University News Archive

  • American Red Cross Varsity Volleyball Blood Drive

    Illinois Tech's Varsity Volleyball Team will be holding their second blood drive in coordination with the American Red Cross on Tuesday, April 9 in the MTCC Ballroom. Please come out and support your Scarlet Hawk student athletes, all while helping a great cause!

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  • “In the Loop” with Lucas Graves, Disruptive by Design: Fact-Checking in the News

    “In the Loop” with Lucas Graves, Disruptive by Design: Fact-Checking in the News

    Multiple fact-checking organizations have emerged in the United States over the last decade, groups which use trained staff and dedicated resources to assess the truth of public claims. Discussing his current research, Lucas Graves will examine a set of emergent practices, and an accompanying journalistic discourse, which have coalesced into a reform movement reaching to the center of the elite news media.

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  • IIT Congratulates the 2013 RISE Recipients

    IIT Congratulates the 2013 RISE Recipients

    Congratulations to the 2013 RISE and RISE Pro recipients at IIT! RISE is a summer internship program for undergraduate students in the fields of biology, chemistry, physics, earth sciences and engineering. RISE offers unique opportunities for bachelor-level students to work with research groups at universities and top research institutions across Germany for a period of two–three months during the summer.

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  • Mary Melchor (LAW ’92) to be Honored by IIT for Professional Achievement

    Mary A. Melchor (LAW ’92) is among four winners of this year’s Professional Achievement Award, which honors outstanding achievement in any professional field. This award honors alumni whose achievements in their fields have brought distinction to themselves as well as credit to the university.

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  • IIT Chicago-Kent and UIC’s “Shari’a and Halakha in America” conference to address the challenges faced by both Jewish and Muslim legal systems

    Michael J. Broyde, professor of law and a senior fellow at the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University, will deliver the keynote address on the first day of "Shari'a and Halakha in America," a free two-day conference co-hosted by IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law and the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).

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  • Get to Know an Innovative Alumnus: The Father of Software Quality

    IIT produces innovators--tech-savvy alumni are continually making our world a better place to live. In honor of Fueling Innovation: The Campaign for IIT, each week we will feature students, faculty, and alumni who have made notable contributions to their fields.

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  • First Friday Faculty Lunch

    First Friday Faculty Lunch

    Mark your calendars for the second First Friday Faculty Diversity Lunch, to be held in the Commons Cafeteria (3rd pod area identified with colored tablecloths) on Friday, April 5 from 12 - 1:30 pm.

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  • Rice Campus Sustainability Project IPRO

    Illinois Institute of Technology’s green initiatives have expanded beyond the Main Campus. Located in Wheaton, Illinois, the Rice Campus has taken on a new challenge to implement green practices. Susan Camasta and Blake Davis are leading IPRO 497-323: The Rice Campus Sustainability Project. The members of the student team are underway to “greenifying” the building.

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  • Physics Major Receives Prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

    Emily Hommerding, a senior physics major, has received a prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation. The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) recognizes outstanding senior undergraduate and doctoral-level students in the natural, social, and engineering sciences at U.S. institutions.

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  • SmallRoom Gallery Exhibition: Serene Wise

    SmallRoom, the IIT student organization dedicated to bringing the art culture of Chicago onto the IIT Campus through bimonthly art exhibits, has a new show in the Kemper Gallery on the second floor of the Paul V. Galvin Library! The show is les études, with Chicago artist Serene Wise.

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