A Million-Dollar Mindset
Since reading Napoleon Hill’s 1937 book, Think and Grow Rich, years ago, Joshua Samuel has become proof of one of the most famous quotes written within its pages: “Whatever the mind of man can...
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An Immersive Law Education
When Ivana Bailey-Muñoz (LAW 2nd Year) was volunteering at Chicago-Kent College of Law’s Self-Help Resource Center at the Richard J. Daley Center in downtown Chicago, she helped a father and daughter...
On the Front Lines
“The first time I walked the picket line was when I was a college student,” AK Alilonu (LAW 3rd Year) says of an experience he had supporting graduate students at the University of Chicago during his...
From the Navy to the Nuclear Lab
With a passion for understanding the power of physics, Will Limestall (PHYS, ASPY ’18, M.S. HP ’18, Ph.D. PHYS Candidate) is using his education to create a safer, cleaner world for everyone. Will...
Education as an Investment for the Future
After completing his undergraduate degree in technical writing in 2019, Sai Allena (M.Des. ’25) returned to his native India during the COVID-19 pandemic in hopes of developing his own startups and...
Meaningful Undergraduate Research Opportunities
Abrar Rafi (ME, M.S. ASAR 4th Year) is from Bangladesh and considered colleges in Canada, the United States, and Australia before deciding to attend Illinois Tech, which he says now feels like a...
Teaching Tech Around the Globe
Growing up in Jordan, Jafar Al Zoubi (M.S. CS 2nd Year, Ph.D. CS 1st year) has always been fascinated by computers and technology. In high school he was introduced to programming languages and...
The Rising Tide
When Mark Tamvakis ’25 attended the Ilana Diamond Rovner Appellate Advocacy Competition banquet in his first year as a student at Chicago-Kent College of Law, he was struck by the camaraderie and...
Where Soccer Meets Science
If you’re a fan of Illinois Tech’s women’s soccer team, you’re already familiar with the tenacity that two-time Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Defensive Player of the Year Gabriella Baltes...
Cutting-Edge Biomedical Topics
Brennan Shapiro (BME, M.S. 5th Year) knew he wanted to be a scientist and says he started in biomedical engineering because it “sounded like the coolest science with the widest applications.” He knew...