University News Archive

  • Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick to View and Discuss “The Untold History of the United States” at IIT February 1

    Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick to View and Discuss “The Untold History of the United States” at IIT February 1

    The IIT Department of Humanities is proud to welcome Academy Award winning director Oliver Stone and Professor of History and Director of the Nuclear Studies Institute at American University Peter Kuznick, creators of The Untold History of the United States, a Showtime documentary series and companion book that "looks back at human events that at the time went under reported, but that crucially shaped America's unique and complex history over the 20th century."

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  • Chicago Industrial / Organizational Psychologists Event at IIT January 23

    Chicago Industrial / Organizational Psychologists Event at IIT January 23

    Join the Chicago Industrial / Organizational Psychologists (CIOP) at their next event from 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm on Wednesday, January 23 in LS Room 121. CIOP board member Ralph Mortensen, Chief Psychologist of HR/OD at IPAT, Inc., will be the event speaker.

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  • Taco Thursday Dates in The Commons

    Taco Thursday Dates in The Commons

    The IIT tradition of Taco Thursday in The Commons will be held at lunch every other Thursday starting on January 17.

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  • IIT Innovation Center Parametric Design Competition

    IIT Innovation Center Parametric Design Competition

    Inspired by IIT's recently announced plans to build a new ‘Innovation Center’ on campus, architecture faculty Alphonso Peluso & John Manaves held the IIT Innovation Center Parametric Design Competition in fall 2012. Students in Arch 427 – Advanced Architectural Computing used the methods, concepts & skill sets covered in the course to develop a parametric design for the new IIT innovation center.

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  • Architecture Professor Robert Krawczyk’s Lasercut Musical Scores Displayed at Mathematics Conference

    A series of Professor Robert Krawczyk’s lasercut fabrications of musical scores was presented at the exhibition at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in San Diego, CA on January 9-12, 2013, hosted by The Mathematical Association of America.

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  • Architecture Graduate Student Kai Hansen Wins High-Rise Building Scholarship

    Architecture Graduate Student Kai Hansen Wins High-Rise Building Scholarship

    Master of Science student Kai Hansen has been selected as the 2012 recipient of the Chicago Committee on High-Rise Buildings Scholarship in recognition of his thesis research.

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  • Connect to the IIT Secure Wireless Network

    Connect to the IIT Secure Wireless Network

    The Office of Technology Services is updating Main Campus wireless access to take advantage of current encryption methods for the safety and security of our community. This February, OTS will begin retiring the non-encrypted IIT-WiFi wireless network leaving the IIT-Secure network available. The IIT-Secure wireless network can be used in most Main Campus buildings; check the campus wireless map for coverage information.

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  • IIT Trustee Martin Cooper (EE ′50, M.S. ′57) and Other Mobile Phone Pioneers Win Draper Prize

    The mobile phone pioneers who laid the groundwork for today’s smartphone will be presented with engineering’s highest honor during a February 19 ceremony in Washington. The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) will honor Martin Cooper, Joel Engel, Richard Frenkiel, Thomas Haug and Yoshihisa Okumura with the Charles Stark Draper Prize, which annually recognizes engineers whose accomplishments have significantly benefited society. Considered the Nobel Prize of engineering, the prize includes a $500,000 award.

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  • Marketing and Communications Welcomes James Wright

    Marketing and Communications Welcomes James Wright

    The Office of Marketing and Communications welcomes its newest member, James Wright, director of university events. Wright was previously the assistant director of event production for IIT Campus and Conference Centers.

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  • Sustainability Forum this Friday

    January's Sustainability Forum, Water and Our Lives, will explore how our daily actions impact the accessibility, cost and degradation of water. The forum will be held from 12–1:30 pm on Friday, January 18 in the Hermann Hall Ballroom. RSVP required.

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