University News Archive

  • Help The Tornado Victims of Harrisburg, Illinois

    Help The Tornado Victims of Harrisburg, Illinois

    On February 29 a powerful F4 tornado, 200 yards wide and packing 170 mph winds devastated the small city of Harrisburg, Illinois located in downstate Illinois killing seven people. FEMA denied disaster funding to the city stating Harrisburg should receive assistance from local government and community groups to rebuild.

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  • Humanities Department Hosts Women’s History Month Open House March 28

    On Wednesday, March 28 the Humanities Department will host a Women's History Open House Event in the Siegel Hall, room 218 (conference room) from 3 - 4:45 pm. Everyone is welcome: students, staff, faculty, and all genders. There will be food, good conversation, and handouts on women's history resources, including a pocket timeline of interesting events in women's history put together by Humanities faculty.

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  • Molex Innovators Series: IIT Empowering Haiti Part II Now Online

    Molex Innovators Series: IIT Empowering Haiti Part II Now Online

    The second part of Molex's new video series, "Innovators," which follows college students and companies that are improving the world through technological innovations, is now available online. Episode 2 continues the story of the IIT team in Haiti. In this episode the students upgrade the PC charging station at the solar power computer lab they built.

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  • Warm Weather and Climate Control on Campus

    Warm Weather and Climate Control on Campus

    The recent trend of record-setting, unseasonably warm temperatures has raised the temperatures inside our buildings and has created a unique situation of temperature control in the buildings.

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  • Stryker Awards Banquet

    Stryker Awards Banquet

    The 36th annual Clinton Stryker awards banquet will be held Monday, April 2, 2012. There are still a few tickets available; if you would like to attend, contact Vickie Tolbert at tolbert@iit.edu or 312.567.3081.

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  • Perfect Power “Smart EV Charging Station” Ribbon-Cutting on March 19

    IIT's Robert W. Galvin Center for Electricity Innovation will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony marking the installation of the Perfect Power “Smart EV Charging Station” at 12 pm on Monday, March 19, 2012. The Galvin Center will also host the Chicago stop of the Electric Odyssey, the first world tour of a standard electric car.

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  • Architecture’s Terry Guen to Work on Navy Pier Redesign

    Architecture’s Terry Guen to Work on Navy Pier Redesign

    Adjunct Professor of Landscape Architecture Terry Guen will work on the Navy Pier redesign, slated to open for the pier's centennial in 2016. Guen's design team, lead by landscape architect James Corner, was chosen by the Navy Pier board in an international competition. The board will work with the Corner team on the final design proposal over the next few months.

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  • IIT Math Club to Hold High School Mathematics Competition March 17

    The IIT Math Club will host their first annual High School Mathematics Competition at the IIT main campus on Saturday, March 17. Eight teams of students from local high schools will take individual exams in the morning, followed by a team competition in the afternoon.

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  • Celebrate Mies’ 126th Birthday

    Join the Mies van der Rohe Society on March 27, 2012, at 6 pm in S.R. Crown Hall to celebrate Mies' 126th birthday and his influence on Vidal Sassoon—for the shear fun of it! In the mid-twentieth century, Mies changed architecture when he designed buildings for structure and simplicity. Little did he know his functional approach would inspire iconic haircuts, proving more can be done with Mies' approach to "less."

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  • Spring Sale at the Bookstore

    Spring Sale at the Bookstore

    All T-shirts and shorts are 25% off in the bookstore from March 12 - March 30. Warm weather has arrived; show off your IIT spirit with a new t-shirt! Also, all clearance merchandise is an additional 25% off!

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