Eating Away a Plastic Disaster
Plastics are polluting the world’s oceans at an exponential rate, but students at Illinois Institute of Technology are working to genetically modify algae that could eat away at the growing problem...
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Chicago-Area High School Students to Participate in Bridge Building Competition at Illinois Tech
CHICAGO —The 45th Annual Chicago Regional Bridge Building Competition will be held at Illinois Institute of Technology on January 28, 2020. The competition promotes the study of physics principles...
Illinois Tech Partners with Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement to Offer New Certificate Programs
CHICAGO–Illinois Institute of Technology today announced a partnership with the Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement (HACE) to offer two new graduate certificate programs for HACE members. In...
Illinois Tech to Help Train Future Accelerator Scientists Through $1.9 Million Fellowship Grant
The United States Department of Energy has awarded Illinois Institute of Technology and Northern Illinois University a $1.9 million grant to train physics graduate students in accelerator science and...
Illinois Tech Leads $1.9 Million Fellowship Grant to Train Future Accelerator Scientists
CHICAGO—December 5, 2019—The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech) and Northern Illinois University (NIU) a $1.9 million grant to train physics...
Computer Science Hosts 70th Midwest Theory Day
The 70th Midwest Theory Day will be hosted by the Department of Computer Science of the Illinois Institute of Technology on Saturday, November 23, 2019. The Midwest Theory Day (MTD) is a one-day...
The Dr. Frederica Darema Lecture Series in Computer Science
The Illinois Institute of Technology College of Science is pleased to announce the establishment of the Dr. Frederica Darema Lecture Series in Computer Science. This permanent fund will help advance...
Data Science Student Spent Summer Keeping NASA Connected to Space
Dan Karcz (M.A.S. DSC student) always has wanted to work at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, and this past summer he fulfilled that goal by interning with the lab’s Deep Space Network. The Deep Space...
Internet 2.0: Illinois Tech to Co-Lead NSF Initiative to Develop Faster, More Secure Internet
Illinois Institute of Technology will play a leading role in forging the future of the internet, as the university has been named a partner in a $20 million National Science Foundation grant to test...
Scientist as the Star: Halo Awards Honor Illinois Tech Trio for Improving Others’ Lives
“At the Halo Awards, the scientist is celebrity,” say the organizers of the event “celebrating scientists for their tireless pursuit of cures and treatments that help people live better lives.” Three...