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Law Professor Richard Kling Breaks Down Ex-Alderman Burke's Sentence, Possible Implications for Other Politicians

ABC7 Chicago

“I think everybody knows intellectually, you have to decide not to do it,” said Chicago-Kent Professor Richard Kling. “You realize if you get caught, you’re going to get in trouble. You see that with governor after governor and other politicians. The bottom line is they know if they get caught they’re in trouble, but like many other people, their thought is, I’m not going to get caught,”

Thomas' Dissent in Gun Case Highlights Failings of Originalism, Says Chicago-Kent Professor Carolyn Shapiro

Business Insider

“This is a court that claims to be an originalist court and, if nothing else, these opinions establish that originalism is not a straightforward approach and does not lead to greater certainty, despite the claims that originalists make,” said Carolyn Shapiro, the founder of Chicago-Kent College of Law's Institute on the Supreme Court of the United States. Originalism “can lead to different results depending on who is doing the analysis," she said, continuing: “It just simply does not provide the certainty that originalists claim.”

Chicago-Kent Law Professor Katherine Baker Explains Legal Obligations for Family That Keeps Getting Misdelivered Packages

CBS2 Chicago

“There’s a limited amount you can do,” said attorney Katherine Baker, who teaches contract law at Chicago-Kent College of Law. “It is not the responsibility of the receiver to figure out where this came from. It's definitely not their responsibility to load up their car and bring all of this stuff to FedEx or UPS.” Since the family has made some effort to reach the person to whom the packages are supposed to be going, Baker said, “at some point, they can just discard it.”

Some Food Allergen Labels in U.S. Warn of Cross-Contamination That May Not Exist, IFSH Study Reveals

The Atlantic

Companies can choose when to use these warnings, which vary widely. For example, a 2017 survey conducted by the FDA and the Illinois Institute of Technology of 78 dark chocolate products found that almost two-thirds contained an advisory statement for peanuts; of those, only about four actually contained the allergen. Meanwhile, of 18 bars that carried no advisory statement for peanuts specifically, three contained the allergen.

Illinois Associate VP of External Affairs Adrienne Irmer Shares How Her Diverse Experience Shapes Her Professional Career

Rolling Out

“If you asked me 20 years ago if I would be working as a government affairs professional, I probably would have laughed,” said Adrienne Irmer, associate vice president of external affairs for the Illinois Institute of Technology. “Today, I have a very diverse resume: emergency management and preparedness, workforce development, marketing and communications, electoral campaign consulting, legislative affairs, government administration, public policy development, and even activism. All of this has informed my work and helped build a network of professionals to collaborate with and deepen my impact in my community.”

'A Living Room for Bronzeville' Is a Pop-Culture Revision of Mies van der Rohe’s Legacy at Illinois Institute of Technology

The Architect’s Newspaper

There are not one, but two, View-Master toys on display in A Living Room for Bronzeville, an exhibition at the Illinois Institute of Technology focused on how Mies van der Rohe’s epochal vision of the modern campus inflicted itself on its neighborhood. Invented by a Black alumnus Charles Harrison, the first View-Master accompanies media and ephemera on the cultural vitality of the South Side Bronzeville neighborhood. The second View-Master is a commemorative trinket celebrating the 2005 restoration of S. R. Crown Hall.

Assistant Professor Jordana Goodman Highlights Gender and Race Gaps in Patent Applications

Financial Times

Jordana Goodman, an assistant professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law who studies equity in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields, points to experiences of Bruce Boyd and Brigitte Gopou as indications of underlying factors in patent gaps. Their hair sculpting tool used to style dreadlocks ultimately secured a patent “only for the method of using the product and not the product itself, so it’s easier for people to produce knock-offs in the United States and not get in as much trouble with litigation”.

College of Computing Dean Lance Fortnow: Computation Is All Around Us, and You Can See It if You Try

Quanta Magazine

Once you start thinking about computation, you start to see it everywhere. Take mailing a letter through the postal service. Put the letter in an envelope with an address and a stamp on it, and stick it in a mailbox, and somehow it will end up in the recipient’s mailbox. That is a computational process — a series of operations that move the letter from one place to another until it reaches its final destination. This routing process is not unlike what happens with electronic mail or any other piece of data sent through the internet. Seeing the world in this way may seem odd, but as Friedrich Nietzsche is reputed to have said, “Those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”

Recordings Show Alito Doesn't Think of Himself as 'Neutral Umpire' in Culture Wars, Says Chicago-Kent Professor Carolyn Shapiro

NBC News

Carolyn Shapiro, a professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law, said Alito’s comments that conservative Christians are under attack from liberals in a culture war that grips the United States provide further evidence that he does not necessarily see himself as a “neutral umpire” in the conflict. “I think he sees himself as a partisan in this fight,” she added.

Co-Chair of College of Architecture Board of Advisors, Professors Honored in Newcity's Design 50 List of Top Architects Shaping Chicago

Newcity Design

“The Power of Persistence ought to be the title of our next book,” says Krueck Sexton partner Tom Jacobs. “From the moment I arrived at the firm [in the 1990s] I saw there were certain core values we had that were related to sustainability, but which later became important in the market.” Mark Sexton, one of the founding partners, agrees. Sexton studied architecture at IIT where he was steeped in the teaching and values of Mies van der Rohe, the architecture school’s first chief and the planner and designer of most of the Bronzeville campus. “The partners here believe [as Mies did] that quality construction doesn’t need to be value-engineered out and that you can meet a project’s goals for cost.”