Lewis College of Human Sciences Archive

Spring Course Added: Introduction to Science and Technology Studies

December 10, 2013
Introduction to Science and Technology Studies (HUM 354) has just been added for Spring 2014.
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IIT Professor of Sociology Christena Nippert-Eng is the focus of an article in The Huffington Post about what wallets and purses tell us about gender and privacy.

December 2, 2013
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Panel Discussion on Academic Trends and Career Tracks for Technical Communication Professionals

October 27, 2013
The changing technology communication landscape is the focus of a panel discussion from 6-8:30 pm on Tuesday, October 29, 2013 at IIT’s Rice Campus located at 201 E. Loop Road in Wheaton.
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Ghostcrawler Is Coming

October 25, 2013
As part of a series of November Launch Events, Lewis College is hosting a talk by Greg Street, Lead Systems Designer for Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft MMORPG (Massively Multi-Player Online Role Playing Game) at 3:30 pm on Friday, November 15, 2013 in the Hermann Hall Auditorium
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Social Networks and Innovation: A Conference on New Frontiers in Methods and Applications

September 30, 2013
Engage with experts to learn current trends and research on networks, complexity, simulation, health optimization, privacy, and more featuring a variety of speakers from near and far from 9 am-6 pm on Friday, November 1, 2013 in the McCormick Tribune Campus Center.
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New course on Self, Society and the Senses

June 14, 2013
Offered by new Social Sciences visiting faculty member Carolyn Purnell, "Perceiving the World: Self, Society, and the Senses in Historical Context," will be of special interest to pre-med, bio-med, artificial intelligence/CS, architecture, civil e, natural and social science, psych, history and philosophy students as well as the generally curious.
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Social Sciences Chair Nippert-Eng is quoted in the LiveScience article, “Privacy, Pfft! Why NSA Surveillance Only Bothers Some People.”

June 12, 2013
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Social Sciences Chair Christena Nippert-Eng talked privacy with WBEZ’s Morning Edition following the Supreme Court decision allowing DNA cheek swabs by law enforcement without a warrant.

June 10, 2013
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A new study in Clinical Gerontologist showing that elderly suffering from depression are the most vulnerable to fraud, conducted by Wayne State University’s Institute of Gerontology, was conducted in collaboration with IIT’s College of Psychology, UPI reports. Psychology graduate student Laurie Stickney is co-author of the study.

April 29, 2013
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Psychology Professor Ron Landis Publishes Research Methods Book

April 29, 2013
Ronald S. Landis, Nambury S. Raju Professor of Psychology, recently published the co-edited book (with Jose M. Cortina) Modern Research Methods for the Study of Behavior in Organizations (Routledge Academic, 2013). The book is part of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Frontiers Series.
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Lewis College of Human Sciences Archive

Spring Course Added: Introduction to Science and Technology Studies

IIT Professor of Sociology Christena Nippert-Eng is the focus of an article in The Huffington Post about what wallets and purses tell us about gender and privacy.

Panel Discussion on Academic Trends and Career Tracks for Technical Communication Professionals

Ghostcrawler Is Coming

Social Networks and Innovation: A Conference on New Frontiers in Methods and Applications

Psychology Professor Ron Landis Publishes Research Methods Book

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