Students
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Students Invited to Institute of Food Technologists’ Suppliers’ Day
November 03, 2026 -
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!
October 27, 2026 -
National Stress Awareness Day Event
October 27, 2026 -
Poster Submissions for Pittcon 2027 Due in November
October 22, 2026 -
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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Illinois Tech Athletics Digest: Women’s Basketball Opens Season with Win
November 10, 2026 -
Help Cheer the Women’s Soccer Team to the NACC Tournament Title
November 05, 2026 -
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
October 27, 2026
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Illinois Tech Athletics Digest: Women’s Basketball Opens Season with Win
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
Biology Archive
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IIT Researchers Win American Academy of Environmental Engineering and Science Honor Award
March 27, 2013Illinois Institute of Technology researchers Krishna Pagilla, professor of environmental engineering, Benjamin Stark, professor of biology, and graduate students Marina Arnaldos (Ph.D. ENVE ’12) and Stephanie Kunkel (BIOL) were awarded the Honor Award for University Research by the American Academy of Environmental Engineering and Scientists (AAEES) for their research, “Improving Energy Sustainability of Wastewater Treatment by Low DO Nitrification Process.” -
Honoring Dale Webster, Bacterial Hemoglobin Pioneer – March 7
February 25, 2013The biology department will honor Dale Webster, distinguished professor of biology, professor emeritus, and founder of the field of bacterial hemoglobins, on Thursday, March 7. The day’s activities will include a lunch, campus tour, and visit to the department. -
Associate Professor of Biology and Biomedical Engineering Joseph Orgel’s research studying surviving collagen found in fossilized bones of dinosaurs was featured on WBEZ’s Clever Apes on March 7. The following day, biochemistry undergraduate Faraz Hussain wrote a guest post for Clever Apes investigating a variety of research into the evolutionary developmental biology of birds such as chickens, ancestors to the theropods.
March 9, 2012Clever Apes #27: Breaking the fossil record Clever Apes: Cooking up a dino-chicken… -
Menhart Receives Three-Year MDA Research Award
March 1, 2012Associate Professor of Biology Nick Menhart was awarded a three-year research grant totaling $265,251 from the Muscular Dystrophy Association to study the properties of modified dystrophin proteins in Duchenne (DMD) and Becker (BMD) muscular dystrophies. In all, MDA selected 38 research projects totaling $12 million that focus on identifying the underlying causes of neuromuscular disease and finding treatments to slow, stop and reverse damage caused by disease processes. -
IIT Biology and Environmental Engineering Researchers Explore How VHb Enhances Ethanol Production in E Coli in Diverse Growth Media
February 8, 2012Biology and environmental engineering researchers at IIT describe how Vitreoscilla hemoglobin (VHb) can enhance ethanol production in Escherichia coli in a variety of growth media by increasing the oxygen supply in a new article in Biomass and Bioenergy. The work is an important step in research in the production of ethanol from biomass.