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is a newsletter published weekly in the spring
and fall semesters and biweekly in the summer
to inform the IIT community of timely news.
Editor:
Phil Rozen
Designer:
Janet Jaffke
Next Issue:04.14.03
Deadline:04.09.03
To submit an announcement for publication,
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Question:
What famous apartment building originally occupied
the site of S.R. Crown Hall? The once elite residence
hosted many parties featuring jazz greats of the
area.
Answer at bottom of page
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| Chicago
Transit Authority Chief to Speak at IIT
“Thought Leader” Frank
Kruesi heads nation’s second largest system
Frank Kruesi, president of the Chicago Transit Authority
(CTA), speaks on the Main Campus tomorrow, April 8,
2003, as part of the continuing “Thought Leaders”
Seminars. Kruesi's lecture takes place from 4-5 p.m.
in Wishnick Hall Auditorium. A question and answer
session will follow.
Click here
to read the news release.
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"Take
Our Children to Work" Day Planned
Again this year, the IIT Women's Center is sponsoring
Take Our Children to Work Day. It will take place
on Thursday, April 24, 2003 from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. The
event is open to all children of IIT employees, from
ages of 7-14 years. Please register for the event
online here.
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Wang
Visits Canada
Another Stop on
Lecture Circuit
Albert Wang, assistant professor
of electrical and computer engineering, is still making
the rounds on the college lecture circuit. Last month
Wang delivered a seminar at the University of Toronto
for the IEEE Distinguished Lecturer Program. He was
invited by the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society,
Toronto Chapter.
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THIS
WEEK'S
Scarlet Hawk baseball
games:
Tuesday, April 8
Away
University of St. Francis
3 p.m.
Thursday, April 10
Away
St. Xavier University
3 p.m.
Friday, April 11
Home
Dominican
3 p.m.
Saturday, April 12
Home
Purdue North Central
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UNIVERSITY
CALENDAR REMINDER
Don't forget to use the university online calendar
to post your upcoming events. It's quick and easy.
Using the calendar will increase awareness and attendance
at your event. It will also help you avoid scheduling
conflicts with other events. Just log onto
http://webservices.iit.
edu/calendar.
Electronic Suggestion Box
The online suggestion box is up and running and available
at http://
suggestionbox.iit.edu. The suggestion box is
for anyone who is connected with the university and
has ideas on how to improve the quality of the IIT
community.
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WEEK OF 04.07.03 |
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THE WINNER IS...
Noreen
Kozak lands top award for service |
|  IIT’s
annual Excellence in Service Award for 2003 goes to Noreen
Kozak. The selection committee made its unanimous decision
last week, based in part, on a whopping 25 letters of recommendation
that accompanied Kozak’s nomination for the non-faculty
award, submitted by IIT colleagues across the spectrum of
the university.
Kozak currently serves as executive assistant to Provost
and Senior Vice President Allan Myerson. In her nine years
at IIT, Noreen has also worked as executive assistant to
President Lew Collens, along with deans and vice presidents.
In announcing
this year's award recipient, Human Resources Director Beverly
Perret shared excerpts from some of Kozak’s nomination
letters:
- “Kozak makes things work by doing
work beyond what anyone has any right to expect of her.”
- “Noreen is dedicated, resourceful,
a good communicator, dependable and always follows through.”
- “…Meticulous when planning
events, quick in taking action and efficient in running
an operation.”
- “She is a bridge builder - always
helping to unite and empower her colleagues.”
- “Noreen is the 'right hand' of the
whole university.”
- “I always contact her when I’m
not sure who to contact or what to do.”
- “IIT is a better place because of
Noreen Kozak!”
Kozak will receive her “Excellence in Service Award,”
April 16, 2003 and it comes with a check for $1,000. Congratulations
Noreen!
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Chicago-Kent,
Intellectual Property Alliance Team Up
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|  Chicago-Kent
College of Law has joined the Chicago Intellectual Property
Alliance (CIPA) as a founding member, working with law schools,
law firms and Chicago-based businesses and associations to
promote Chicago and the Midwest as a vibrant center for intellectual
property expertise, ideas, education and programs.
