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EnPRO Group Invited to Give Presentation at TechWeek

June 21, 2012
The EnPRO 335 team "SolarCubed," headed by Laura Hosman, assistant professor of political science and associate chair of the Department of Social Sciences at IIT College of Science and Letters, has been invited to give a presentation at TechWeek on their "Solar-Computer-Lab-in-a-Box" project undertaken over the past semester.
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IIT and Argonne Researchers Discover Lipids Influence the Shapes of Proteins in Biological Membranes and Contribute to Membrane Curvature

June 15, 2012
Through advances in liquid surface x-ray scattering techniques at the X-ray Science Division 9-ID beamline at the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science’s Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory, IIT Associate Professor of Physics David Gidalevitz, postdoctoral fellow Andrey Ivankin, and Ivan Kuzmenko from Argonne have discovered that lipids are also influencing the shapes of the proteins in the membrane and contributing to membrane curvature.
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Associate Professor of Computer Science Shlomo Argamon Leads Team of U.S./Israeli Researchers on Funded Project to Create Metaphor-Identification Linguistic Software, Inside Science reports.

June 15, 2012
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CSL Announces Expansion of Pauling Computer Lab for Quantum Chemistry and Molecular Visualization

June 11, 2012
The Pauling Computer Lab for Quantum Chemistry and Molecular Visualization in room 210 of Wishnick Hall was recently expanded to support lab-based instruction of up to 24 students plus one professor in hands-on quantum mechanical calculations of molecular structure, dynamics, thermodynamics, and other properties, College of Science and Letters Associate Dean for Research Grant Bunker announced.
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IIT Offers Middle-School Computer Discovery Camp for Girls

June 6, 2012
The demand for computer science professionals continues to grow, but the numbers of women and underrepresented minorities entering the field are not keeping pace. Addressing this, Illinois Institute of Technology will offer a two-week camp to help middle-school girls to learn about and enjoy computers, June 18 - 28.
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Get Wise for the Election Year with Summer Humanities Course: Communication in Politics

May 31, 2012
It's a presidential election year, so the presidency is up for grabs, along with control of the U.S. House and Senate, plus numerous governorships and state assemblies. Learn about the many roles of communication in politics, and especially in political campaigns, in the summer course COM 380/580: Communication in Politics.
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Alumnus Pavan Ranga Named as Influential Person

May 22, 2012
Pavan Ranga (M.A.S. CS ’06), chief executive officer of Rangsons Electronics Pvt. Ltd., was named in VentureOutsource.com's 2012 list of the "Top 100 People Influencing Electronics Manufacturing Services" at number 26.
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Fulbright Science Without Borders Grants Available

May 16, 2012
The United States Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) are pleased to announce that 49 grants are available in the 2013-14 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program competition for U.S. academics, professionals, and early and mid-career researchers to teach and/or conduct research in Brazil.
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Physics’ Snopok Wins Funding from the DOE Early Career Research Program

May 11, 2012
Pavel Snopok, assistant professor of physics at IIT and associate scientist at Fermilab National Accelerator Lab, has been awarded funding under the prestigious Office of Science of the Department of Energy (DOE) Early Career Research Program to do research on…
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Associate Professor of Computer Science Shlomo Argamon spoke with Network World and Tech Eye about Autonomous Dynamic Analysis of Metaphor and Analogy (ADAMA), an international research project led by IIT to develop a software system capable of identifying and understanding metaphors in multiple languages from very large amounts of data.

May 10, 2012
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College of Science and Letters Archive

EnPRO Group Invited to Give Presentation at TechWeek

IIT and Argonne Researchers Discover Lipids Influence the Shapes of Proteins in Biological Membranes and Contribute to Membrane Curvature

Associate Professor of Computer Science Shlomo Argamon Leads Team of U.S./Israeli Researchers on Funded Project to Create Metaphor-Identification Linguistic Software, Inside Science reports.

CSL Announces Expansion of Pauling Computer Lab for Quantum Chemistry and Molecular Visualization

IIT Offers Middle-School Computer Discovery Camp for Girls

Get Wise for the Election Year with Summer Humanities Course: Communication in Politics

Alumnus Pavan Ranga Named as Influential Person

Fulbright Science Without Borders Grants Available

Physics’ Snopok Wins Funding from the DOE Early Career Research Program

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