University News Archive

  • Open Access Week Events at Galvin Library

    Open Access Week Events at Galvin Library

    Join Paul V. Galvin Library to celebrate Open Access Week (October 24-30, 2022) with a brownbag discussion, live streaming webinars, and all week trivia. Open Access is the free, immediate, online access to the results of scholarly research, and the right to use and re-use those results. This year’s theme is Open for Climate Justice.

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  • Celebrate Elevate Months Continues Throughout November

    Celebrate Elevate Months Continues Throughout November

    Illinois Tech’s new one-of-a-kind Elevate program empowers you for lifelong professional success. Elevate guarantees opportunities that will allow you to take part in hands-on experiences, gain personalized mentorship, and be career-ready upon graduation. It’s all part of Illinois Tech’s Elevate Promise to you. From now through the month of November, we’re hosting a month of special events where you can learn more about Elevate plus participate in special activities, competitions, and career events that will help you on your Elevate journey.

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  • Call for nominations: 2022 Staff Excellence Awards

    Call for nominations: 2022 Staff Excellence Awards

    The success of our students, faculty, and university would not be possible without the hard work, outstanding support, and services provided by Illinois Tech staff. Each year, the university community has the opportunity to recognize outstanding staff members who have exemplified Illinois Tech’s spirit of excellence with accomplishments in the following areas, and we encourage you to nominate staff members for this prestigious award for 2022 now.

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  • Illinois Tech Appoints Alumna Ellen Jordan as First Woman University Regent

    Illinois Tech Appoints Alumna Ellen Jordan as First Woman University Regent

    Illinois Institute of Technology has announced Ellen Jordan (PSYC ’79, M.B.A. ’81) as its eighth University Regent in recognition of her decades of service and leadership to the university. Jordan is an alumna, trustee, founder, and president of America’s Food Technologies, Inc., CEO of Global Grounds, LLC, and the first woman to hold this prestigious role at Illinois Tech.

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  • 3rd Annual Virtual Global Alumni Gathering

    3rd Annual Virtual Global Alumni Gathering

    We are pleased to feature our 3rd Annual Virtual Global Alumni Gathering on Saturday, November 5, 2022 at 7 p.m. This year’s theme for the virtual gathering will focus on exploring the incredible accomplishments of our alumni and how Illinois Tech has inspired them to be difference makers on a global scale. Open to all alumni and students, programming will include a plenary session with alumni and university leadership, featuring messages from President Raj Echambadi, alumni representatives from around the world, and regional breakout sessions with alumni board leadership and university partners.

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  • Giving Day 2022!

    Giving Day 2022!

    On October 6, 2022, we have the opportunity to do something great together. Illinois Tech is hosting its annual Giving Day, a 24-hour campus-wide fundraising campaign focused on supporting student success, increasing donor participation, and celebrating our pride and excitement about Illinois Tech and our future!

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  • John and Mae Calamos Stuart School of Business Dean Endowed Chair Investiture Ceremony

    John and Mae Calamos Stuart School of Business Dean Endowed Chair Investiture Ceremony

    Please join us for an investiture ceremony at Illinois Tech. Celebrate the tradition of honoring distinguished faculty as we invest Liad Wagman as the John and Mae Calamos Stuart School of Business Dean Endowed Chair on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, at 4 p.m. in the Grace T. and Fred W. McCloska Auditorium at The McCormick Tribune Campus Center. The ceremony will be immediately followed by a reception in The McCormick Tribune Campus Center's Pritzker Club.

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  • Black Draping at Rowe Village and MTCC University Regents Tribute Wall in Memory of John W. Rowe

    Black Draping at Rowe Village and MTCC University Regents Tribute Wall in Memory of John W. Rowe

    In memory of John W. Rowe, a University Regent and former chair of the Board of Trustees, the university installed black draping at Rowe Village and on the University Regents Tribute Wall in The McCormick Tribune Campus Center.

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  • A ‘Billion Dollar’ Purpose: Illinois Tech Announces $1 Billion Campaign to Fuel Chicago’s Tech Rise

    A ‘Billion Dollar’ Purpose: Illinois Tech Announces $1 Billion Campaign to Fuel Chicago’s Tech Rise

    Illinois Institute of Technology announced, on September 27, 2022, a historic $1 billion fundraising campaign to further Illinois Tech’s founding mission to uplift people from all backgrounds with a technology- and professional-oriented education that will help meet the needs of the age. The campaign, Power the Difference: Our Campaign for Illinois Tech, is focused on making Illinois Tech’s long-term strategic plan a reality by helping the university grow its student body; invest in faculty, facilities, and educational programs; develop and deliver new, world-leading research programs; and serve as the premier technology-focused university in Chicago.

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  • Hispanic Heritage Month Speaker: Carlos Andrés Gómez

    Hispanic Heritage Month Speaker: Carlos Andrés Gómez

    The Office of Campus Life is excited to host Carlos Andrés Gómez on campus for Hispanic Heritage Month 2022! Carlos Andrés Gómez is a Colombian American poet, speaker, actor, and equity and inclusion strategist from New York City. Join us on Thursday, October 13 at 12:30 p.m. in the Pritzker Club (MTCC).

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