 CIPA,
a not-for-profit organization, will bring together those with
common interests in intellectual property law. It will sponsor
academic and professional programs and foster an exchange
of ideas among scholars, lawyers and business.
“Chicago-Kent has long had a well-respected, high developed
and innovative program in intellectual property law,”
said Professor Graeme Dinwoodie, director of Chicago Kent’s
intellectual property law program. “We expect that it
will be further enriched by our involvement in the Alliance,
which will enhance the number and quality of programs we can
offer.”
Read the full news release at: http://www.kentlaw.edu/depts/ipp/pr_ipalliance.html.
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Moot
Court Honor Society Announces
Winners of Grinker Award
Jessica Lechter and
Tonda Lee have been named this year's winners of the
Marc A. Grinker Outstanding Student Commitment Award,
awarded each year to a Vice President and/or Senior
Associate in the Moot Court Honor Society. Along with
Jamie Burten and Jacob Karaca, Jessie and Tonda received
nominations from their colleagues in the Honor Society,
who praised their dedication to the Honor Society.
Jessie ably represented
Chicago-Kent in two interscholastic appellate advocacy
competitions, and she is currently coaching a third
team. Jessie also played a very significant role in
running the Honor Society's 2002 Summer Candidacy Competition.
Those who nominated Jessie praised her "for always
being a positive presence in the Moot Court office and
for always willing to assist in times of need,"
for being "very helpful and supportive," and
for being "dedicated to maintaining the esteemed
reputation" of the Honor Society.
Tonda is currently
serving on her third interscholastic appellate advocacy
team. She deserves particular credit for keeping up
with her responsibilities during a family tragedy last
spring and for volunteering to step in on short notice
to be a team member this spring after a student resigned
after teams had been selected. Those who nominated Tonda
also praised her "enthusiasm" and lauded her
for being "very helpful and supportive." |
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| Don't
Forget!
Business
Leadership Forum at Stuart This Week |
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senior principal from Hewitt Associates, headlines the April
Open House and Business Leadership Forum at Stuart Graduate
School of Business. Arturo Fisher will speak at 5 p.m. at
the Downtown Campus Wednesday, April 9, 2003, on “Best
Employers, Best Results: Global Survey Findings.”
Fisher is the lead consultant on human resources strategy
for key multinational corporations with Hewitt Associates.
He designs multi-country programs to align human resources
strategy with local and regional business objectives and has
published several articles on various global and Latin America
human resources topics. |
Confused
About Visas And SEVIS Issues?
Sign up for Immigration 101 |
| IIT’s International
Center is sponsoring a special workshop for staff April 22,
2003, providing basic immigration information, concepts pertaining
to visa and immigration status, as well as issues of employment,
less than full time enrollment and extending the program
of
study.
Instructions on proper completion of I-9 forms for international
student employees will also be given. This workshop will
also
provide an update on the new immigration regulations and
the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System or SEVIS.
If you work international students, you are encouraged to
attend this program, April 22, 2003, 10 a.m.-noon in the Trustee
Dining Room at the HUB. Refreshments will be served. Please
RSVP to Lori Friedman at friedmanl@iit.edu
or at 312.567.3683 by Friday, April 18.
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TV's
Weisman Talks War & the Media |
On April 1, WTTW-TV's
Joel Weisman, host of "Chicago Tonight:
The Week in Review" (center) talked
to Chicago-Kent faculty and students about
the media's role during
the conflict with Iraq. Weisman, a 1969 graduate
of Chicago-Kent, is shown with Dean Hal
Krent and Chicago-Kent Professor Ralph Brill. |
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Tired
of Tuna on Rye?
Try Taste
of IIT
 Friday,
April 11
11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
HUB
The
International Students' Organization (ISO) is
sponsoring the Taste of IIT, which will allow
you to sample the cuisines of many different countries
throughout the world. Please come, enjoy, and
taste the different cultures of IIT!
