University News Archive

  • Architecture Students Mikie Smit and Michelle Davidson Win Un-Competition Project

    March 2, 2012
    Architecture undergraduate students Mikie Smit and Michelle Davidson’s WorldServe Project won first place in the Un-Competition Project, sponsored by Black Spectacles and supported by the Chicago Architectural Club and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The international competition challenged architects to engage in design entrepreneurship by inventing, designing, and building a project.

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  • Controller’s Office Organizational Changes

    Controller’s Office Organizational Changes

    March 2, 2012
    IIT Associate Vice President of Finance and Controller Brian Laffey announced several organizational changes, effective April 1, 2012. These organizational changes will enable the Controller’s Office to align resources to best meet the university’s business needs while providing greater customer service.

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  • Menhart Receives Three-Year MDA Research Award

    March 1, 2012
    Associate Professor of Biology Nick Menhart was awarded a three-year research grant totaling $265,251 from the Muscular Dystrophy Association to study the properties of modified dystrophin proteins in Duchenne (DMD) and Becker (BMD) muscular dystrophies. In all, MDA selected 38 research projects totaling $12 million that focus on identifying the underlying causes of neuromuscular disease and finding treatments to slow, stop and reverse damage caused by disease processes.

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  • IIT Chicago-Kent Repeats as National Cultural Heritage Law Moot Court Competition Champions

    February 29, 2012
    IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law successfully defended its championship in the third annual National Cultural Heritage Law Moot Court Competition. The tournament, sponsored by DePaul University College of Law and the Lawyers' Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation, was held February 24 and 25 at the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago. This is IIT Chicago-Kent's second consecutive National Cultural Heritage Law Moot Court Competition championship.

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  • IIT Stuart School of Business Wins First Chicago CFA Institute Research Challenge

    February 29, 2012
    A team of five Illinois Institute of Technology Stuart School of Business graduate students took first place at the Chicago CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Institute Research Challenge on February 16, advancing to the Americas Regional CFA Challenge taking place in New York City April 9-10. Regional champions will advance to compete for the global title on April 11.

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  • Girl Scout Cookies Sale March 5 at MTCC

    Girl Scout Cookies Sale March 5 at MTCC

    February 29, 2012
    Have you been dreaming of Thin Mints? Hankering for some Samoas? Dying to get your hands on some Tagalongs? Come to the MTCC bridge from 11:30 am - 2 pm on Monday, March 5, where Oak Park 6th grade Girl Scout Troop 40954 will be selling cookies.

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  • IIT Chicago-Kent Wins William E. Mcgee National Civil Rights Moot Court Competition Championship

    IIT Chicago-Kent Wins William E. Mcgee National Civil Rights Moot Court Competition Championship

    February 28, 2012
    The IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law team of Rachel Brady, Matthew Cogan and Alexandra Grace won the 27th annual William E. McGee National Civil Rights Moot Court Competition, February 23 to 25, at the University of Minnesota Law School. Brady, a second-year student at IIT Chicago-Kent, also received the competition’s overall Best Oral Advocate Award.

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  • Physics Nobel Laureate Jerome Friedman to speak at IIT on March 7th

    February 28, 2012
    IIT Stuart School of Business and the MIT Club of Chicago will co-host 1990 Nobel Laureate in Physics and MIT Professor of Physics Emeritus Jerome Friedman, who will deliver a lecture at 6:15 pm on Wednesday, March 7 at the Downtown Campus, Ogilvie Auditorium.

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  • IIT Students Design New Exhibition Space at Farnsworth House

    February 27, 2012
    IIT Associate Professor of Architecture Frank Flury's design-build studio students have designed an adaptable exhibition space that solves the Farnsworth House’s needs of displaying the wardrobe and can also host parties and display other exhibitions.

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  • Author Eric Klinenberg Discusses “Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone” – March 8

    February 27, 2012
    Acclaimed sociologist and Chicago native Eric Klinenberg will discuss Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone from 12:40-1:50 pm on Thursday, March 8 in the MTCC Auditorium.

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