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  • 40th Annual Section 1983 Civil Rights Litigation Conference

    40th Annual Section 1983 Civil Rights Litigation Conference

    Section 1983 litigation continues to present challenges for federal and state courts across the country, and the Supreme Court has an especially large impact in this dynamic area of law. Join us Thursday and Friday, April 18-29, 2024, for the 40th-year celebration of our annual two-day in-person conference to get up-to-date on the latest cases, trends, and strategies affecting §1983 litigation.

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  • 45th Annual Kenneth M. Piper Lecture

    45th Annual Kenneth M. Piper Lecture

    Join us Tuesday, March 5, 2024, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Chicago-Kent College of Law to hear Jeff Hirsch, Geneva Yeargan Rand Distinguished Professor of Law, The University of North Carolina School of Law, deliver this year's 45th Kenneth M. Piper Lecture as he addresses labor regulations in AI.

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  • All About Accommodations Symposium

    All About Accommodations Symposium

    The Malin Institute at Chicago-Kent will present a one-day in-person symposium on Friday, March 22, 2024, exploring the current state and future development of accommodations in the workplace. Prominent scholars and advocates will discuss disability accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act, accommodations under the new Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, religious accommodations after Groff v. DeJoy, and the lack of protection for employees who might need but are not entitled to accommodations in the workplace.

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  • WISER Issues Request for Proposals for 2024 Seed Funding Grants Program

    WISER Issues Request for Proposals for 2024 Seed Funding Grants Program

    Illinois Tech's Wanger Institute for Sustainable Energy Research (WISER) has issued a Request for Proposals for the 2024 Cross-disciplinary Seed Funding Grants (CSFG) program. Proposals must be submitted electronically by close of business (5:00 pm CT) on Mon., April 1, 2024, to the Office of Sponsored Research

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  • Application for the Voyager Scholarship Now Open

    Application for the Voyager Scholarship Now Open

    Applications for the Voyager scholarship, created by the Obama Foundation and Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky, are now open for the 2024–26 cohort. Applications close March 27, 2024.

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  • FDSN Seminar Series: ‘Lutein, Zeaxanthin, Goji Berries, and Eye Health’

    FDSN Seminar Series: ‘Lutein, Zeaxanthin, Goji Berries, and Eye Health’

    The Department of Food Science and Nutrition presents its spring 2024 seminar series featuring guest speaker Robert M. Hackman, a research nutritionist in the Department of Nutrition at University of California, Davis, who will give a presentation on “Lutein, Zeaxanthin, Goji Berries, and Eye Health.” This seminar will take place on Thursday, February 15, from 12:45–1:45 p.m. over Zoom.

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  • Back to the Future: Discussion with Illinois Tech’s African American Alumni

    Back to the Future: Discussion with Illinois Tech’s African American Alumni

    Please join the Office of the Provost for “Back to the Future: Discussion with Illinois Tech’s African American Alumni.” This event is open to Illinois Tech students, faculty, staff, and alumni and will take place on Zoom on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, from 3–5 p.m.

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  • MMAE Seminar Series: ‘Bio-Inspired Passive Drag Reduction for Single and Multiple Vehicles’

    MMAE Seminar Series: ‘Bio-Inspired Passive Drag Reduction for Single and Multiple Vehicles’

    The Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering presents their spring 2024 seminar series featuring guest speaker Shabnam Raayai-Ardakani, a Rowland Fellow and principal investigator at Rowland Institute at Harvard University, who will give a presentation on “Bio-Inspired Passive Drag Reduction for Single and Multiple Vehicles.” This seminar is open to the public and will take place on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, from 3:30–4:30 p.m. in room 104 of the Rettaliata Engineering Center.

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  • Great Problems, Great Minds Seminar Series: ‘Planning With Extended Urbanization—Elements of a Strategic Spatial Planning Vocabulary’

    Great Problems, Great Minds Seminar Series: ‘Planning With Extended Urbanization—Elements of a Strategic Spatial Planning Vocabulary’

    Join the Social Sciences Colloquium at the Department of Social Sciences for this Great Problems, Great Minds seminar series event featuring guest speaker Nicholas A. Phelps, a professor and chair of urban planning and associate dean international at The University of Melbourne, who will give a presentation on “Planning with Extended Urbanization: Elements of A Strategic Spatial Planning Vocabulary.” This seminar will take place on Wednesday, February 14, from 5–6:15 p.m. over Zoom.

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  • Participate in Longest Paper Chain Challenge at Galvin Library

    Participate in Longest Paper Chain Challenge at Galvin Library

    Join us for the Longest Paper Chain Challenge at 3:30–4:15 p.m. on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, to celebrate National Engineers Week. Work in teams on the second floor of Galvin Library to design and build the longest looped paper chain using just paper, tape, and scissors. Registration is required.

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