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Seventh Annual Karl Menger Lecture and Awards

March 29, 2013
The Department of Applied Mathematics is hosting the seventh annual Karl Menger Lecture and Awards honoring Karl Menger, influential mathematician and professor of mathematics at IIT from 1946 to 1971, on Monday, April 22 and Tuesday, April 23.
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IIT Researchers Win American Academy of Environmental Engineering and Science Honor Award

March 27, 2013
Illinois 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.”
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S.Y. Chen, Director of Master of Health Physics Program, Co-chairs NCRP Annual Meeting

March 26, 2013
S.Y. Chen, director of the professional master of health physics program, served as co-chair of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement (NCRP) 49th Annual Meeting, held on March 11-13 in Bethesda, Md.
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Associate Professor of Physics Jeff Terry Gives Colloquium at Columbia University

March 12, 2013
Jeff Terry, associate professor of physics, gave the Material Science and Engineering Colloquium at Columbia University. His talk, titled “Synchrotron Radiation Studies of Advanced Nuclear Energy Materials,” focused on the application of synchrotron techniques to measure the electronic structure and the nano- and meso-scale geometric structure of materials of interest to the nuclear community.
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Boris Glavic Receives IIT ERIF Grant for Interdisciplinary Research with Psychology

March 6, 2013
Boris Glavic, assistant professor of computer science, and Eric Houston, assistant professor of psychology, have been awarded a one-year IIT Educational and Research Initiative Fund (ERIF) grant for $25,000 for an interdisciplinary approach for assessing treatment motivation among patients undergoing antiretroviral therapy, integrating multidimensional scaling with data provenance techniques."
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ComputerWorld asks “Which tech degrees pay the most from day one?,” and talks with Information Technology and Management Associate Director Ray Trygstad and Computer Science Director of Undergraduate Programs Matt Bauer to help find the answer.

March 5, 2013
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Applied Mathematics Professional Master’s Program to Launch Fall 2013

March 4, 2013
In fall 2013, IIT will launch a new professional master’s program in applied mathematics. This non-thesis master’s degree will provide applied and computational mathematics training in conjunction with teaching communication and teamwork skills demanded by today’s employers. The program offers students an exciting capstone experience solving serious, real-world problems in business and industry using modeling, statistical and data analysis, stochastic analysis and optimization techniques.
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Honoring Dale Webster, Bacterial Hemoglobin Pioneer – March 7

February 25, 2013
The 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.
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A San Diego Union-Tribune article about the “second phase” of the Art of Science Learning Initiative, a National Science Foundation-funded project taking place in three cities over four years, notes that the first phase took place at IIT in 2011.

January 22, 2013
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Successful Opening Event for Chemistry Division

September 14, 2012
Seventy people gathered in the lobby of Life Sciences Building on August 28 to welcome new students and faculty in the chemistry division of the biological and chemical sciences department, and to celebrate the division’s new home and office space.
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College of Science Archive

Seventh Annual Karl Menger Lecture and Awards

IIT Researchers Win American Academy of Environmental Engineering and Science Honor Award

S.Y. Chen, Director of Master of Health Physics Program, Co-chairs NCRP Annual Meeting

Associate Professor of Physics Jeff Terry Gives Colloquium at Columbia University

Boris Glavic Receives IIT ERIF Grant for Interdisciplinary Research with Psychology

ComputerWorld asks “Which tech degrees pay the most from day one?,” and talks with Information Technology and Management Associate Director Ray Trygstad and Computer Science Director of Undergraduate Programs Matt Bauer to help find the answer.

Applied Mathematics Professional Master’s Program to Launch Fall 2013

Honoring Dale Webster, Bacterial Hemoglobin Pioneer – March 7

A San Diego Union-Tribune article about the “second phase” of the Art of Science Learning Initiative, a National Science Foundation-funded project taking place in three cities over four years, notes that the first phase took place at IIT in 2011.

Successful Opening Event for Chemistry Division

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