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  • WISER 2023 Seed-Funding Grant Proposal Deadline Approaching

    WISER 2023 Seed-Funding Grant Proposal Deadline Approaching

    Illinois Tech's Wanger Institute for Sustainable Energy Research (WISER) has issued a Request for Proposals for the 2023 Cross-disciplinary Seed Funding Grants (CSFG) program. Initiated in 2009, the CSFG program is designed to support and enhance new and innovative cross-disciplinary research concepts that are expected to attract major external funding in areas of national interest related to energy and sustainability.

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  • Apply for Free Pass to HIMSS23 Global Health Tech Conference

    Apply for Free Pass to HIMSS23 Global Health Tech Conference

    Thanks to a generous alumni donation, students are invited to attend the HIMSS23 Global Health Tech Conference and Exhibition at McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago on April 17–21. The donation will allow up to 50 Illinois Institute of Technology students to attend the conference for no cost with a student conference pass, which grants access to keynote education sessions, exhibitions, the opening reception, and select networking events.

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  • Yale Professor to Discuss ‘Mechanics, Mechanobiology, and Mechanical Homeostasis in Soft Tissue’

    Yale Professor to Discuss ‘Mechanics, Mechanobiology, and Mechanical Homeostasis in Soft Tissue’

    The Midwest Mechanics Seminar continues with a talk entitled "Mechanics, Mechanobiology, and Mechanical Homeostasis in Soft Tissue" by Yale University Professor Jay D. Humphrey at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22, on Zoom.

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  • MMAE Seminar: Nanoscale-to-Macroscale Manufacturing of Advanced Energy and Electronic Systems

    MMAE Seminar: Nanoscale-to-Macroscale Manufacturing of Advanced Energy and Electronic Systems

    The Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering is hosting a seminar from 12:45–1:45 p.m. on Tuesday, February 21, at Perlstein Hall, Room 131. The talk, "Nanoscale-to-Macroscale Manufacturing of Advanced Energy and Electronic Systems," will be given by Yanliang Zhang, an associate professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at University of Notre Dame.

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  • Office of Residence Life Hiring Overnight Community Desk Assistants

    Office of Residence Life Hiring Overnight Community Desk Assistants

    The Office of Residence Life is hiring Overnight Community Desk Assistants (CDAs) for primarily weekend overnight hours. The application process is open to all residents living in Illinois Tech Residence Halls wanting to work overnight shifts in increments of two to six hours.

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  • TIAA Educational Webinars for February 2023

    TIAA Educational Webinars for February 2023

    TIAA, one of Illinois Tech’s 403(b) Retirement Plan vendors, has announced two Financial Essentials webinars on February 15, 2023. Sessions are listed below, are open to all retirement plan participants regardless of the vendor with which they invest, and are available for on-demand viewing for 30 days following the live broadcasts.

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  • Spots Available at Bytes Over Bites With CEO of Chicago Scholars

    Spots Available at Bytes Over Bites With CEO of Chicago Scholars

    Kaplan Institute will be hosting a Bytes Over Bites session with Jeffery Beckham Jr., CEO of Chicago Scholars. The session will take place next Wednesday, February 15 from 12:45–1:45 p.m. Lunch will be provided.

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  • Lifeworks Employee Assistance Program February 2023 Features: Aging Well

    Lifeworks Employee Assistance Program February 2023 Features: Aging Well

    Lifeworks, Illinois Tech’s Employee Assistance Program, is highlighting the topic Aging Well in this month’s issue of their Heartbeat Newsletter. Visit the newsletter for a variety of videos and articles, as well as links to the webinars Maximizing Your Brain's Potential on February 10th, and Filling the Nutritional Gaps on February 24th (the webinars are free), When you visit the Heartbeat Newsletter site, you also have access to prior months’ newsletters and all of their articles, videos, and resources.

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  • Meat Industry Suppliers Alliance, Food Processing Suppliers Association Awarding Scholarships

    Meat Industry Suppliers Alliance, Food Processing Suppliers Association Awarding Scholarships

    The Meat Industry Suppliers Alliance (MISA) of the Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) will be awarding seven $10,000 scholarships this year to deserving students studying in the Food & Meat Sciences and Engineering at Universities across the country. This is to encourage and support those interested in pursuing careers within the meat industry or engineering field. Scholarship recipients will be selected on the basis of the following criteria: academic performance, commitment to a career in the meat industry or engineering field as well as potential for success.

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  • Let’s Meet and Eat! on Thursday, February 16

    Let’s Meet and Eat! on Thursday, February 16

    Let’s Meet and Eat! is an informal, come-and-go chance for us to get to know our colleagues during our lunch break. Come by Tellabs Innovation Alley at Kaplan Institute between 11:45 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. Thursday, February 16, 2023.

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