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Author Eric Klinenberg Discusses “Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone” – March 8

February 27, 2012
Acclaimed sociologist and Chicago native Eric Klinenberg will discuss Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone from 12:40-1:50 pm on Thursday, March 8 in the MTCC Auditorium.
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Kan Accepts Postdoc at Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications

February 26, 2012
Xingye Kan, Ph.D. candidate in applied mathematics, has accepted a two-year postdoctoral position at the National Science Foundation-funded Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications at the University of Minnesota.
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Sixth Annual IIT Karl Menger Lecture and Award

February 22, 2012
Alumni, faculty, students, and friends of the IIT Department of Applied Mathematics are invited to the sixth annual IIT Karl Menger Lecture and Award on Monday, April 23.
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Social Sciences’ Benjamin Franklin Project Inaugural Lecture featuring Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian Gordon Wood

February 20, 2012
The IIT College of Science and Letters Department of Social Sciences proudly announce the inaugural event of the new Benjamin Franklin Project with one of America's most distinguished historians.
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Chemistry’s Hyun-Soon Chong Speaks at World RadioImmunoConjugate Summit in Washington

February 9, 2012
Hyun-Soon (Joy) Chong, associate professor of chemistry, spoke about her work for the cancer therapeutic technology called radioimmunotherapy at the World RadioImmunoConjugate Summit, “Recognizing the Potential of Radioimmunoconjugates for Cancer Treatment and Imaging,” February 1-2 in Washington, DC.
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IIT Biology and Environmental Engineering Researchers Explore How VHb Enhances Ethanol Production in E Coli in Diverse Growth Media

February 8, 2012
Biology and environmental engineering researchers at IIT describe how Vitreoscilla hemoglobin (VHb) can enhance ethanol production in Escherichia coli in a variety of growth media by increasing the oxygen supply in a new article in Biomass and Bioenergy. The work is an important step in research in the production of ethanol from biomass.
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2012 CSL Undergraduate Summer Research Stipend Program Nomination Deadline Approaching

February 3, 2012
IIT College of Science and Letters Associate Dean for Academics Matt Bauer announced that the college is accepting nominations for $5,000 CSL Undergraduate Summer Research Stipends. Up to eight stipends will be awarded. All CSL majors are eligible, and all IIT faculty may nominate a student. Nominations are due by Friday, March 9.
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Medill Reports covered the Nuclear Science Day activities held at IIT on January 25, when more than 100 area high school students visited the university to hear lectures, make art, and learn more about nuclear energy.

January 27, 2012
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Computer Science’s Shlomo Argamon to Help Develop NIH-Funded Tool to Improve Health Care Delivery and Cost-Effectiveness

January 18, 2012
Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) associate professor of computer science Shlomo Argamon will help develop a software system to improve health care by automatic identification of research results relevant to individual patients in a project funded by the National Institutes of Health.
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New degree programs offered by the IIT College of Science and Letters this year are among those discussed in the Chicago Sun-Times special education section article, “Local colleges offer new programs in high-demand careers.”

January 18, 2012
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College of Science and Letters Archive

Author Eric Klinenberg Discusses “Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone” – March 8

Kan Accepts Postdoc at Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications

Sixth Annual IIT Karl Menger Lecture and Award

Chemistry’s Hyun-Soon Chong Speaks at World RadioImmunoConjugate Summit in Washington

IIT Biology and Environmental Engineering Researchers Explore How VHb Enhances Ethanol Production in E Coli in Diverse Growth Media

2012 CSL Undergraduate Summer Research Stipend Program Nomination Deadline Approaching

Medill Reports covered the Nuclear Science Day activities held at IIT on January 25, when more than 100 area high school students visited the university to hear lectures, make art, and learn more about nuclear energy.

Computer Science’s Shlomo Argamon to Help Develop NIH-Funded Tool to Improve Health Care Delivery and Cost-Effectiveness

New degree programs offered by the IIT College of Science and Letters this year are among those discussed in the Chicago Sun-Times special education section article, “Local colleges offer new programs in high-demand careers.”

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