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  • IIT Cohosts MICE Collaboration Meeting

    IIT Cohosts MICE Collaboration Meeting

    Illinois Institute of Technology is cohosting the 36th Collaboration Meeting of the International Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) with Fermilab, Monday, June 17 through Wednesday, June 19. Dan Kaplan, professor of physics and director of IIT Center for Accelerator and Particle Physics; Pavel Snopok, assistant professor of physics; and Yagmur Torun, associate professor of physics, are organizing the meeting.

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    Chicago White Sox-IIT Scholar Hawks Outings

    The Chicago White Sox and IIT would like to thank students, staff, alumni, families, and friends by offering a special opportunity to attend a 2013 White Sox game! In appreciation of your continued support of the team, the White Sox and IIT have specially priced tickets to four select games: White Sox vs. New York Mets on Wednesday, June 26 at 7:10 pm White Sox vs. Kansas City Royals on Friday, July 26 at 7:10 pm (fireworks game) White Sox vs. Houston Astros on Tuesday, August 27 at 7:10 pm White Sox vs. Minnesota Twins on Tuesday, September 17 at 7:10 pm

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  • Architecture Student Receives Special Mention in Schiff Competition

    Architecture Student Receives Special Mention in Schiff Competition

    IIT College of Architecture graduate student Penelope Phylactopoulos received a Special Mention in the 2013 Schiff Foundation Fellowship for Architecture competition. Each year, IIT, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the University of Illinois at Chicago nominate a select group of students to submit projects developed in advanced design studios. Phylactopoulos, who was mentored by Professor John Ronan, entitled her project "Silence Retreat." Only two awards were given this year, first place and the special mention.

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    Architecture PhD Candidate Anisur Rahman Awarded ARCC/King Student Medal for Excellence in Architectural + Environmental Research

    Architecture student Anisur Rahman has been awarded the ARCC/King Student Medal for Excellence in Architectural + Environmental Research for his doctoral research on the energy efficiency of tall buildings.

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  • Illinois Institute of Technology Launches Master of Data Science Program

    Illinois Institute of Technology Launches Master of Data Science Program

    Responding to a growing need for people who can turn big data into intelligent insights, Illinois Institute of Technology has launched a new Master of Data Science (MAS DS) program for Fall 2013. The rigorous and interdisciplinary program combines high-level mathematics and computer science theory with the practical knowledge to explore data sets, gather insights, and visualize and communicate meaningful findings.

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  • Bike to Work Week 2013

    Bike to Work Week 2013

    Chicago's Bike to Work Week runs from June 8-14, and the Office of Campus Energy & Sustainability has set up a team on the drivelesslivemore.com. IIT staff, faculty and students can use this site to track your commute on a daily basis (for Bike to Work Week and beyond).

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  • Rebecca Wingate (M.S. CE ’12) Awarded Fulbright Fellowship

    Rebecca Wingate (M.S. CE ’12) Awarded Fulbright Fellowship

    The International Center is pleased to announce IIT's second Fulbright recipient in its history. Rebecca Wingate, a recent alumna who received her master's degree from IIT College of Engineering Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering last December, will be going to Hepia in Switzerland in September for her project titled "Lean Construction and Railway Infrastructure Maintenance."

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  • Honors Scholar Valerie R. Raedy will represent IIT Chicago-Kent in the 2013 National Top Gun Mock Trial Competition.

    Valerie Raedy is IIT Chicago-Kent’s 2013 “Top Gun”

    IIT Chicago-Kent Honors Scholar Valerie R. Raedy will represent the law school in the 2013 National Top Gun Mock Trial Competition held June 6 to 9 at Baylor Law School in Waco, Texas. Raedy is one of only 16 law students nationwide to compete in this unique tournament.

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  • IIT Chicago-Kent hosts symposium on “Justice, Lawyering and Legal Education in the Digital Age”

    IIT Chicago-Kent hosts symposium on “Justice, Lawyering and Legal Education in the Digital Age”

    "Justice, Lawyering and Legal Education in the Digital Age" is the theme of a symposium hosted by IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law's Center for Access to Justice and Technology and the Chicago-Kent Law Review on June 15 from 9 am - 1 pm. The half-day program will be held at the law school, 565 West Adams Street (between Clinton and Jefferson streets), in conjunction with the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI®)'s 2013 Conference for Law School Computing.

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    Logitech Acquires Kickstarter-funded TT Design Labs, a Startup Founded by IIT Institute of Design Alumni

    Less than two years ago Derek Tarnow and Zahra Tashakorinia began developing their first product, TidyTilt, as part of a class project at IIT Institute of Design in Chicago. In June 2013, Logitech acquired Tarnow and Tashakorinia's TT Design Labs and the products they have developed since the initial launch.

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    Certificate Program Offers Emphasis in Public Transit Management

    IIT Stuart School of Business announces a new customization to the Public Management Certificate Program, allowing participants to focus specifically on public transit management. This emphasis area is designed to provide career development for Metra, PACE and CTA employees in the Chicagoland area.

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    Marshall Brown’s “Center of the World, Chicago” Exhibit Opens June 7

    "Center of the World, Chicago," an exhibition by IIT College of Architecture Assistant Professor Marshall Brown, will open on Friday, June 7 from 5:00–8:00 pm at Western Exhibitions, Scott Speh Gallery, located at 845 W. Washington Blvd, 2nd Floor, in Chicago.

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