Diversity@IIT Archive

  • Architecture Undergrad Taylor Lilly Wins Gilman Scholarship for Study in Beijing

    Architecture Undergrad Taylor Lilly Wins Gilman Scholarship for Study in Beijing

    April 26, 2013
    Congratulations to Taylor Lilly, a third year architecture major, on earning the Gilman Scholarship for Study Abroad! Taylor plans to spend 10 weeks this summer in Beijing, learning Mandarin. As part of his intensive language program through IES, he will have the opportunity to meet and practice his language skills with Chinese students and take field trips to Mt. Wutai and Mongolia.

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  • GLBT History Month Planning

    GLBT History Month Planning

    April 26, 2013
    While GLBT History Month is not until October, it will be here before no time at all. Campus Life would like to begin planning GLBT History Month now and over the summer. Students, staff, and faculty are welcome to join us with suggestions and ideas.

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  • Youth and Community Leaders Collaborate to Address Gun Violence

    April 12, 2013
    Last Saturday, nearly fifty people of various ages and backgrounds met at the Idea Shop for a “Youth Against Gun Violence” design thinking workshop. The event was organized by four IIT Boeing Scholars as part of their Leadership Grant Project*, "Target Future."

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  • iitMSA Lecture: Strengthening Your Iman (Faith) with Speaker Ustadh Usama Canon

    April 10, 2013
    Join the IIT Muslim Students Association for a lecture by Ustadh Usama Canon on "Strengthening Your Iman (Faith)." The event begins at 6:00 pm on Thursday, April 18 in the Stuart Building Auditorium (10 West 31st Street, Chicago, IL. 60616). Everyone is welcome to attend. Dinner will be provided.

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  • First Friday Faculty Lunch

    First Friday Faculty Lunch

    April 4, 2013
    Mark your calendars for the second First Friday Faculty Diversity Lunch, to be held in the Commons Cafeteria (3rd pod area identified with colored tablecloths) on Friday, April 5 from 12 - 1:30 pm.

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  • SmallRoom Gallery Exhibition: Serene Wise

    April 3, 2013
    SmallRoom, the IIT student organization dedicated to bringing the art culture of Chicago onto the IIT Campus through bimonthly art exhibits, has a new show in the Kemper Gallery on the second floor of the Paul V. Galvin Library! The show is les études, with Chicago artist Serene Wise.

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  • Celebrate the Start of April at the Taste Of IIT – Today

    Celebrate the Start of April at the Taste Of IIT – Today

    April 1, 2013
    Taste of IIT is being held today—Monday, April 1—from 11:00 am–1:50 pm on the MTCC Bridge!

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  • Be Blue for Better Together Day

    Be Blue for Better Together Day

    April 1, 2013
    On Thursday, April 4, people across the country will wear blue on Better Together Day to raise awareness about the importance of interfaith cooperation. People of different religious and non-religious backgrounds will mobilize their campuses, communities and companies to show the world we are better together. The Office of Spiritual Life and Service Learning and IIT's Better Together student organization invite you to join them in celebrating Better Together Day! Come over to the MTCC Bridge on the IIT Main Campus during the lunch and dinner hours and sign the #BeBlue pledge. Don't have anything blue? No worries! The first 120 people to sign the pledge will get a blue "Better Together" bracelet!

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  • Krishna Lunch Menu for Week of March 25

    Krishna Lunch Menu for Week of March 25

    March 25, 2013
    The Vedic Vision Society is happy to present this week’s mouth-watering menu for “Krishna Lunch,” a $5 Indian lunch and dessert, packaged and ready to go! This semester, Krishna Lunch will be served on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Pick-up locations are Siegel Hall and Stuart Building lobby between 11:00 am–1:00 pm.

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  • History of Women in Technology Luncheon

    History of Women in Technology Luncheon

    March 25, 2013
    Marie Hicks and Carly Kocurek of IIT’s Department of Humanities will speak on the history of women in computing and gender in video games at a free luncheon to be held on Tuesday, March 26 from 12:45–2:30 pm in the MTCC Ballroom. Students, faculty and staff of all genders are welcome. Meet and mingle with women students, faculty and staff from across the university. The event is sponsored by the Department of Humanities.

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