University News Archive

  • IIT Alert App for iPad – New Installation Required

    IIT Alert App for iPad – New Installation Required

    The IIT Alert app for iOS devices (iPads, iPods, and iPhones) will expire in July 2013. IIT iPad/iPod users must download and install the new version of the app in order to receive emergency notifications on their devices in the future. The app is accessible within the myIIT portal under the Training and Support tab in the "Download IIT Apps" channel.

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  • Stay Safe With These Common Sense Tips

    Stay Safe With These Common Sense Tips

    There have been several incidents this winter in which IIT students, faculty or staff have been the victims of crime while walking in the local community off-campus.

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  • IIT MEDLIFE Chapter Launches

    IIT MEDLIFE Chapter Launches

    Nearly 50 IIT students from a plethora of majors have formed a chapter of MEDLIFE (Medicine, Education, and Development for Low-Income Families Everywhere), a national organization that supports the advancement of health care in Central and South America. The new IIT MEDLIFE chapter members are dedicated and passionate about helping those in need.

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  • Important Safety Considerations During Heat Wave

    Important Safety Considerations During Heat Wave

    The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory (see full story) for the city of Chicago until 7:00 pm today, July 19. The City of Chicago offers a number of important safety precautions (see full story). If you or someone you know needs immediate assistance, call IIT Public Safety at 312.808.6363 or 911. The exceptionally high temperatures forecasted for today and tomorrow are a reminder to us all how much we depend on our energy resources. Please pay special attention to simple energy saving actions such as turning off lights, computers and other equipment when not in use.

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  • Keating Sports Center Closing Early Due to Extreme Heat

    Keating Sports Center Closing Early Due to Extreme Heat

    Keating Sports Center is closing today, July 19, at 2:00 pm due to extreme rising indoor temperatures. Please visit the Illinois Tech Athletics website (see full story) for the latest updates.

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  • IIT Institute for Food Safety and Health Launches New Academic Unit

    IIT Institute for Food Safety and Health Launches New Academic Unit

    Illinois Institute of Technology's Institute for Food Safety and Health (IIT IFSH) has launched a new academic unit, the Department of Food Science and Nutrition. The department is housed within IIT School of Applied Technology.

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  • Clinical Nutrition Research Center Seeks Strawberry Study Participants

    Clinical Nutrition Research Center Seeks Strawberry Study Participants

    IIT/IFSH nutrition investigators are interested in discovering if strawberry components can help with inflammation.

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  • International Students Attend Annual APS/IIT XAFS Summer School

    Grant Bunker, physics professor and chair, and Carlo Segre, Duchossois Leadership Professor of Physics, welcomed 25 students from five countries to IIT Main Campus for the annual APS/IIT XAFS Summer School, held July 8–12.

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  • Thomas Irving Gives Presentation on Scattering Techniques at International Symposium

    Thomas Irving Gives Presentation on Scattering Techniques at International Symposium

    Thomas Irving, biology executive associate chair and professor of biology and physics, gave the talk “Sub-Millisecond Solution Scattering at the BioCAT Facility at the Advanced Photon Source” at the International Symposium on Diffraction Structural Biology held May 26–29 in Nagoya, Japan.

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  • Jose De Arcos Wins Pengnian Scholarship

    Jose De Arcos Wins Pengnian Scholarship

    Jose De Arcos, a Ph.D. candidate in physics, has been awarded a Pengnian Scholarship to study at Tsinghua University in Beijing this fall. De Arcos, a student of Christopher White, professor of physics and vice provost for academic affairs, focuses on neutrino physics and has worked on the Daya Bay reactor neutrino experiment in China. At Tsinghua University, he will be in the nuclear science and technology program in the Department of Engineering Physics.

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