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Innovative Cancer Imager Earns Illinois Tech Professor Prestigious NSF CAREER Award

March 7, 2017
Illinois Tech Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Kenneth Tichauer has been awarded a prestigious NSF CAREER Award in the amount of $500,000 to perfect a medical imager that could lead to earlier detection/diagnosis and targeted drug development for cancer patients.
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IIT Nutrition Research Group Looking for Volunteers

September 22, 2014
The Clinical Nutrition Research Center (CNRC) is conducting multiple nutrition research studies to find out the health benefits of foods high in polyphenols in the body.
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MMAE Grad Student Wins MAGS Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award

May 1, 2013
MMAE graduate student Amirhossein Arzani recently won the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award. This award recognizes and rewards distinguished scholarship and research at the master’s level. To be considered, a thesis must contain original work that makes an unusually significant contribution to the discipline. Arzani won a $750 cash prize and traveled to present his work at the MAGS Annual Meeting in Minneapolis in early April.
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Chemistry Alum Susan Solomon Wins BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award

January 16, 2013
Alumna Susan Solomon (CHEM ’77), internationally renowned atmospheric scientist, was awarded the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Climate Change category.
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Architecture Graduate Student Kai Hansen Wins High-Rise Building Scholarship

January 15, 2013
Master of Science student Kai Hansen has been selected as the 2012 recipient of the Chicago Committee on High-Rise Buildings Scholarship in recognition of his thesis research.
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IIT Trustee Martin Cooper (EE ′50, M.S. ′57) and Other Mobile Phone Pioneers Win Draper Prize

January 15, 2013
The mobile phone pioneers who laid the groundwork for today’s smartphone will be presented with engineering’s highest honor during a February 19 ceremony in Washington. The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) will honor Martin Cooper, Joel Engel, Richard Frenkiel, Thomas Haug and Yoshihisa Okumura with the Charles Stark Draper Prize, which annually recognizes engineers whose accomplishments have significantly benefited society. Considered the Nobel Prize of engineering, the prize includes a $500,000 award.
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Provost Alan Cramb and VP Darsh Wasan Named AAAS Fellows

November 29, 2012
IIT Provost Alan Cramb and Vice President for International Affairs Darsh Wasan have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as a AAAS Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers.
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IIT Robotics Lab Develops Crash-Resistant Hybrid Terrestrial/Aerial Robot (Video)

November 29, 2012
The HyTAQ Robot (Hybrid Terrestrial and Aerial Quadrotor) was developed in the IIT Robotics Lab by Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Matthew Spenko and PhD candidate Arash Kalantari. The novel mobile robot is capable of both aerial and terrestrial locomotion.
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College of Architecture Faculty and Student Work Recognized at AIA Chicago’s 2012 Design Excellence Awards

November 12, 2012
IIT College of Architecture faculty and students have been recognized in AIA Chicago’s 2012 Design Excellence Awards. At the October 26 event, five faculty-led firms received awards, including an award for a spring 2012 College of Architecture studio project.
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IIT Researchers Discover Powerful Tumor Suppressor

October 24, 2012
A team of Illinois Institute of Technology researchers has discovered a powerful tumor suppressor found only in cancer cells, BaxΔ2, suggesting the possibility that the sick cells are generating a previously unknown protein to stop their growth. The discovery offers exciting possibilities for cancer prognosis and treatment.
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Faculty/Staff
- Want to Learn More About How to Optimize the Hybrid-Technology Classrooms for Your Students?
  January 18, 2022
  Office of Technology Services’ (OTS) staff are available to provide you with hybrid-classroom AV training either individually or in a group setting.
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- Virtual Faculty Lounge on Creating Community in Your Courses
  January 18, 2022
  January’s Faculty Lounge will focus on how faculty can build community with students in both physical and online classrooms.
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- Staff: Check Your Paychecks
  January 13, 2022
  January 14, 2022, is the first biweekly paycheck date of the new year. Staff members should review paystubs to ensure accuracy of any benefit changes made during open enrollment, new FSA elections, and 403(b) election changes. Any discrepancies must be reported no later than Friday, January 21.
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- Registrations Now Open for Pre-College Summer Programs!
  January 13, 2022
  Illinois Tech summer programs are designed to be hands-on opportunities for high school students to explore STEM fields and learn about careers in the vibrant city of Chicago.
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- Volunteer to Judge at the Chicago High School Virtual Ethics Bowl
  January 11, 2022
  The Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions invites Illinois Tech faculty, staff, and students to volunteer at the Chicago High School Ethics Bowl Regional Competition which will take place virtually on February 12, 2022. Volunteers will help…
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- Get your health habits going in 2022 with Wondr Health
  January 11, 2022
  The start of a new year is the perfect time for you to get to work on developing new healthy habits for sustained weight loss and management. If that appeals to you, check out the BCBS Wondr Health (formerly Naturally Slim) program to see how it can help you reach your goals.
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- COVID Protective Product Store Hours
  January 11, 2022
  The COVID Protective Product Store at Mies Campus continues to support our students, faculty, and staff. Department coordinators should submit a HawkWorks request to order products or other related services. Once you receive your order confirmation email, product pickup is available Monday through Thursday, 8–10 a.m.
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- IRS Announces Business Mileage Rate Increase for 2022
  January 06, 2022
  Beginning on January 1, 2022, the standard mileage rates for privately owned vehicles while on official Illinois Institute of Technology business will be 58.5 cents per mile, up 2.5 cents from the 2021 rate. Illinois Tech’s Buy It Expense module…
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- Preparing Your Blackboard Site for Spring 2022
  December 23, 2021
  Spring 2022 instruction will be virtual until January 24. To help you with this transition, the Center for Learning Innovation is offering two workshops.
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- Staff Council Event: Campus Success Begins With Us – 19 January, 3-4pm
  December 21, 2021
  The Staff Advisory Council has put together a panel of working peers who will be sharing their relatable and inspiring experiences and stories of their involvement with the student body to help you to think about your role and assist you in exploring opportunities to be more involved in aiding in our students’ success stories online via your web browser at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, January 19.
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