 | | IIT Honors John W. Rowe, Industrial Technology Graduates
Chicago, April 18, 2008 — 13th Annual Industrial Technology and Management Awards Dinner- Friday, May 9
Illinois Institute of Technology presents the 13th annual Industrial Technology and Management (INTM) Awards Dinner honoring this year’s …
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 | | IIT to Host 2008 International Bridge Building Contest
Chicago, April 18, 2008 — Science Students Around the World Compete Saturday, April 26
Science students from high schools throughout the world will compete in the 2008 International Bridge Building Contest beginning at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Ap…
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 | | Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan to Address 2008 IIT Chicago-Kent Graduates
Chicago, April 15, 2008 — More than 300 will receive law degrees at May 18 ceremonies at McCormick Place
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan will deliver the commencement address at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) Chicago-Kent Coll…
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 | | Mies Van der Rohe and IIT: An Architechtural Tour
Chicago, April 14, 2008 — Mies van der Rohe Society Offers Campus Tours Seven Days a Week
The Mies van der Rohe Society at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) offers 90-minute self-guided and docent-led architectural tours of campus as pa…
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 | | IIT Stuart School of Business lecture sheds light on Edison's methods
Chicago, April 8, 2008 — “Innovate Like Edison” Tuesday, April 29, 4:30 p.m.
A great grandniece of Thomas Edison, Sarah Miller Caldicott will speak about her groundbreaking new book, Innovate Like Edison: The Success System of America’s Gre…
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 | | IIT Invites Undergraduate Entrepreneurs to Get “Chased” Around the City
Chicago, April 2, 2008 — 2008 Chicago Innovation Chase- Friday, April 11
Illinois Institute of Technology’s (IIT) Entrepreneurship Program and its student organization, the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Academy, present the 2008 Chicago Innovati…
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 | | IIT Summer Exhibition Showcases Photographic and Architectural History Makers
Chicago, March 27, 2008 — “Crombie Taylor, Aaron Siskind, and the Adler and Sullivan Project” June 12-August 3
Documenting and illustrating significant contributions made to architectural history in the early 1950s, the Mies van der Rohe Soc…
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 | | Perspectives Charter Schools Partners with Illinois Institute of Technology to Open New Math & Science Academy
Chicago, March 27, 2008 — New Renaissance 2010 School is First Secondary Education Initiative for IIT;
Support from Motorola Foundation Will Help Prepare Chicago Students
for Science and Technology Fields
Perspectives Charter Schools and Illino…
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 | | Diabetes Issues to be Addressed at IIT Conference
Chicago, March 20, 2008 — “Diabetes: Solutions for the 21st century- Research, Economics, Policy and Ethics” Friday, April 18
Diabetes, a disease that has quickly taken center-stage in health policy throughout the world, will take center-s…
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 | | Viewing the Universe with an iPhone: IIT Professor Breaks New Ground with Mobile Devices
Chicago, March 19, 2008 — On March 8th at 9:30 pm, Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) physics professor Jeff Terry took control of a Global-Rent-A-Scope (GRAS) telescope located near Cloudcroft, NM from Chicago, IL using his Apple iPhone. Using …
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 | | Joseph Buri named Energy and Sustainability Director for IIT
Chicago, March 8, 2008 — Joseph Buri, associate vice president, Facilities, Rental Properties & Construction, at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) has been appointed Energy and Sustainability Director for the university, announced John Collins, …
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 | | IIT Hosts WiMAX Day on March 28
Chicago, March 7, 2008 — WiMAX is coming to Chicago and on Friday, March 28, Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) will host an event offering attendees a chance to learn about the opportunities and challenges that mobile broadband wireless networks…
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 | | IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law and American University in Kosovo Establish Graduate Law Program
Chicago, March 6, 2008 — IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law and American University in Kosovo (AUK) have signed an agreement to establish a special graduate law study program. The agreement was initialed March 6 by Chicago-Kent dean Harold J. Krent and…
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 | | IIT Announces Wanger Institute for Sustainable Energy Research
Chicago, March 3, 2008 — IIT Trustee Ralph Wanger’s $5 million gift makes WISER a reality Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) today announces the formation of the Wanger Institute for Sustainable Energy Research (WISER) that will be the fou…
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 | | IIT Architecture/Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Collaboration a Grand Success
Chicago, Feb. 28, 2008 — Fall Collaboration Culminated with Weekend of Performances in IIT’s S. R. Crown Hall.
