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  • Medical School Application Seminar Coming Wednesday, April 12

    Medical School Application Seminar Coming Wednesday, April 12

    A seminar Wednesday, April 12, will go through the application process for medical school (and other health professions schools i.e. Dental, Pharmacy, Optometry). It will also discuss letters of recommendation and the committee letter process.

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  • FDSN Seminar Series: Genetic Analysis of Traits in Food Crops that Affect the Human Gut Microbiome

    FDSN Seminar Series: Genetic Analysis of Traits in Food Crops that Affect the Human Gut Microbiome

    The Department of Food Science and Nutrition will host Andrew Benson, W. W. Marshall Distinguished Professor of Biotechnology and Allen Food for Health Presidential Chair at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, for a seminar titled “Genetic Analysis of Traits in Food Crops that Affect the Human Gut Microbiome: A New Approach to Drive Crop Breeding Programs Toward Human Health” on Thursday, April 13, beginning at 12:45 p.m. The virtual seminar will take place on Zoom.

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  • Kaplan Institute Pitch Competition Coming Up on Friday, April 21

    Kaplan Institute Pitch Competition Coming Up on Friday, April 21

    The Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship's annual Kaplan Pitch Tank competition is coming up from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, April 21, at Tellabs Innovation Alley in the Kaplan Institute.

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  • 58th Annual Humanities Writing Contest Winners Announced

    58th Annual Humanities Writing Contest Winners Announced

    Congratulations to the winners of the Department of Humanities’ 58th Annual Writing Contest! 2023 winners represent students from the Armour College of Engineering, College of Architecture, Lewis College of Science and Letters, and the College of Computing. An in-person awards ceremony will be held on April 18, 2023, from 12:45 to 1:45 p.m.

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  • Great Problems Great Minds Seminar Series: Small Area Fair Market Rents and Opportunity Moves

    Great Problems Great Minds Seminar Series: Small Area Fair Market Rents and Opportunity Moves

    Join the Department of Social Sciences for this Great Problems, Great Minds seminar series event featuring guest speaker, Robert Silverman, who will conduct a discussion about, “Small Area Fair Market Rents (SAFMRs) and Opportunity Moves: Public Housing Authority (PHA) Administrators’ Perceptions of Policy Implementation.” This seminar will take place on Zoom on Thursday, April 6, 2023, from 12:40–1:40 p.m. 

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  • Chemical and Biological Engineering 2023 Robert W. Lyczkowski Lecture

    Chemical and Biological Engineering 2023 Robert W. Lyczkowski Lecture

    The Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering presents Research Director Augusto Neri of the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Italy, who will give a lecture on Robert W. Lyczkowski’s work, “Multiphase Flow Modeling of Explosive Eruptions and Their Hazards: Some Achievements and Perspectives.” This lecture is open to the public and will take place in Perlstein Hall, room 131 on Wednesday, April 26, 2023 from 3:15–6 p.m.

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  • Chemical and Biological Engineering Spring Seminar Series: AI-Designed Organisms

    Chemical and Biological Engineering Spring Seminar Series: AI-Designed Organisms

    The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering presents Sam Kriegman, assistant professor at Northwestern University, who will give a presentation on “AI-Designed Organisms” as part of the department’s spring 2023 seminar series. This seminar is open to all students and will take place on Wednesday, April 12, 2023 in room 131 of Perlstein Hall from 3:15–4:30 p.m. 

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  • Register Now: “Demystifying Venture Capital” Panel on April 6

    Register Now: “Demystifying Venture Capital” Panel on April 6

    The Kaplan Institute's Genisys program has rallied together three inspiring professionals from TechNexus, mHUB, and Cleveland Avenue who are not only knowledgeable about the venture capital industry but passionate about entrepreneurship and the startup community. Get an insider's scoop on their experiences, insights, and tips on how to navigate the venture capital world at the panel on Thursday, April 6, at 12:45–1:45 p.m. at the Kaplan Institute.

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  • Innovation Day at Kaplan Institute Is Friday, April 28

    Innovation Day at Kaplan Institute Is Friday, April 28

    Register for Innovation Day, a grand showcase of student IPRO projects. Last semester, we showcased a broad variety of student built innovations—from virtual reality to energy harvesting shoes—spanning across all Illinois Tech colleges and institutes.

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  • Join the Out of the Darkness American Foundation of Suicide Prevention Campus Walk

    Join the Out of the Darkness American Foundation of Suicide Prevention Campus Walk

    Join us on Saturday, April 15, at 2 p.m. for a Campus Walk sponsored by the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention. The event will be a fundraising opportunity for the AFSP as we raise money for suicide prevention and mental health resources. To encourage donations, we will be offering AFSP shirts and merchandise, as well as auctioning donated items from the White Sox, including a signed game ball by pitcher Lance Lynn.

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