University News Archive

  • Google+ Important Requirement: Sign Up Using Accurate Birthdate

    As part of your Google Apps for Education at IIT account, you have access to create a Google+ social media page for interacting with other Google+ users on topics of common interest. To create your page, login into Google Apps for Students or Faculty/Staff in myIIT. Once in the Google environment, click the name+ link upper left on the page to get started.

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  • Switch Your Google Docs Interface to Google Drive (Updated)

    As part of your Google Apps for Education at IIT, you have access to a Documents list where you can upload documents, create Google docs, forms, spreadsheets and more. Google is changing the interface for Documents to Google Drive this month. If you have already opted-in to use Google Drive, you will not see any change. If you do nothing, when your account is switched to the Google Drive user interface, it will replace your existing Documents List, without losing any of our existing files.

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  • IIT Trustee and Harris myCFO President Joe Calabrese to Present “Investing in Illusions”

    On Thursday, November 15, at 4 pm, IIT Trustee and President of Harris myCFO Joe Calabrese will present “Investing in Illusions” at IIT’s downtown campus. Most financial and economic models assume that humans are rational, decision-making units always seeking to maximize the “utility” of their decisions. In real life we know that nothing could be further from the truth.

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  • IIT Chicago-Kent Professor David J. Gerber elected vice president of the American Society of Comparative Law

    Professor David J. Gerber, IIT Chicago-Kent distinguished professor and co-director of the program in international and comparative law, was elected vice president of the American Society of Comparative Law (ASCL) at the organization's annual meeting October 4–7 at the University of Iowa Law School in Iowa City.

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  • IIT November Sustainability Forum: Achieving Zero Waste

    Interested in hearing how we can cut our waste down to... well, nothing? Yep, that's right. Zip. Zero. Nada. That is this month's topic of the IIT Sustainability Forum happening on Friday, November 16 at noon!

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  • Celebrating the Community: RTW Vet Center Dinner in The Commons

    The IIT offices of Spiritual Life and Service Learning, Access Card and Parking Services, Campus Life, and Dining Services are hosting a dinner in The Commons for 100 invited guests from the RTW Vet Center on Monday, November 12 at 7:30 pm.

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  • IIT Teams Compete in 2012 Mid-Central USA Programming Contest

    On Saturday, November 3, IIT programming teams participated in the 2012 Mid-Central USA programming contest, a part of the International Collegiate Programming Contest, sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and IBM.

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  • IIT Chicago-Kent Order of the Coif Chapter Inducts 29 New Members

    The IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law chapter of the Order of the Coif inducted 29 new members October 30 during award ceremonies in the Walnut Room of the Hotel Allegro in Chicago. The Order of the Coif is a national legal honor society that recognizes superior scholarship and promotes the ethical standards of the legal profession.

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  • Men’s Basketball Returns to IIT

    Men's basketball has returned to IIT, and your new Scarlet Hawks team will face their first opponents at home games this weekend, facing Northland International University at 5 pm on Friday, November 2 and Robert Morris University – Springfield at 3 pm on Saturday, November 3.

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  • Clothing Drive to Benefit RTW Vet Center

    Clothing Drive to Benefit RTW Vet Center

    Greek Council and the Office of Spiritual Life and Service Learning invite you to donate your new or gently used clothing to those in need! From now until Friday, November 9,look for donation boxes in SSV and MSV laundry rooms, the IIT Tower Lobby, Shimer College, and the Office of Campus Life suite in the MTCC.

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