In an unprecedented collaboration between professional dance artists and students of architecture, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (…
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 | | Mies meets Ellington... Again
Chicago, Feb. 25, 2008 — Mies 122nd birthday will commemorate 1957 ‘I-Ball’
A celebration of the 122nd birthday of famed architect, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe will be held on Saturday, March 29, 8 – 11 pm at S. R. Crown Hall, on the Illinois …
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 | | Haiti Outreach at IIT Develops Water Distribution System for Pignon, Haiti
Chicago, Feb. 1, 2008 — Seeking $200,000 to fund project that would bring water to 10,000
Haiti Outreach Student Chapter at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) is embarking on the design and implementation of a new water distribution sy…
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| | IIT College of Architecture Upcoming Lectures
Chicago, Jan. 30, 2008 — Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture will present the following lectures this spring. All lectures are free and open to the public.
Lectures
20 February, Wednesday
Kulapat Yantrasast, Executive Cre…
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 | | IIT and Open Door Repertory present Crowns
Chicago, Jan. 24, 2008 — Stirring production comes to IIT’s South Side campus for 4 performances only
Illinois Institute of Technology’s (IIT) Department of Community Affairs and Outreach Programs and Open Door Repertory Company are proud to pr…
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 | | IIT Rice Campus Hosts DuPage Area Engineers Week 2008: Engineered in Illinois
Chicago, Jan. 16, 2008 — Illinois Institute of Technology's (IIT) Rice Campus will host the 24th Annual DuPage Area Engineers Week this February. Part of National Engineers Week, this fun and educational celebration of engineering features the Engin…
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 | | IIT Partners in Global Dialogue on Tomorrow's Technology
Chicago, Jan. 14, 2008 — Illinois Institute of Technology’s (IIT) Center on Nanotechnology and Society is joining a new Washington, DC-based think tank, the Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies (C-PET), and the University of Ulster to sponsor a…
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 | | Salare Security LLC names Chairman and Board of Advisor Members
Chicago, Jan. 14, 2008 — Salare Security LLC announced the naming of Ken Kousky as Chairman of its Board of Managers, as well as the formation of the company’s Board of Advisors. “This is a pivotal day in the development of Salare Security,” explain…
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 | | Fast Growing Life Sciences Company Chromatin Leases at University Technology Park At IIT
Chicago, Nov. 15, 2007 — Chromatin, Inc. has signed a lease to move its headquarters and its molecular biology research and development operations to the Technology Business Center (TBC) at University Technology Park At IIT (UTP), it was announced to…
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 | | Ragdale, IIT Class Partner to Rebuild Historic Artists' Studio
Lake Forest, Nov. 14, 2007 — The Ragdale Foundation has partnered with a class of fourth- and fifth-year and graduate students from an Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture Design/Build class to rebuild the Foundation’s now-defunct Me…
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 | | IIT Institute of Design Receives $400,000 Grant from MacArthur Foundation to Design Personal Electronic Learning Record
Chicago, Nov. 5, 2007 — The Institute of Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology today formally announced a two-year project to design and prototype a digital device to augment and improve learning assessment. Supported by a $400,000 grant fr…
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 | | Nastasja Terry Wins $1000 Grand Prize in IIT’s First Flix2Clix Contest
Chicago, Nov. 2, 2007 — Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) students were asked to show the world their view of IIT and they responded. Nastasja Terry, a senior mechanical engineering major from Chicago’s Ashburn neighborhood won the contest, in…
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 | | Dr. John Anderson Inaugurated as Eighth IIT President
Chicago, Oct. 30, 2007 — Dr. John L. Anderson today is being inaugurated as the eighth president of Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). Anderson succeeds Lewis Collens, who retired after 17 years as president of the university.
