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  • Illinois Tech’s Biggest Startup Night Is Coming April 24 at Kaplan

    Illinois Tech’s Biggest Startup Night Is Coming April 24 at Kaplan

    Kaplan Pitch Tank is coming up on Friday, April 24, 2026, and seats are filling. This is where student founders pitch live for a $50,000 investment. You’re not just watching slides. You’re watching people defend their ideas, answer hard questions, and compete in real time. If you care about startups, innovation, or even just meeting ambitious people, this is the room to be in.

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  • You’re Invited to Register for Illinois Tech’s 157th Commencement Ceremony

    You’re Invited to Register for Illinois Tech’s 157th Commencement Ceremony

    To all students who are eligible to graduate in fall 2025, spring 2026, or summer 2026 (undergraduate, graduate, Coursera, and Ph.D.): we invite you to complete the Commencement Ceremony Response Form for our 157th Illinois Tech Commencement ceremony, which will take place on Saturday, May 16, at Credit Union 1 Arena. This form must be completed by March 12.

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  • Undergraduates: There’s Still Time to Enter the 61st Annual Writing Contest!

    Undergraduates: There’s Still Time to Enter the 61st Annual Writing Contest!

    The Department of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences is accepting submissions for its 61st annual writing contest. All spring 2026 full-time Illinois Tech undergraduate students (students who are currently taking at least 12-credit hours) are invited to submit original pieces of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, one-act plays, freshman essays, and philosophy. The deadline for submissions has been extended by one week! Submissions are now due by Thursday, March 26, at 11:59 p.m.

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  • Grainger Computing Innovation Prize Info Session Open to All Students

    Grainger Computing Innovation Prize Info Session Open to All Students

    Attention Illinois Tech Bachelor’s and Master’s Students: Do you have a bold idea that could make a real difference in the world? Here’s your chance to bring it to life. The Grainger Computing Innovation Prize invites ALL Illinois Tech bachelor’s and master’s students from ANY major to use computing, data science, and AI for social good. Over the fall semester, teams will compete for $30,000 in prizes. Attend the information session on Tuesday, March 24, at the MTCC Ballroom.

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  • ECE Research Seminar Series by Ziqing Hu: “Training at Scale: Data, Algorithm, and Infrastructure for LLMs”

    ECE Research Seminar Series by Ziqing Hu: “Training at Scale: Data, Algorithm, and Infrastructure for LLMs”

    The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering will continue its Seminar Series on Friday, February 27, from 12:45–1:45 p.m. via Zoom, featuring guest speaker Ziqing Hu, Ph.D., technical staff on the post-training team at Perplexity. The talk will be titled "Training at Scale: Data, Algorithm, and Infrastructure for LLMs."

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  • ECE Research Seminar Series by Lily Weng: “Towards Trustworthy AI: Automated Interpretability, Adversarial Robustness, and AI Safety”

    ECE Research Seminar Series by Lily Weng: “Towards Trustworthy AI: Automated Interpretability, Adversarial Robustness, and AI Safety”

    The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering will continue its Seminar Series on Friday, March 6, from 12:45-1:45 p.m. via Zoom, featuring guest speaker Lily Weng, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute at UC San Diego. The talk will be titled "Towards Trustworthy AI: Automated Interpretability, Adversarial Robustness, and AI Safety."

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  • ChBE Seminar by Marcella Vaicik: “Rethinking Scale in Polymerization: Miniemulsion Strategies for Adipocyte Gene Therapy”

    ChBE Seminar by Marcella Vaicik: “Rethinking Scale in Polymerization: Miniemulsion Strategies for Adipocyte Gene Therapy”

    Join the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (ChBE) for a lecture by Marcella K. Vaicik, Ph.D., assistant professor of biomedical engineering and faculty director of Illinois Tech @ Fulton Labs. The talk, titled “Rethinking Scale in Polymerization: Miniemulsion Strategies for Adipocyte Gene Therapy” at 3:15–4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 25, in the Perlstein Hall Auditorium (room 131).

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  • OER Adoption Workshop for Faculty

    OER Adoption Workshop for Faculty

    With high textbook costs, many professors are looking for alternative course material options that save students money, and Open Educational Resources, or OERs, represent one such option. These are teaching, learning, and research materials that are freely available to use, adapt, and share. In this workshop at 12:45-1:45 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3, join librarians from Galvin Library and faculty member Edoarda Corradi Dell' Acqua to learn more about OER options.

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  • WISER Joint Distinguished Lectureship by Dr. Jennifer Holmgren, Chairman and CEO, LanzaTech: “Innovation for a Circular Carbon Economy”

    WISER Joint Distinguished Lectureship by Dr. Jennifer Holmgren, Chairman and CEO, LanzaTech: “Innovation for a Circular Carbon Economy”

    Illinois Tech's Wanger Institute for Sustainable Energy Research (WISER) and Armour College of Engineering, with the Chicago Council on Science and Technology (C2ST) will present the 2026 Distinguished Lectureship on Wednesday, March 4, at 3:30 p.m. This year's lectureship will feature Dr. Jennifer Holmgren, Chairman and CEO of LanzaTech; Member and Chair, Board of Directors, LanzaJet; and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

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  • Nominate Students for Service and Leadership Awards

    Nominate Students for Service and Leadership Awards

    Nominations are now being accepted for Illinois Tech’s Student Service and Leadership Awards, honoring students who have made notable contributions to campus life. The awards listed below will be presented at the 49th annual Clinton E. Stryker Award Reception on Wednesday, April 22. Nominations for these awards must be submitted by Friday, March 6. (Self-nominations will be accepted.)

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