Deepening Community Ties
Illinois Tech has sat in the heart of Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood since the university was founded—and with the help of a $2 million federal grant, a new initiative will soon deepen the...
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Associate Clinical Professor Named NCJI Academic Fellow
Chicago-Kent College of Law Associate Clinical Professor Jamie Franklin has been selected as an academic fellow of the National Civil Justice Institute. Franklin joined the Chicago-Kent faculty in...
Lewis College Welcomes Four New Faculty Members
Lewis College of Science and Letters is proud to introduce four new faculty members who join their respective departments ready to make a lasting impact on their students and advance their fields of...
‘How Is This Even Possible?’: Racial Justice Writing Competition Winner Examines AI’s Impact on Credit Scores
“You need money? Borrow it.” That’s how Jay Esparza Castillo ’24 defines the current financial landscape in the United States in his paper titled “Fair Lending in the Age of AI: Regulations to Combat...
Crime Expert Lands ‘Dream’ Job as Faculty Member at Chicago-Kent
“It’s not an exaggeration to say this is my dream job,” says Zach Sommers, who began his role as an assistant professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law in fall 2024. “I was pretty confident that I...
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...
College of Computing Welcomes New Faculty
Illinois Institute of Technology’s College of Computing welcomed six new faculty members at the start of the fall 2024 semester to educate a growing student body and to push innovation through...
All in the Details: Fifth-Year Student Finishes Second in Preservation Competition
Not specifically out of the ordinary, a flyer on the wall of S. R. Crown Hall caught the eye of Thomas Lozanovski (B.ARCH. 5th Year). The piece of paper highlighted the results of a competition hosted...
The Journey from Fossil Fuels to Sustainable Energy
TRANSCRIPT Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering Mohammad Asadi: The overall goal is to replace fossil fuel. We are trying to develop energy efficient and economically feasible energy conversion...
Team Led by Illinois Tech Professor Returns from Amazon After Competing in XPRIZE Rainforest Finals
CHICAGO—October 1, 2024—A team led by Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech) Professor Matthew Spenko has returned from the Amazon after competing in the finals of the prestigious XPRIZE...