Tech’s current LMS.

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  • Event at Galvin Tower Will Demonstrate How Music, Dance Impact Architectural Designs

    Event at Galvin Tower Will Demonstrate How Music, Dance Impact Architectural Designs

    The Mies van der Rohe Society, Interprofessional Projects (IPRO) Program students of Mindful Modern Buildings, and the College of Architecture are pleased to share an evening that demonstrates how music and dance can fill our senses and impact our architectural designs. Together, we will enjoy live piano performance by acclaimed VanderCook College of Music faculty and musicians, Olivia and Yang, and dance recital by Alberto Velazquez and Amanda Assucena, world-renowned artists from Joffrey Ballet.

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  • University Archivist to Give Presentation Titled ‘A Closer Look at the Million Dollar Sermon’

    University Archivist to Give Presentation Titled ‘A Closer Look at the Million Dollar Sermon’

    Join the Paul V. Galvin Library for A Closer Look at the Million Dollar Sermon, a PowerPoint presentation with accompanying live narration by the University Archivist and Campus Historian Mindy Pugh, anchored on documentary evidence about the Rev. Frank Gunsaulus' sermon and the founding of the Armour Institute of Technology (and by extension, Illinois Tech).

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  • Illinois Tech and Asian Pop-Up Cinema Present Asian Film Festival on March 25

    Illinois Tech and Asian Pop-Up Cinema Present Asian Film Festival on March 25

    The Office of Community Affairs and Outreach Programs celebrates the 5th Anniversary partnership with Asian Pop-Up Cinema and will host the 2023 Asian Film Festival on March 25, 2023. The one-day festival will take place in the Schulz Auditorium in Michael Paul Galvin Tower, located at 10 W. 35th St. in Chicago.

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