Students
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Students Invited to Institute of Food Technologists’ Suppliers’ Day
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Winter Term Courses Offered by the School of Design and Society
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Celebrate National Career Development Month with Illinois Tech Career Services!
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National Stress Awareness Day Event
October 27, 2026 -
Poster Submissions for Pittcon 2027 Due in November
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Food Science & Nutrition Club Throwing Halloween Party
October 22, 2026 -
Halloween Lunch & Learn at Attribute Analytics
October 22, 2026 -
Learn About Earning Your Graduate Degree with Plus One Accelerated Master’s
October 13, 2026
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Students Invited to Institute of Food Technologists’ Suppliers’ Day
Athletics
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Help Cheer the Women’s Soccer Team to the NACC Tournament Title
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Illinois Tech Athletics Digest: Women’s Volleyball Sweeps Pair of NACC Games
November 03, 2026 -
Join Us, and Cheer on the Illinois Tech Soccer Teams as They Open NACC Tournament Play!
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Illinois Tech Athletics Digest: Vathulya’s Big Game Sparks Women’s Soccer
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Illinois Tech Athletics Digest: Women’s Volleyball Notches Pair of NACC Wins
October 20, 2026
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Help Cheer the Women’s Soccer Team to the NACC Tournament Title
Research
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Participate in Food and Metabolism Study to Earn up to $695
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Fall Responsible Conduct of Research Webinar
September 29, 2026 -
Funded Graduate Research Assistant Opportunity to Develop an AI-Augmented Platform
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Share Your Academic Advising Experience (2-Minute Student Survey)
September 15, 2026 -
Students: Share Your Perspectives on Seeking ADA Accommodations in Higher Education
August 04, 2026
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Participate in Food and Metabolism Study to Earn up to $695
1871 Archive
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Jules F. Knapp Entrepreneurship Center Executive Director Donna Rockin is featured in 1871’s The Scoop newsletter for its Mentor Spotlight.
November 21, 2016Donna Rockin began mentoring 1871 individuals and businesses in the summer of 2014, but she had been mentoring small business startups since early 2003 at her former employer before she joined the Jules F. Knapp Entrepreneurship Center at Illinois Tech in April 2014. -
Illinois Tech is mentioned as one of the participating universities in the Campus 1871 Hackathon in an article in ChicagoInno.
January 5, 2016Read the article in ChicagoInno here.… -
Illinois Tech is mentioned in several media outlets as one of the universities affiliated with 1871, ranked as the top university-affiliated business incubator in the U.S.
November 5, 2015Read the article in ChicagoInno here. Read the article in Chicagoist here.… -
Illinois Tech is mentioned in several national media reports as one of the partner universities in the “Step It Up” tech training program for minority women at 1871.
October 23, 2015Read the article in Yahoo! Finance here. Read the article in Digital Journal here.… -
Campus 1871 Winners Announced
April 7, 2014Campus 1871 announced the winners of this year's three day startup weekend event which took place on April 4-6, 2014 at 1871's Merchandise Mart headquarters. -
Register Today For Campus 1871 Tech Start Up Student Event
March 9, 20141871, Chicago's hub for tech startups located in the Merchandise Mart, is hosting Campus 1871 for students attending Illinois Institute of Technology, Northwestern University, University of Chicago and University of Illinois at Chicago. -
Global Entrepreneurship Week Comes to IIT
November 15, 2013The Entrepreneurship Academy will host the largest ever Global Entrepreneurship Week at IIT from November 18 - 22, 2013. -
IIT Computer Science will start offering classes in iOS development at 1871, Chicago’s startup incubator at the Merchandise Mart at which IIT also maintains office space, Techli reports.
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A Huffington Post article by Wakefield co-founder Chris Johnson called “Startup City: Chicago,” details efforts to build a “startup ecosystem” in the city, including 1871, the startup workspace at Merchandise Mart where IIT and other universities have set up shop.
September 10, 2012Read more…