Student and Alumni Stories

Tech in Dentistry: Illinois Tech Sets Pre-Med Student Up for Success

(BIOL, M.S. BHPR ’24)

Salih Hodzic (BIOL, M.S. BHPR ’24) knew he wanted to be a dentist since high school, but he didn’t want to go straight into a huge pre-medical program, so began searching for a more personal...

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Bridging the Gap to Medical School

(BIOL ’20)

David Beam (BIOL ’20) first came to Mies Campus as an open-minded high schooler for a construction competition at Illinois Tech. While the medical field was already in his sights for the future, he...

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Biology to Pre-Med: STEM Education in Medicine

(BIOL ’21)

Zach Parduhn (BIOL ’21) stepped onto Mies Campus as an open-minded biology major with no concrete career plans in mind. He followed his grandfather’s footsteps to Illinois Tech with a love of...

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Food Fundamentalist

M.S. FST ’08

Right around the time Harry Hou (M.S. FST ’08) arrived in Chicago to study food science and safety, he got some real-world reinforcement as to why he’d chosen an important career. There was a large...

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Putting Community First

M.S. PSYC '80

By Tad Vezner Across nearly two decades of family clinical work in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, Esther Sciammarella (M.S. PSYC ’80) has garnered a mixed appreciation for partnerships. There was a...

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Making Waves in Particle Accelerator Physics

(Ph.D. PHYS ’22)

Whether you’re conducting a symphony or you’re conducting an experiment in particle accelerator physics, creating perfect resonance is always a thing of beauty. When Minghao Song (Ph.D. PHYS ’22)...

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Charting a Course in Law and Technology

(HUM 4th Year)

Growing up as the daughter of two lawyers, Lily Decatorsmith (HUM 4th Year) didn’t think a career in law was for her. In fact, she remembers her parents telling her that’s exactly what she shouldn’t...

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Turning Passion into Profession

(BCHM ’21)

Even as a high school student, Casey Weisfuss (BCHM ’21) was always drawn to science and mathematics. That passion for STEM led him to Illinois Tech, where he dove headfirst into studying biochemistry...

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Helping to Take Quantum Computing to the Next Level

(Ph.D. PHYS ’24)

The Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center (SQMS), which is led by Fermi National Laboratory, is looking to bring the quantum computers of the future into the present. One of the members...

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Global Care

M.S. IPSY ’00

Andy Garman (M.S. IPSY ’00) doesn’t preach. That seems to be his superpower. As a climate change advocate working to influence top administrators in an industry as massive as health care, preaching...

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