University News Archive

  • 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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  • Jack J. Dongarra (M.S. CS ’73) to be Honored by IIT for Professional Achievement

    Jack J. Dongarra (M.S. CS ’73) is among the 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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  • MIT’s Felice Frankel To Deliver Sigma Xi Lecture

    Felice Frankel, science photographer and research scientist at the Center for Materials Science and Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will deliver the 2013 Sigma Xi Lecture on Wednesday April 24 at 3:00 pm in the MTCC Auditorium.

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  • Design Summer Camp

    Design Summer Camp

    Each summer IIT Institute of Design hosts two sessions of Design Summer Camp, a five-day immersive experience into the design process that draws professionals from corporations and not-for-profit institutions from around the world. Participants learn to incorporate design methods into how they build new business offerings and enhance existing brands.

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  • Industrial Technology and Management to Honor “Outstanding Leader in Industry” F. Quinn Stepan, Jr.

    F. Quinn Stepan, Jr., president and CEO of Stepan Company, will be honored as INTM's “Outstanding Leader in Industry” at the 18th annual Awards Dinner on Friday, April 26, 2013. INTM is honoring Stepan for his professional achievements, progressive leadership, and focus on growth through innovation and sustainable operations in industry.

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  • Creator of “Artificial Leaf” To Give 2013 Kilpatrick Lecture

    A chemist whose “artificial leaf” was named one of the top inventions of 2011 by Time Magazine will be this year’s Kilpatrick Lecturer in Chemistry. Daniel Nocera, the Patterson Rockwood Professor of Energy in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University, will speak on “Alternative Energy for Society and Third-World Applications” on April 17 at 4 pm in the McCormick Tribune Campus Center auditorium.

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  • Celebrate the Start of April at the Taste Of IIT – Today

    Celebrate the Start of April at the Taste Of IIT – Today

    Taste of IIT is being held today—Monday, April 1—from 11:00 am–1:50 pm on the MTCC Bridge!

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  • “Delicious Peace” Grows in a Ugandan Coffee Bean Film Screening and Fair Trade Raffle

    "Delicious Peace" tells the story of Christian, Muslim and Jewish farmers in a small Ugandan village who put aside their differences to form the Delicious Peace Coffee Cooperative, hoping to improve their lives and provide for their families. The co-op was able to expand and flourish after establishing a partnership with a fair trade buyer in the United States. Join us for this free event, to be held on Wednesday, April 3 from 6:30–8:00 pm in the MTCC Auditorium, to celebrate the interfaith work of Delicious Peace. Tasty fair trade refreshments will be provided!

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  • “Kissing Cancer Goodbye” Fundraiser to Support IIT’s Dana Fogarty

    “Kissing Cancer Goodbye” Fundraiser to Support IIT’s Dana Fogarty

    In April 2012, at the age of 27, IIT Graduate Admission Credential and Admission Specialist Dana Fogarty was diagnosed with stage III squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue and found herself setting a goal she never expected to have to set - beating oral cancer!

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