For more information, please contact Lori Friedman
at friedmanl@iit.edu. |
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| Campus
Ministry Lecture Series Wraps Up This Week |
| IIT’s Campus Ministry’s
new lecture series on the meaning of technology in human life
concludes this week, offering participants enlightened discussion
on how technology can best serve the common good and what
is the relationship between technological advances and human
progress.
The final lecture in the series is this week, Wednesday April
9, 2003:
Fr. Michael Amaladoss, S.J., Professor of Theology
at Vidyajyoti College in Delhi, India. Fr. Amaladoss,
an internationally-known author and speaker, is one of the
most highly respected Christian theologians in Asia.
The program begins at noon in the HUB’s Trustee Dining
Room. Participants may bring their own lunch. Beverages and
cookies will be provided.
For more information visit this website: www.iit.edu/~ministry/tech.html
or contact Campus Minister Eric Schwister, 312.567.3160 or
schwister@iit.edu |
No
message light on your phone?
You could still have an important
voicemail |
|  A
friendly “Contact” reminder from Communications
and Marketing regarding broadcast voice mail messages. From
time to time, IIT administrators send out important news and
information via these broadcast voice mail messages.
Broadcast messages can cover a wide range of important topics,
from updates on computer and network repairs, to reminders
of upcoming special events. When these broadcast messages
are transmitted out to hundreds of staff and faculty offices,
the message indicator light on your telephone will not light
up, provided there is an indicator light built into your
telephone
handset.
Your friends at C & M encourage you to check your voice
mailbox every day, so you don’t miss any important news. |
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Deadline Today For Writing Contest
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|  For
those with a passion for putting pen to paper, the Lewis Department
of Humanities is still accepting entries for its 16th Annual
Writing Contest. But time is of the essence.
Choose your category: fiction, non-fiction, poetry or freshman
essay. Win up to $250 in prizes. The deadline for entries
is today, April 7, 2003. For more information and rules please
visit the Lewis Department of Humanities, 218 Siegel Hall. |
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| 25th
annual Kenneth M. Piper Lecture, April 8, 2003:
Topic: "The Case for Sweeping Reforms of Employee Benefits:
What We Should Demand of Employees, Unions and Government,"
Speaker: Maria Hylton, Professor of Law, Boston University
School of Law.
11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., IIT Downtown Campus.
Humanities Lecture, April 11,
2003:
Visiting Professor Muhammad Eissa speaks on "Islamic
Perceptions of the West,"sponsored by the Lewis Department
of Humanities Colloquium Series.
3:15 p.m. Life Sciences Building, Room 111.
Career Boost Seminar, April
16, 2003:
Topic: “Positioning Yourself and Your Career for the
Future.”
Free seminar presented by Marian Cook and co-sponsored by
Women in Technology International (WITI) and the Chicago Mayor’s
Council of Technology Advisors.
8 a.m. - 9:30 a.m., IIT Downtown Campus.
Adult Technology Workshop,
April 19, 2003:
IIT’s Digital
Media Center presents: Inside Stuff, a series of free workshops
and seminars aimed at providing technical skills to any adult
who is interested in learning more about technology. Hosted
in the Stuart Building, IIT Main Campus.
For more information call 312.567.8856 or e-mail insidestuff@iit.edu.
College of Architecture Exhibit
through April 19, 2003:
Faculty Exhibit series
continues with the work of John Kriegshauser. The exhibit
includes three furniture pieces in three different materials;
wood, metal and plastic. These pieces demonstrate a high level
of craftsmanship rarely seen today.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m. daily, S.R. Crown Hall, Graham Resource
Center.
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See who's in the
news
A comprehensive report in the April 3 Chicago
Sun-Times on the 30th anniversary of the cellular
telephone, included stories on Martin Cooper,
cell phone inventor, IIT graduate and Board of Trustees
Member. A second story focused on
Senior Research Associate Jay Melican's research
on cell phone use at IIT's Institute of Design.
Physics Professor Carlo Segre is
quoted in an April 3 story in the India Times,
regarding the future of biotechnology.