In his inau…
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 | | IIT Hosts Third Annual IIT VoIP Conference and Expo
Chicago, Oct. 25, 2007 — Illinois Institute of Technology’s (IIT) Center for Professional Development will host their third annual VoIP Conference and Expo October 25 – 26 at Illinois Institute of Technology, 201 East Loop Road, Wheaton, IL. The…
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 | | IIT Announces Launch of National Professional Science Master's Association
Chicago, Oct. 15, 2007 — Organization represents professional science master’s degree programs at more than 50 universities nationwide
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded a $500,000 grant to a group of eight universities including Il…
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 | | National Chemistry Day at IIT
Chicago, Oct. 15, 2007 — Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) will host the National Chemistry Day (NCD) program organized by the Chicago Section of the American Chemical Society, Saturday, October 20, 2007, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at IIT’s McCormick T…
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 | | Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Partners with Illinois Institute of Technology's
Chicago, Oct. 11, 2007 — Fall Collaboration Culminates with January Presentation in IIT’s S. R. Crown Hall. In an unprecedented collaboration between professional dance artists and students of architecture, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (HSDC)…
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| | Five Top Student Videos Ready for the Public to Judge
Chicago, Oct. 11, 2007 — Flix2Clix videographers to show the world how they see IIT. Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) students were asked to show the world their view of IIT and they have responded. Five finalists in the Flix2Clicks st…
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 | | IIT/Stuart School of Business MBA Program Recognized by Aspen Institute
Chicago/New York, Oct. 10, 2007 — Illinois Institute of Technology’s Stuart School of Business has demonstrated significant leadership in integrating social and environmental issues into its MBA program, according to the Aspen Institute’s 2007-2008 edition…
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 | | IIT VoIP Lab Technology for Internet Telephones to be used in New Generation of Security Products
Chicago, Sep. 20, 2007 — Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) announced that security technology for internet telephones developed at IIT's VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol or "internet telephone") Lab in Wheaton, IL will be used in a new generat…
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 | | Charles Pierce Recognized as First African-American Chemical Engineer in the United States
Chicago, Sep. 20, 2007 — Ceremony part of Ralph Peck Lecture October 5
Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) will recognize Charles Warner Pierce as the nation's first-known African-American degree-holding chemical engineer at an October 5…
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 | | Allan Myerson Receives Separations Science Award from American Chemical Society
Chicago, Sep. 19, 2007 — Allan S. Myerson, Philip Danforth Armour Professor of Engineering, Provost and Senior Vice President of Illinois Institute of Technology was recently announced as the winner of the American Chemical Society (ACS) Award in Sep…
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 | | IIT College of Architecture Upcoming Lectures
Chicago, Sep. 10, 2007 — Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture will present the following lectures this fall. All lectures are free and open to the public.
19 September, Wednesday
Carol Ross Barney, Visiting Professor of Arch…
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| | IIT's Student Video Contest Rolling - Flix2Clix videographers to show the world how they see IIT
Chicago, Sep. 10, 2007 — Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) students are being asked to show the world their view of IIT and win some cash in the process.
Flix2Clix student video contest, organized by IIT’s Communications and Marketing Dep…
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 | | IIT Diabetes: Access to Treatment and Justice in Research Program Receives $5 Million Award
Chicago, Aug. 30, 2007 — Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) has received $5 million to support the ongoing work of its Center for Diabetes Research and Policy, a multi-disciplinary center that encompasses scholars from engineering, the sciences a…
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 | | IIT’s Stuart School of Business appoints three new professors
Chicago, July 23, 2007 — Illinois Institute of Technology’s (IIT) Stuart School of Business recently announced the appointment of three new professors.
