University News Archive

  • Social Sciences’ Benjamin Franklin Project Inaugural Lecture featuring Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian Gordon Wood

    The IIT College of Science and Letters Department of Social Sciences proudly announce the inaugural event of the new Benjamin Franklin Project with one of America's most distinguished historians.

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  • Katherine S. Newman to Deliver IIT Chicago-Kent’s 34th Annual Kenneth M. Piper Lecture

    Katherine S. Newman, James B. Knapp Dean of the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University, will deliver IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law's 34rd annual Kenneth M. Piper Lecture.

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  • Hermann Hall Parking Lot Closed February 23 for Career Fair

    Hermann Hall Parking Lot Closed February 23 for Career Fair

    The Hermann Hall parking lot (B5) will be unavailable on Thursday, February 23 to facilitate the Spring 2012 Student Career Fair. Permit holders that normally park in the B5 lot can utilize alternate parking in the D1 (33rd & State) or A3 (31st & Wabash) parking lots.

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  • Recyclemania Efforts Continue at IIT

    IIT students, staff, and faculty are encouraged to continue to step up their recycling habits, especially during this year's Recyclemania competition! Over the past week, we've exceeded our baseline recycling ratio to trash, but we have a ways to go in order to work up to our goal of 45%.

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  • John W. Rowe to Present Keynote at Great Lakes Environmental Law Symposium at IIT Chicago-Kent

    IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law will host the the second annual Great Lakes Environmental Law Symposium on March 30, 2012 at the downtown campus. The theme of the symposium is “The Future of Energy Law in Illinois and Beyond,” and the keynote address will be delivered by John W. Rowe, chairman and chief executive officer of Exelon Corporation and chairman of the IIT Board of Trustees.

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  • CPR/AED Training

    CPR/AED Training

    Would you like to become CPR/AED trained and certified? Do you need to re-certify your current CPR/AED certification? Two CPR/AED training classes (including training for infants & adults) will be held on March 7 and 8.

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  • IIT Bookstore Begins Returns

    IIT Bookstore Begins Returns

    Students, make sure you have all the required textbooks and study aids for this semester! The IIT Bookstore will begin returns the first week of March. Don't wait! Stop in and get the rest of your textbooks today before midterms. Faculty, if your text is not being used until the 2nd half of the semester, please let the bookstore know so that we can hold onto them.

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  • Want to Borrow an iPad?

    Galvin Library, in cooperation with IIT’s Idea Shop, has two iPad 2′s available to check out to students, faculty, or staff who have a current library account in good standing. Your IIT HawkCard must be presented to the circulation staff each time an iPad is borrowed and the Loan Agreement must be read, signed and submitted each time an iPad is borrowed.

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  • President Anderson and Provost Cramb Encourage All to Participate in Upcoming University Diversity Forums

    President Anderson and Provost Cramb Encourage All to Participate in Upcoming University Diversity Forums

    From late February to early April, the Diversity Committee will be sponsoring nine forums to explore campus climate, three on each of the following topics: students inside and outside the classroom, faculty teaching and working environments, and staff working environments. We invite you to join the pool of potential forum participants.

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  • Sharon Bostick to Join IIT as Dean of Libraries

    Sharon Bostick to Join IIT as Dean of Libraries

    Provost Alan Cramb announces that Sharon Bostick will join IIT in August, 2012, as our new Dean of Libraries. As the chief administrative officer of IIT’s libraries, Bostick's responsibilities will include the coordination and oversight of all library operations and services.

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