University News Archive

  • IIT Wins Big in Parker Hannifin Chainless Challenge

    April 15, 2013
    Five MMAE undergraduates—Bob Meyer, Dan Milewski, Sean O'Halloran, Josh Buck, and David Moreno [left to right in photo, with advisor Professor Matthew Spenko]—finished third overall in the Parker Hannifin [Corporation] Chainless Challege, held the week of April 7 in Irvine, Calif. This marks the second time IIT has participated in the invitational event, whose objective is for teams to replace the chain of a bicycle with a fluid-power-driven system.

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  • IIT Students Excel at Chicago Area Undergraduate Research Symposium

    IIT Students Excel at Chicago Area Undergraduate Research Symposium

    April 15, 2013
    More than 160 undergraduates in the fields of biology, chemistry, physics, psychology, economics, humanities and engineering, among others, and from nearly a dozen institutions participated in the Chicago Area Undergraduate Research Symposium held on April 6 at the Hermann Hall Conference Center on IIT Main Campus. IIT students excelled at the annual event, winning in three categories: Overall Poster Presentation—Barrett Leslie Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology—Catalina Rivera Math, Computer Sciences, Engineering, Physics—Xin Zheng: A Novel Approach in Detecting the Normal and Shear Forces at the Fingertips with Minimal Hysteresis

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  • Burton Lewis (CE ’48) to be honored with Collens Merit Award

    April 15, 2013
    Burton Lewis (CE '48) is this year's winner of the Collens Merit Award, which honors an individual nominated by the university staff or faculty for their outstanding commitment to the future of IIT through philanthropic contributions paired with involvement in his or her gift.

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  • Architecture Assistant Professor Sean Keller in Graham Foundation “New Geographies” Panel Discussion April 18

    Architecture Assistant Professor Sean Keller in Graham Foundation “New Geographies” Panel Discussion April 18

    April 14, 2013
    Volume 5 of the Graham-funded New Geographies journal aims to recast the Mediterranean as a contemporary phenomenon and spatialize its region-making processes as a larger geographic entity in the twenty-first century. On April 18, Antonio Petrov, editor-in-chief of Volume 5, considers major topics of the new issue with Sean Keller, Clare Lyster, and Hashim Sarkis in a panel discussion moderated by Stephen J. Ramos.

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  • Youth and Community Leaders Collaborate to Address Gun Violence

    April 12, 2013
    Last Saturday, nearly fifty people of various ages and backgrounds met at the Idea Shop for a “Youth Against Gun Violence” design thinking workshop. The event was organized by four IIT Boeing Scholars as part of their Leadership Grant Project*, "Target Future."

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  • Victor Morgenstern (CHE ’64) to be honored by IIT with Alumni Service Award

    April 12, 2013
    Victor Morgenstern (CHE ’64) is this year’s recipient of the Alumni Service Award, which honors an individual who demonstrates continuous, selfless commitment to and devoted enthusiasm for the university through his or her involvement in varied areas of the university including, but not limited to, recruitment, support, service, and leadership.

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  • Marshall Brown to Participate in NWU Exhibition Panel

    Marshall Brown to Participate in NWU Exhibition Panel

    April 11, 2013
    There will be an exhibition opening and panel discussion for Drawing the Future: Chicago Architecture on the International Stage, 1900-1925 at the Northwestern University Block Museum of Art.

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  • SSV East Sidewalk Closed

    SSV East Sidewalk Closed

    April 11, 2013
    Due to weather, the concrete of east sidewalk of SSV cannot be replaced. Closure needs to be extended until April 18, 2013.…

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  • IIT Screening of Alan Turing Drama-Documentary “Codebreaker”

    April 11, 2013
    Join the Lewis Department of Humanities for a special screening of the new Alan Turing drama-documentary, Codebreaker, which will be shown at 8 pm on Thursday, April 11 in the MTCC Ballroom. Executive Producer Patrick Sammon will hold a Q&A session following the screening.

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  • Get to Know an Alumnus: Mead Killion Innovated Hearing Aids

    April 11, 2013
    IIT produces innovators—tech-savvy alumni are continually making our world a better place in which to live. In honor of Fueling Innovation: The Campaign for IIT, the Office of Alumni Relations features students, faculty and alumni each week who have made notable contributions to their fields. Today we feature Mead Killion (M.S. MATH ’70), who revolutionized the acoustics industry. Check out his story here.

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