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  • Miles Wernick Presents at Big Data Week Chicago

    Miles Wernick Presents at Big Data Week Chicago

    June 20, 2013
    Miles N. Wernick, director of IIT's Medical Imaging Research Center and Motorola Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, gave a talk about medical imaging and crime prediction at Motorola Solutions during Big Data Week Chicago, held April 22–28. He also was part of the panel discussion "Video Analytics in the Wild: Practical Considerations in Large-Scale Deployment," organized by Motorola Solutions.

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  • Summer 2013 Orientation Date Cancellation (Update)

    Summer 2013 Orientation Date Cancellation (Update)

    June 20, 2013
    Please note that the Office of Campus Life has canceled the tentative summer 2013 Orientation dates of Wednesday, July 17 and Thursday, July 18.

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  • Vivian Weil Honored with the Sterling Olmsted Award from the American Society for Engineering Education

    Vivian Weil Honored with the Sterling Olmsted Award from the American Society for Engineering Education

    June 20, 2013
    Vivian Weil, director of IIT's Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, will be honored with the Sterling Olmsted Award from the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) at the organization's annual meeting in Atlanta on Tuesday, June 25. The Sterling Olmsted Award, given by the Liberal Education and Engineering Studies Division, is the highest offered by the ASEE. The award recognizes those who have made distinguished contributions to the development and teaching of liberal arts in engineering education.

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  • WISER/Galvin Center Host CPS Morton School of Excellence at IIT “Living Lab”

    June 20, 2013
    On June 4, two school buses filled with more than 40 students and teachers from CPS Morton School of Excellence arrived at IIT to visit the WISER/Galvin Center living laboratory for education and research initiatives in energy and sustainability. The trip was organized by CPS faculty members Rosalind Ali (math department) and Kendra Mallory (science department) to coincide with a unit on sustainability and renewable energy technology recently completed by Morton School’s sixth, seventh and eighth graders.

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  • Register for the 12th Annual Design Research Conference

    June 20, 2013
    The 2013 Design Research Conference "Exploring Creative Balance in Design" hosted by IIT Institute of Design will be held Tuesday, October 8 through Wednesday, October 9 at The Field Museum in Chicago.

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  • IIT Cohosts MICE Collaboration Meeting

    IIT Cohosts MICE Collaboration Meeting

    June 17, 2013
    Illinois Institute of Technology is cohosting the 36th Collaboration Meeting of the International Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) with Fermilab, Monday, June 17 through Wednesday, June 19. Dan Kaplan, professor of physics and director of IIT Center for Accelerator and Particle Physics; Pavel Snopok, assistant professor of physics; and Yagmur Torun, associate professor of physics, are organizing the meeting.

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  • Chicago White Sox-IIT Scholar Hawks Outings

    June 14, 2013
    The Chicago White Sox and IIT would like to thank students, staff, alumni, families, and friends by offering a special opportunity to attend a 2013 White Sox game! In appreciation of your continued support of the team, the White Sox and IIT have specially priced tickets to select games: White Sox vs. Houston Astros on Tuesday, August 27 at 7:10 pm White Sox vs. Minnesota Twins on Tuesday, September 17 at 7:10 pm

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  • Architecture Student Receives Special Mention in Schiff Competition

    Architecture Student Receives Special Mention in Schiff Competition

    June 14, 2013
    IIT College of Architecture graduate student Penelope Phylactopoulos received a Special Mention in the 2013 Schiff Foundation Fellowship for Architecture competition. Each year, IIT, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the University of Illinois at Chicago nominate a select group of students to submit projects developed in advanced design studios. Phylactopoulos, who was mentored by Professor John Ronan, entitled her project "Silence Retreat." Only two awards were given this year, first place and the special mention.

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  • Architecture PhD Candidate Anisur Rahman Awarded ARCC/King Student Medal for Excellence in Architectural + Environmental Research

    June 14, 2013
    Architecture student Anisur Rahman has been awarded the ARCC/King Student Medal for Excellence in Architectural + Environmental Research for his doctoral research on the energy efficiency of tall buildings.

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  • Illinois Institute of Technology Launches Master of Data Science Program

    Illinois Institute of Technology Launches Master of Data Science Program

    June 14, 2013
    Responding to a growing need for people who can turn big data into intelligent insights, Illinois Institute of Technology has launched a new Master of Data Science (MAS DS) program for Fall 2013. The rigorous and interdisciplinary program combines high-level mathematics and computer science theory with the practical knowledge to explore data sets, gather insights, and visualize and communicate meaningful findings.

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