The latest issue of Illinois Magazine mentions
IIT's partnership with Martin Luther
King Jr. College Preparatory School.
The "father of the cell phone," IIT
graduate and Board of Trustee member Martin Cooper,
was interviewed by Reuters News Service for
a story on the 30th anniversary of the first cellular
phone call.
The April 3 edition of the Chicago Sun-Times
reported on a $12 million patent lawsuit won
by IIT graduate Philip Jackson who
developed a way for telephone touch tones to remotely
control devices.
Chicago-Kent Dean Hal Krent was
interviewed on Fox 32 WFLD-TV April 1, regarding
background checks for the Boy Scouts. Krent was also
quoted in a similar story in the April 1 edition of
the Chicago Tribune.
Chicago-Kent Professor Sheldon Nahmod was
interviewed on WLS-TV (ABC 7) and WMAQ-TV
(NBC 5) April 1 on the U.S. Supreme Court's hearing
on two affirmative action cases.
The April edition of Entrepreneur Magazine
lists IIT's Entrepreneurial Studies program
in its first annual top 100 entrepreneurial colleges
and universities.
A recent story in the Chicago Daily Law
Review reported on the installation of Chicago-Kent
College of Law Dean Hal Krent. A photo accompanying
the story included Krent, President Lew Collens
and Federal Judge Ilana Diamond Rovner, a Chicago-Kent
alumna and member of the IIT Board of Trustees.
Chicago-Kent College
of Law Dean Hal Krent was interviewed
on March 31 on WVON-AM regarding the U.S.
Supreme Court's affirmative action cases.
A Chicago
Tribune story on March 31 addresses proposed
METRA station at 35th Street, including a positive
mention of IIT's growing student
population and gentrification of surrounding neighborhood.
A report in the March 30 Chicago Tribune
quoted Chicago-Kent Dean Hal Krent,
regarding problems related to "consent searches”
in criminal cases.
A March 30 story in the Los Angeles Times
about new construction at Art Center College of Design
in Pasadena, mentions the Mies-designed IIT
campus.
IIT graduate John Kulwiec is the
focus of a March 29 story in Santa Paula, CA Times,
regarding his winning of a Rotary fellowship for his
research work on polio.
Professor Howard Simons, Center for Law and
the Financial Markets was quoted in March
27 UPI story about President Bush's economic
plan. Article was picked up by a number of newspapers
including Hilton Head, SC Packet.
A March 26 story in Chicago Tribune Redeye
about local college compliance with new "SEVIS"
visa requirements, featured quotes from IIT
students and International Center Director Celia Bergman.
IIT Architecture Dean Donna Robertson
was mentioned in a Chicago Tribune March
26 column by Architecture Critic Blair Kamin, regarding
new exhibits in the city.
The March 26 Chicago Sun-Times featured
a story about IIT graduate Sam Sylk,
now a popular DJ at WGCI-FM, who got his start in
radio at IIT.
A story in March 26th South Bend, IN
Tribune mentions a top high school student considering
IIT.
Professor Howard Simons, Center for Law
and Financial Markets was interviewed about
the impact of the war in Iraq on the economy on Webfn
on March 21.
On March 20, Chicago-Kent Professor Michael
Spak was a guest on "The Cliff Kelley
Show" on WVON-AM. The topic was
the war in Iraq.
On March 20, Professor Howard Simons, Center
for Law and the Financial Markets was a guest
on Webfn’s program “War and Economy”
with Andrew Busch.
Chicago-Kent College of Law Professors Bartram
S. Brown and Michael Spak were quoted in
Burt Constable's column in the March 19 edition of
the Daily Herald about the war in Iraq. |
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IIT Trivia
Challenge
Answer:
Mecca Flats. Once the most posh apartment
building in Chicago at the turn of the 19th century,
and the first to have indoor refrigeration (through
copper tubing into each apartment), the Mecca turned
into one of Chicago’s worst slum buildings and
was razed to make way for S.R. Crown Hall.
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