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(PSYC ’14)

For Tim Carsel, who grew up in the Bloomington, Illinois, and Normal, Illinois, area—the twin cities are often referred to as Bloomington-Normal—in a blue-collar family, the possibility of working for...

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(BIOL/PSYS ’22)

Joyce Gu has a lot to celebrate. The recent biology and psychological science alumna enrolled in an early acceptance program with Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, located in Greensburg...

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(ASPY/PHYS 3rd Year)

Jonte’ Williams is not wasting any time. The third-year astrophysics and physics double-major drew upon childhood experiences in STEM programs—and inspiration from African-American astrophysicist and...

(BIOC 4th Year)

Fourth-year student Diana Csercse is the first-ever Illinois Institute of Technology student to enroll in the new Bachelor of Science in Bioanalytical Chemistry program, which is the first program of...

(Ph.D. Technology and Humanities/User Behavior on Social Media, Digital Culture, AI Ethics 3rd Year)

How social media influencers use their followers as unwitting laborers for profit is the center of research conducted by Leila Mirghaderi for the Socially Responsible Modeling, Computation, and Design...

(BCHM ’15, M.S. FST ’16)

Alumna Liang Bennett (BCHM ’15, M.S. FST ’16) is putting her Illinois Institute of Technology food safety training to good use, overseeing all regulatory compliance for Chicago Meat Authority, a meat...

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(PS ’15)

For Olurotimi “Timi” Akindele (PS ’15), the greatest fulfillment comes in helping others. “Being able to give assistance, support, and help to individuals and communities is the best use of my God...

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(M.S. HP ’16)

Since graduating with his master’s degree in health physics, Sandor Demeter (M.S. HP ’16) has applied his subject matter expertise to his work in multiple areas. An associate professor of radiology at...

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