Teaching anti-terrorism
IIT class is among growing field of homeland security study
Patrice M. Jones, Chicago Tribune staff reporter
The assignment was daunting—to protect Chicagoans in the wake of a terrorist attack on the infamous downtown Block 37 project with its proposed office tower, retail space and subterranean subway station. One by one, the Illinois Institute of Technology graduate students came to the front of the classroom, pointing out the site's vulnerabilities.
Founded in 1890, IIT is a Ph.D.-granting technological university awarding degrees in the sciences, mathematics and engineering, as well as architecture, psychology, design, business and law. IIT’s interprofessional, technology-focused curriculum prepares the university’s 6,200 students for leadership roles in an increasingly complex and culturally diverse global workplace.
