Health Care from the Heart
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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Pursuing Interdisciplinary Passions
(Computer Science ’02)As the chief health and innovation officer at Commure, health care's first intelligent operating system built to accelerate empathetic innovation and reimagine care delivery, Saurabha Bhatnagar, M.D...
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A Guiding Hand in Service
(Information Technology and Management/M.A.S. Cyber Forensics and Security 5th Year)Sofia Martinez says she wants to help people in any capacity that she can, which is why she enrolled in the Master of Cyber Forensics and Security program at Illinois Institute of Technology. “I’d...
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Growing into a Leadership Role
(Information Technology and Management, M.A.S. Cyber Forensics and Security 5th Year)Anthea Gonzalez says she treasures her time as an M. A. and Lila Self Leadership Academy scholar the most out of all her Illinois Tech experiences. The academy presents numerous opportunities to...
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When the White House Calls
(Ph.D. Computer Science ’06)A call from the Federal Communications Commission interrupted Eric Burger’s career in research and development and academia to become the Chief Technical Officer of the Federal Communications...
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The Journey From Student to Professional
(Mechanical Engineering/M.Eng. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 5th Year)As a systems engineering intern at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in summer 2021, Seth Graham worked on code to analyze flight trajectories for a proposed mission called Mars Sample Return. The...
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Manufacturing the COVID-19 Vaccine
(M.A.S. Pharmaceutical Engineering ’21)An inaugural graduate of Illinois Institute of Technology’s Master of Pharmaceutical Engineering degree program, Tejaswini Ramakrishna Hegde is working at her dream job at Moderna as part of the team...
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Intersection of Law and Science
(Law ’05/M.S. Environmental Management ’06)What really motivated me to go into environmental law was having a child,” Yesenia Villaseñor (LAW ’05/M.S. EM ’06) says. Before applying to law school, Villaseñor was environmentally conscientious to...
Space Ace: Keeping ISS Astronauts Alive
(Aerospace Engineering ’08)Brandon Lloyd took a trip to the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center when he was in middle school and says that he fell in love with human space flight then and there. He selected Illinois Tech because it...
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How a Phone Call Sparked a Technological Revolution
(Electrical Engineering ’50, M.S. Electrical Engineering ’57)With his signature charm, Marty Cooper will not only tell you an improbable idea is possible, but he’ll also map out a way to achieve it. If you don’t believe it, consider your smartphone. In the...