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  • IPRO Day This Friday

    IPRO Day This Friday

    July 20, 2012
    The IPRO Day event is the culmination of IPRO team work via exhibits and presentations. At the Summer 2012 IPRO Day, to be held from 9 am - 1 pm on Friday, July 27 in the Hermann Conference Center, ten IPRO teams will showcase and share their accomplishments. IIT faculty and staff and professionals from the Chicago area are invited to serve as judges and welcome to attend as guests.

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  • Mayor Emanuel, IIT President John Anderson Announce Innovation Center at IIT Main Campus (Video + Photos)

    Mayor Emanuel, IIT President John Anderson Announce Innovation Center at IIT Main Campus (Video + Photos)

    July 19, 2012
    Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) President John L. Anderson announced today that IIT is building a 100,000 square-foot Innovation Center at the university’s south side campus. The state-of-the art building will house workshops and media labs and offer students and faculty a centralized facility with a singular purpose of promoting the basic elements of innovation and transitioning new ideas into products and processes.

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  • IIT Network Registration to Begin

    IIT Network Registration to Begin

    July 19, 2012
    The annual Main Campus network registration process will begin on Monday, July 30 at 7:30 am. IIT network users including students, faculty, and staff will be automatically directed to register all their devices that access the IIT network.

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  • Kemper Gallery Opening Reception

    Kemper Gallery Opening Reception

    July 17, 2012
    South Side Community Art Center is partnering with the Paul V. Galvin Library and the student group SmallRoom to present Women of a Certain Age, a collection of art made by women over the age of 65.

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  • New Google Groups Interface

    July 17, 2012
    Google is rolling out an all-new version of Google Groups for Business (including IIT Google Groups) that makes it easier for teams, workgroups, and public communities to manage and participate in online discussions. The new Google Groups for Business will…

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  • Sharon Bostick Joins IIT as Dean of Libraries

    July 13, 2012
    Sharon Bostick joined IIT on July 2, 2012 as Dean of Libraries. As the chief administrative officer of IIT’s libraries, Bostick's responsibilities include the coordination and oversight of all library operations and services.

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  • New Menu at Pritzker Club

    July 10, 2012
    The Pritzker Club is excited to announce a new menu! Come by and try our new blackened chicken wrap or portobello and goat cheese sub. We also feature a new gluten friendly and vegan option - quinoa cakes.

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  • IIT Engineering Undergrad Team Creates Obstacle-Locating Cane, Wins ASME Design Contest

    July 9, 2012
    An IIT student engineering team created an obstacle-locating cane, the VIOLET Cane system, to place first in the 2012 ASME Undergraduate Design Project Competition in Rehabilitation and Assistive Devices.

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  • Astronaut Lodewijk van den Berg Discusses Challenger Mission with IIT Students and Faculty

    July 2, 2012
    Lodewijk van den Berg paused a moment before articulating the surreal sensation of working in zero gravity. “It’s very difficult to imagine if you haven’t experienced it,” he said. “All of a sudden, you’re not standing with your two legs on the ground. You lose your center. You lose your orientation. There is no longer any difference between up and down and left and right.”

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  • IIT Institute of Design Faculty, Students, Alumni Among Globally Renowned Design Experts to Present in Hong Kong

    July 2, 2012
    IIT Institute of Design (ID) Dean Patrick Whitney, along with several faculty members, alumni and students traveled to Hong Kong last week to present at the Knowledge of Design Week Conference, June 25-29, 2012.

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