Tackling Gun Violence as a Public Health Issue
TRANSCRIPT Arlen Moller, Associate Professor of Psychology: I was watching the national dialogue around gun violence, and I was especially impressed with some of the student-led movements. And I...
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Illinois Tech and College of DuPage Form Guaranteed Admission Agreement
Illinois Tech and College of DuPage have formed a Guaranteed Admission Agreement, which will provide COD students a seamless transfer path to select Illinois Tech undergraduate degrees, including...
The Psychology of Gun Violence: New Course Examines Growing Public Health Crisis
Every day, approximately 100 Americans are killed with a gun, according to Centers for Disease Control statistics. As gun violence continues to be a polarizing topic in American politics, Associate...
Student Develops Program Using Nintendo 3DS to Diagnose Pediatric Ophthalmological Disorders
Alex Damarjian has spent his professional career working on games benefitting young children—he has worked with Nickelodeon on titles such as Go Diego Go! Safari Rescue—but he had an urge to do more...
Institute for Food Safety and Health Named Co-Recipient for Industry Award
For its demonstrated leadership in promoting and supporting the food industry in the Chicago area and the Midwest, the Illinois Tech Institute for Food Safety and Health (IFSH) was honored with the...
Amazon Alexa VP Delivers 2018 Darsh T. Wasan Lecture
“The way I think about Alexa is the way AI is revolutionizing daily convenience,” said Rohit Prasad (M.S. EE ’99), vice president and head scientist at Amazon Alexa, as he opened the 2018 Darsh T...
In Hurricane-Rocked Puerto Rico, Architecture Students Build Community Space
When Hurricane Maria descended on the small town of Loíza, Puerto Rico, Milliam Carrasquillo Cuevas’s home was destroyed. Her rural town’s electricity was knocked out for seven months. The roads to...
Leon M. Lederman, Nobel Laureate and Former Illinois Tech Faculty Member, Dies at 96
Former Illinois Institute of Technology Pritzker Professor of Physics Leon M. Lederman, who died on October 3 at the age of 96, is being remembered for notable global accomplishments in subatomic...
Students Win ASLA Award for Bronzeville Jazz Fence
Illinois Tech Master of Landscape Architecture + Urbanism (MLA+U) students Jamie Sun and Yu Si received an Honor Award in the Student Community Service category of the 2018 American Society of...
Faculty Member Receives AIChE International Honor
Hamid Arastoopour (M.S. GE ’75, Ph.D. ’78), Henry R. Linden Professor of Engineering and director of the Wanger Institute for Sustainable Energy Research (WISER), was honored with the AIChE (American...