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Illinois Tech’s Rehabilitation Counseling Program Ranked #11 in the U.S.
A rising star in the world of psychology, Illinois Tech’s rehabilitation counseling education program has been recognized as one of the nation’s best. U.S. News & World Report ’s newly released 2025...
Ditching Artificial Dyes, Food Giants Are Going Natural
The color of your morning bowl of Froot Loops is about to change. Major manufacturers including Nestle, General Mills, and Kraft Heinz have announced that they will be removing artificial dyes from...
Skies Wide Open
If there were any doubts about the massive impact that the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will have on the field of astronomy, those doubts have been quickly put to rest. After achieving first light—the...
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A Community to Help
Illinois Tech establishes the Center for Health Equity, Education, and Research to tackle health care disparities.
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Getting to the Heart of the Problem
When it comes to keeping hearts pumping, Research Assistant Professor Weikang Ma continues to show he's prepared to make a serious impact.
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Creating Stormwater Infrastructure Equity
Led by principal investigator Matthew Shapiro, a team of Illinois Tech professors is bringing together social science, landscape architecture, and engineering—along with a dose of citizen science—to find ways to address a growing concern about stormwater infrastructure inequities in Chicago.
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"I felt like they really valued me as an individual, and they wanted to make sure it was a great fit both ways. It made me feel like they wanted to ensure program completion and contributions during the program and beyond when applying the knowledge in the real world."
Associate Manager, Global Leadership Development, S.C. Johnson
As a leadership expert, Ashley Aguilar uses her expertise to create a tool designed to assess and develop leadership on a global scale.
Ashley Aguilar (PSYC ’21, M.S. IPSY ’23)