Dr. M. Krishna Erramilli will assume his duties as Professor of Marketing and Director of Stua…
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 | | IIT to Host National Science Foundation Wireless Investigator Conference
Chicago, July 6, 2007 — Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and the university's Wireless Network and Communications Research Center (WiNCom) will host the National Science Foundation's Wireless Network Principle Investigator (PI) meeting July 11…
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 | | West is East is West/Mies van der Rohe continues through July 29
Chicago, June 18, 2007 — IIT exhibits photography studying Mies' concepts and Eastern philosophy
The Mies van der Rohe Society presents an exhibition created by Swiss architect and author Werner Blaser on the Illinois Institute of Technolog…
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 | | Illinois Institute of Technology's CoolGlobe revises the Constitution
Chicago, June 14, 2007 — "We the People of the Planet Earth, in Order to form a more perfect Environment, establish ecological Balance, insure sustainable Habits, provide for intelligent dialogue, promote the Well-Being of all, and secure the Blessin…
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 | | Illinois Institute of Technology honors outstanding alumni in business, law, politics, design, architecture, engineering and education
Chicago, June 6, 2007 — Sixteen Illinois Institute of Technology alumni were recently recognized for their many contributions to their professions, communities and the university. Alumni honored included corporate giants, entrepreneurs, engineers, …
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 | | $2 Million Raised to Establish Collens Scholarship Program
Chicago, May 30, 2007 — Retiring president also receives IIT's highest honor
Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) has established the Collens Scholarship Program to benefit Chicago Public School students entering IIT, in honor of Lew Collens, w…
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 | | IIT Announces New President
Chicago, May 2, 2007 — Dr. John L. Anderson, Provost of Case Western Reserve University, to Head Chicago Institution
The Board of Trustees of Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), chaired by John W. Rowe, president and CEO of Exelon Corporatio…
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 | | John and Jeanne Rowe Establish Endowed Chair for IIT’s College of Architecture; Dean Donna Robertson Invested in Chair
Chicago, April 20, 2007 — John Rowe, Chairman, President and CEO of Exelon Corporation and Chair of the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) Board of Trustees, and his wife, Jeanne, have established the John and Jeanne Rowe Endowed Chair for the Col…
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 | | Chicago Public Schools CEO Arne Duncan to Deliver Address and Receive Honorary Degree at IIT Commencement May 12
Chicago, April 6, 2007 — Chicago Public Schools Chief Executive Officer Arne Duncan will receive Illinois Institute of Technology's (IIT) highest academic honor, the Honorary Doctor of Science and Letters, honoris causa, when he delivers the address …
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 | | Illinois Institute of Technology's Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) Project with City of Chicago to Begin Field Testing Phase
Chicago, March 14, 2007 — Plug-in Hybrid Ford Escape prototype returned to Chicago Department of Fleet Management (DFM) for field testing
Illinois Institute of Technology's (IIT) Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) Project , sponsored by Chicago…
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 | | Instituto Ling and Illinois Institute of Technology Sign Agreement to Provide Graduate Education in Engineering
Chicago, March 12, 2007 — Porto Alegre, RGS-Brazil
The Instituto Ling and Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) announced the signing of an agreement that will strengthen the teaching of engineering in Brazil.
Under the terms of the agreement,…
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 | | Chicago’s Business Leaders Collaborate to Create, Invest and Manage the $10 Million Illinois Innovation Accelorator (i2A) Fund
Chicago, Feb. 26, 2007 — Today, the Illinois Innovation Accelerator (i2A) Fund, a $10 million seed-stage, for-profit investment fund, was launched with $6.4 million in capital commitment in its first closing. Seed-stage investing has decreased since …
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 | | IIT Board of Trustees Chair John Rowe and President Lew Collens Announce Major Chicago Public School Financial Aid Initiative
Chicago, Nov. 29, 2006 — CPS students who meet IIT’s admission criteria and whose families earn less than $40,000 annually receive free tuition, books and fees
Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) Board of Trustees Chair John W. Rowe and IIT Pre…
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