University News Archive

  • Galvin Library Elevator Temporarily Out of Service

    Galvin Library Elevator Temporarily Out of Service

    The Paul V. Galvin Library elevator is undergoing repair and will be out of service. On Wednesday, September 12, service will be interrupted intermittently, but on Thursday, September 13 starting at 5:00 am, the elevator will be out of service until the afternoon of Tuesday, September 18.

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  • Psychology Endowed Professor Ron Landis Named APA Fellow

    The American Psychological Association (APA) has named IIT's Nambury S. Raju Chair of Psychology Ron Landis as a fellow.

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  • 9/11 National Day of Service Event

    9/11 National Day of Service Event

    In honor of 9/11 Day, a National Day of Service, the Office of Spiritual Life and Service Learning is hosting an "I WILL" campaign on Tuesday, September 11 from 9:00 am–7:00 pm on the MTCC Bridge. The I WILL statements will serve as an informal commitment to service and remembrance of 9/11.

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  • Get the New Blackboard Mobile Learn App (Updated)

    Blackboard recently announced a change in licensing options for its Mobile Learn application. Effective September 12, 2012, the free version of Blackboard Mobile Learn will expire. Users will be prompted to purchase a personal license when they attempt to use the app. To facilitate the continued use of this important mobile tool, an iOS or Android version will be made available at no cost to IIT students and instructors upon request.

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  • Architecture Student Work Featured at Idea Tree Exhibit, opening at Chicago Center For Green Technology

    A single local tree, downed during a violent storm that struck Chicago in 2011, lives on in Idea Tree, an inspired exhibit of fresh ideas in furniture and accessories design. Following a successful 1-month run earlier this summer at Chicago's Inland Steel Building, the entire exhibit now moves to the Chicago Center for Green Technology where it will be displayed September 6 through October 12, 2012.

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  • Andrew Koppelman is IIT Chicago-Kent’s 2012 Constitution Day Speaker

    Andrew Koppelman, the John Paul Stevens Professor of Law and professor of political science at Northwestern University, will deliver the 2012 Constitution Day lecture at IIT Chicago-Kent at 5:00 pm on September 24. Koppelman will address the topic "The Tough Luck Constitution and the Fight over Health Care Reform." The lecture will be held in the law school’s Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Courtroom, 565 West Adams Street (between Clinton and Jefferson streets) in Chicago. The program is free and open to the public, but reservations are requested.

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  • Google Groups and Sites Replace myIIT Group Studio

    The myIIT portal launched in January 2007 with a Group Studio feature to encourage communication among students, faculty, and staff over common interest areas. With the university's transition to Google Apps for Education/IIT Gmail, the Group Studio interface in myIIT has been discontinued in favor of Google Groups and Sites.

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  • Postal and Office Services Are Ready to Serve

    Postal and Office Services Are Ready to Serve

    The United States Postal Service office at the MTCC is your headquarters for all of your shipping needs. Office Services, located in the basement of Perlstein Hall (Room 41B), may be the best-kept secret on campus! The staff stands ready to meet all of your printing and binding needs, any time during the semester.

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  • IIT Engineering Themes Cleans Up 31st Street Beach

    More than 30 IIT students, faculty, and staff teamed up with the IIT Engineering Themes Student Council, Engineers for a Sustainable World, and the Alliance for the Great Lakes to clean the 31st Street Beach in Chicago.

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  • IIT Institute of Design Offers Special Pricing for Design Research Conference

    Register now for IIT Institute of Design's Design Research Conference (DRC), to be held October 9–10 at the Spertus Institute, 610 S. Michigan Avenue in Chicago's Loop.

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