University News Archive

  • Commencement Photos Online (Update)

    Photos and video from the main ceremony of IIT's 143rd Commencement on May 12, 2012, are now available online. Photos from many of the academic unit ceremonies recently have been added. View the gallery links on the commencement website and watch IIT Today for updates.

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  • Architecture Student Nghia Phan Wins Think Swiss Research Scholarship

    Architecture Student Nghia Phan Wins Think Swiss Research Scholarship

    Architecture Ph.D. candidate Nghia Phan has been awarded the ThinkSwiss Research Scholarship, which supports highly motivated and qualified U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to do research at a public Swiss university or research institute for 2 to 3 months. Phan will receive a stipend to study at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland under Professor Fernando Porte-Agel, head of the Wind Engineering and Renewable Energy Laboratory.

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  • Google Groups to Replace myIIT Group Studio: Convert Now

    Google Groups to Replace myIIT Group Studio: Convert Now

    As the university completes migration of IIT email accounts and calendaring to Gmail and Google Apps for Education, the calendar that is default in myIIT Group Studio will be disabled. Group owners who wish to keep communication active among members should recreate their group in Google Apps for Education.

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  • Alumnus Pavan Ranga Named as Influential Person

    Alumnus Pavan Ranga Named as Influential Person

    Pavan Ranga (M.A.S. CS ’06), chief executive officer of Rangsons Electronics Pvt. Ltd., was named in VentureOutsource.com's 2012 list of the "Top 100 People Influencing Electronics Manufacturing Services" at number 26.

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  • IIT Institute of Design Student Research Wins Best Paper at UK Conference

    IIT Institute of Design Student Research Wins Best Paper at UK Conference

    An IIT Institute of Design student research paper has been awarded Best Paper by the Association for Computing Machinery’s Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) 2012 Conference.

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  • IIT Team Scores with Electric Car

    An IIT student-built electric car won several distinctive honors at the annual Formula Hybrid International Competition, held this year from April 30-May 3 at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, NH.

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  • Architecture Professor Dirk Denison Wins AIA Housing Award

    Professor Dirk Denison’s firm, Dirk Denison Architects, has received The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Housing Award for the Carmel Residence in Carmel by the Sea, Calif.

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  • 2012 Student Gift Goals Achieved

    Thanks to the more than 680 students who supported the 2012 Student Gift, some new water fountains will be installed on Main Campus.

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  • iitAIAS Freedom By Design™

    IIT's chapter of the American Institute of Architecture Students (iitAIAS) has announced that its newly launched program Freedom By Design™ has been identified as a partner with SAIC Freedom By Design™ on the Edgar Martinez Project.

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  • Center Court on Main Campus Closing for Summer

    Center Court on Main Campus Closing for Summer

    Center Court will close for the summer after lunch on Friday, May 18, but other dining options will be available on Main Campus.

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