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  • Leadership Academy Seminar: Why Not You? (Pizza provided) – October 15

    Leadership Academy Seminar: Why Not You? (Pizza provided) – October 15

    The Leadership Academy is excited to announce our upcoming seminar, Why Not You?, which will take place Saturday, October 15th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the MTCC Ballroom. Pizza will be provided. You can attend this seminar in person or online via Zoom. As a reminder, by attending our Leadership Academy events, you will be eligible to earn a Certificate in Leadership Studies once you reach 40 points.

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  • NSF launches entrepreneurial fellowships for engineers and scientists

    NSF launches entrepreneurial fellowships for engineers and scientists

    The U.S. National Science Foundation announced a new $20 million investment in Entrepreneurial Fellowships through a multi-year cooperative agreement with Activate.org. The Activate Fellows supported by NSF will be scientists and engineers from a variety of backgrounds and regions across the U.S. who will translate research breakthroughs to new products and services with broad societal benefits. Over two years, Entrepreneurial Fellows will receive training and at least $350,000 in direct support, plus access to specialized research facilities and equipment through Activate.

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  • AI Ethics: Z-Inspection Initiative and Ethical and Trustworthy AI Lab

    AI Ethics: Z-Inspection Initiative and Ethical and Trustworthy AI Lab

    The Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions would like to invite interested Illinois Tech community members to attend an AI Ethics meeting on Thursday, September 29 at 12:45 p.m. for an introduction to the Z-Inspection Initiative and Illinois Tech's newly founded Ethical and Trustworthy AI Lab at the Ethics Center's new location on the second floor of the IIT Tower (conference room 2D6-1).

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  • Exciting Networking Opportunity! Bytes Over Bites

    Exciting Networking Opportunity! Bytes Over Bites

    Due to popular demand, Kaplan Institute has added additional wait list spots for their "Bytes Over Bites" series! Looking to explore potential career opportunities while building relationships with inspiring professionals? We’ll supply the lunch and leave the networking to you! Register today!

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  • Galvin Library Workshop Series: Creating strong, evidence-based proposals, theses, and other documents.

    Galvin Library Workshop Series: Creating strong, evidence-based proposals, theses, and other documents.

    In this series of workshops, you’ll learn how to craft strong proposals, theses / dissertations, and other professional or academic papers and presentations that place your ideas in context and clearly show that your ideas have merit. The series is in three stand-alone sections, each about one hour long, and offered twice each semester. You must register for each part separately.

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  • Hispanic Heritage Month Speaker: Carlos Andrés Gómez

    Hispanic Heritage Month Speaker: Carlos Andrés Gómez

    The Office of Campus Life is excited to host Carlos Andrés Gómez on campus for Hispanic Heritage Month 2022! Carlos Andrés Gómez is a Colombian American poet, speaker, actor, and equity and inclusion strategist from New York City. Join us on Thursday, October 13 at 12:30 p.m. in the Pritzker Club (MTCC).

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  • Great Problems, Great Minds Seminar: Migration and Split Households in the Global South – Gender and Intergenerational Perspectives

    Great Problems, Great Minds Seminar: Migration and Split Households in the Global South – Gender and Intergenerational Perspectives

    Join the Department of Social Sciences for this Great Problems, Great Minds seminar series event featuring guest speaker C. Cindy Fan, a professor of geography and vice provost of international studies and global engagement at UCLA this Thursday, September 22 starting at 12:40 p.m. online.

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  • College of Computing Speaker Series presents “Cracking the Tech Interview”

    College of Computing Speaker Series presents “Cracking the Tech Interview”

    College of Computing Speaker Series at Illinois Institute of Technology presents “Cracking the Tech Interview,” a virtual panel discussion. Learn tips to Crack the Tech Interview with a panel of experts from Intuit, Baxter International Inc., Slalom, and others, along with Illinois Tech’s associate vice president of career services on Friday, September 30, 2022, from 12:45 – 1:45 p.m. CDT. Registration for this virtual event is free. Advance registration required.

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  • Midterm Course Evaluation Survey to Launch on Monday, September 26

    Midterm Course Evaluation Survey to Launch on Monday, September 26

    The Fall 2022 Midterm Course Evaluation Survey will open on Monday, September 26 and will remain open through Sunday, October 9. Instructors are asked to talk to their students about the survey and let them know that you value their feedback. Students can access the survey via a link in the email they will receive from the Center for Learning Innovation (CLI) or starting Monday, via a link found in the Tools area of Blackboard. Students are encouraged to take a few minutes to evaluate each of their courses.

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  • MMAE Seminar tomorrow: Explore the application of electron work function as an indicative or “genetic” parameter for material design

    MMAE Seminar tomorrow: Explore the application of electron work function as an indicative or “genetic” parameter for material design

    Armour College of Engineering’s Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering will welcome Dr. Dongyang Li (D.Y. Li), Professor, Faculty of Engineering - Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Alberta, to present a lecture, “Explore the application of electron work function as an indicative or “genetic” parameter for material design.” The seminar will take place on September 21 from 3:15–4:30 p.m., in John T. Rettaliata Engineering Center (RE) Room 104.

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