What Can Bees Teach Us About Community?
Transcript Assistant Professor of Biology Matthew Smith: I'm coming in with a research education perspective. We're partnering with folks in the energy and sustainability department of Illinois Tech...
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More Than a Mural: High School Students Learn the Life Lessons of Painting
Traditionally, murals have reflected the strong history and people of the neighborhoods they inhabit, serving as an act of community engagement, cultural identity, and revitalization. A small group of...
History Through Their Eyes: Program Allows Students to Examine Race Riots of 1919
An assembly of high school students gathered at Illinois Institute of Technology in summer 2024 to flex their creativity and to bring history to new audiences while examining the “Red Summer” of 1919...
Illinois Tech, Chicago Humanities Examine How Technology Is Impacting Our Lives
A slate of renowned designers, artists, architects, media personalities, and artificial intelligence pioneers converged on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus on May 18 to participate in a...
Congress Passes Bill Designating Bronzeville Neighborhood a National Heritage Area
President Joe Biden has signed a bill that preserves a large section of the historic Chicago neighborhood of Bronzeville as a national heritage area (NHA), providing up to $10 million in federal...
Landscape Architecture Program Brings Light to City Parks in Disinvested Neighborhoods
The Master of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism (MLA+U) program at Illinois Institute of Technology’s College of Architecture was honored by Chicago’s Friends of the Parks with its 2022 Smoky...
Local Students Converge on Illinois Tech for Aviation-Themed Family Fun Day
The group of Illinois Institute of Technology professors knew that they’d need props. If they were to have any hope of keeping the attention of dozens of K-12 students, most of them from the...
Community Listening Tours Seek to Gather Feedback and New Ideas
As part of his efforts to listen and lead based on the collective wisdom of the greater community, Illinois Tech President Raj Echambadi held three listening tour sessions with members of the greater...
Budburst Garden Aims to Plant New Community Roots
Davey Friday knows every intersection in the historic Chicago neighborhood of Bronzeville like the back of his hand. But for the longtime resident and a fourth-year master’s degree student in the...
Rising to the Challenge: Illinois Tech Fights Against Hunger
As part of Illinois Institute of Technology’s Service Month organized by the Office of Community Affairs and Outreach Programs and the Office of Campus Life (OCL), 80 Illinois Tech students, faculty...