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Leading Philosopher and Historian Presents Sawyier Philosophy Lecture in Science, Technology, and Society

February 19, 2013
Sandra Mitchell, professor and chair, History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh, will present the Sawyier Lecture, coordinated by the IIT Department of Humanities, on Friday, March 1, at 2:30 pm in the MTCC Ballroom. According to the 2011 Philosophical Gourmet Report, the Pittsburgh program is the top program in the world for the general philosophy of science, ahead of Cambridge, Carnegie-Mellon and Oxford universities.
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Benjamin Franklin Project Distinguished Lecture: “Democracy and the Built Environment”

February 18, 2013
The Social Sciences Department will host the Benjamin Franklin Project Distinguished Lecture, “Democracy and the Built Environment,” on Tuesday, February 26, 7:00 pm, in the McCormick Tribune Campus Center Auditorium. The event will feature Peter Onuf, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Professor of History at the University of Virginia, and Marshall Brown, assistant professor of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology.
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Speakers from Columbia, Harvard, Fermilab Featured in CSL Spring Lecture Series

January 31, 2013
The College of Science and Letters will host six lectures this spring featuring distinguished scholars from Columbia, Harvard, Fermilab, and more. Students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends of the university are welcome.
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Department of Social Sciences hosts EU Regional Faculty Workshop

January 30, 2013
On January 25 and 26, the Department of Social Sciences co-sponsored a two day event with the University of Illinois’ European Union Center at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. The conference titled, “Researching and Teaching the EU: Best Practices and Current Trends in EU Scholarship” was attended by community college and university faculty from across the Midwest.
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A San Diego Union-Tribune article about the “second phase” of the Art of Science Learning Initiative, a National Science Foundation-funded project taking place in three cities over four years, notes that the first phase took place at IIT in 2011.

January 22, 2013
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Chemistry Alum Susan Solomon Wins BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award

January 16, 2013
Alumna Susan Solomon (CHEM ’77), internationally renowned atmospheric scientist, was awarded the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Climate Change category.
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Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick to View and Discuss “The Untold History of the United States” at IIT February 1

January 16, 2013
The IIT Department of Humanities is proud to welcome Academy Award winning director Oliver Stone and Professor of History and Director of the Nuclear Studies Institute at American University Peter Kuznick, creators of The Untold History of the United States, a Showtime documentary series and companion book that "looks back at human events that at the time went under reported, but that crucially shaped America's unique and complex history over the 20th century."
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Law in American Society (PS 356) Space Still Available

January 14, 2013
Law in American Society (PS 356), taught by a full-time practicing attorney and IIT alumna, explores the unique roles and the impact of key players in the judicial process, including judges, juries, police, prosecutors, lawyers and experts. Enroll today! Join and contribute to our mock jury and discussion-oriented class, which meets on Tuesday evenings from 6:25–9:05 pm. Please direct any questions to Adjunct Professor Meghan Carlock-Gonnissen at mcarlock@iit.edu.
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Renowned Artificial Intelligence Pioneer Marvin Minsky Joins Illinois Institute of Technology Metaphor Research Project

December 7, 2012
Marvin Minsky has joined IIT’s Autonomous Dynamic Analysis of Metaphor and Analogy (ADAMA) Project, working on developing new methods for understanding metaphors in multiple languages. Minsky, one of the world’s leading cognitive scientists, is professor of media arts and sciences at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Betts Announces 2012 Dean’s Excellence Awards

December 7, 2012
Russell Betts, dean of the College of Science and Letters and professor of physics, announced the winners of this year’s Dean’s Excellence Awards at a holiday gathering at the Bog. He named winners in four categories: junior faculty; research, senior faculty; teaching; and staff.
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College of Science and Letters Archive

Leading Philosopher and Historian Presents Sawyier Philosophy Lecture in Science, Technology, and Society

Speakers from Columbia, Harvard, Fermilab Featured in CSL Spring Lecture Series

A San Diego Union-Tribune article about the “second phase” of the Art of Science Learning Initiative, a National Science Foundation-funded project taking place in three cities over four years, notes that the first phase took place at IIT in 2011.

Chemistry Alum Susan Solomon Wins BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award

Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick to View and Discuss “The Untold History of the United States” at IIT February 1

Law in American Society (PS 356) Space Still Available

Renowned Artificial Intelligence Pioneer Marvin Minsky Joins Illinois Institute of Technology Metaphor Research Project

Betts Announces 2012 Dean’s Excellence Awards

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