Students
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All Students Invited to Participate in Food Science Club’s Shark Tank Competition
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Certificate in AI Fluency Available to All Undergraduates
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All Invited to Attend Pack Expo
October 06, 2026 -
Industry Tour at Imbibe — Sign Up Today!
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Navigate360 Is Now Available for Graduate Students
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Working on a Midterm Paper or Presentation? Let Communications Lab Help!
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MASH Midterm Mastery Mixer
October 01, 2026 -
Certificate Program in Sensor Technology and Experiential Learning Is Recruiting Students Now!
September 24, 2026
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All Students Invited to Participate in Food Science Club’s Shark Tank Competition
Athletics
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Illinois Tech Athletics Digest: Men’s Soccer Posts Unbeaten Week
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Illinois Tech Athletics Digest: Women’s Soccer Pushes Winning Streak to Six Games
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Illinois Tech Athletics Digest: Scarlet Hawks Soar Across All Sports
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Illinois Tech Athletics Digest: Women’s Tennis Wins NACC Opener
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Illinois Tech Athletics Digest: Starting the Season on the Right Foot
September 08, 2026
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Illinois Tech Athletics Digest: Men’s Soccer Posts Unbeaten Week
Research
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Fall Responsible Conduct of Research Webinar
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Funded Graduate Research Assistant Opportunity to Develop an AI-Augmented Platform
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Share Your Academic Advising Experience (2-Minute Student Survey)
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Students: Share Your Perspectives on Seeking ADA Accommodations in Higher Education
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Students: Share Your Perspectives on Seeking ADA Accommodations
July 14, 2026
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Fall Responsible Conduct of Research Webinar
FDSN Archive
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Food Science Researchers Present at American Society Nutrition Conference
July 11, 2024The Food Science and Nutrition Department recently delivered several presentations and received awards during the American Society Nutrition (ASN) Annual Conference 2024. -
Washington Red Raspberry Commission Announces Winners of Illinois Tech Food Product Innovation Student Competition
February 27, 2024The Washington Red Raspberry Commission and Illinois Tech Department of Food Science and Nutrition announced winning concepts from the new Food Product Innovation Student Competition, aimed at developing new product concepts for use by the Washington red raspberry industry. Seventeen master’s-level program students participated in the competition, forming five teams and five corresponding product concepts. Student groups presented their concepts to a panel of judges on Feb. 7 at Charlie Baggs Culinary Innovations studio in Chicago. -
Summer Course Food Law 511
May 26, 2022You may not have thought about taking a class over the summer, FDSN Department HIGHLY ENCOURAGES you to take this summer course! -
FDSN Seminar Series: Emerging Pathogens and Pathogens of Emerging Concerns
March 29, 2022Join the Department of Food Science and Nutrition for this seminar series event online Thursday, April 7 at 1 p.m. featuring guest speaker Purnendu C. Vasavada, Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin- River Falls, recognized for his work in Food Safety and Microbiology and Rapid methods and Automation in Food Microbiology. -
FDSN Seminar Series: Cocoa Flavanols – The Journey from Flavor Inhibitor to Potent Nutraceutical and Beyond
March 21, 2022Join the Department of Food Science and Nutrition for this seminar series event online Thursday, March 31 at 1 p.m. featuring guest speaker John Hammerstone to speak about a flavor research program looking at the differences in flavor potential of few cocoa varieties morphed into a biomedical research program for cancer therapies and vascular health. -
FDSN Seminar Series: Anti-inflammatory properties of blackberry phenolic and volatile extracts
February 14, 2022Join the Department of Food Science and Nutrition for this seminar series event online Thursday, February 24 at 1 p.m. featuring guest speaker Dr. Luke R. Howard, whose research is focused on extraction and characterization of bioactive compounds in fresh and processed fruits and vegetables. -
FDSN Seminar Series: The continued search for suitable surrogates for Clostridium botulinum
January 29, 2022Join the Department of Food Science and Nutrition for this seminar series event online Thursday, February 17 at 1 p.m featuring guest speaker Kristin Schill, Associate Scientist who joined the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Food Research Institute (FRI) in 2020 working with Dr. Kathleen Glass to lead the Applied Food Safety Laboratory. -
FDSN Seminar Series: Disruption by the Pandemic – Future Proofing the Food Industry
January 26, 2022Join the Department of Food Science and Nutrition for this seminar series event February 3 online at 1 p.m. featuring guest speaker Kantha Shelke, Ph.D., CFS, IFT Fellow, teaches food safety regulations at Johns Hopkins University, and is a principal at Corvus Blue LLC, a food science and research firm that expedites development and commercialization of new food products and technologies with science and sensibility. -
Food Safety and Quality from Concept to Commercialization at Vital Farms
September 20, 2021Join the Department of Food Science and Nutrition for this Virtual Food Industry Friday event featuring alumna Liang Bennett (BCHM ’15, M.S. FST ’16), senior manager of contract manufacturing quality at Vital Farms on September 24 at 12:30 p.m. -
Introduction to Culinology Course Registration Still Open
August 24, 2021If you’ve ever wanted to understand the science of cooking, this course is for you. Seats are filling up fast – register today for FDSN 210: Introduction to Culinology.