A Wealth of Opportunity
When Angela Petrone, an international student from Napoli, Italy, first researched universities and degree programs online, it was easy to see how she clicked with Illinois Institute of Technology. In...
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Where Psychology Meets Food Science
As a fourth-year student majoring in behavioral health and wellness and specializing in nutrition, Rebecca Oziemkowski is bridging the departments of Psychology and Food Science and Nutrition to...
Ready to Tackle the Global Corporate Environment
Before moving from the United Kingdom to Chicago to begin the Master of Business Administration/Master of Public Administration dual-degree program at Stuart School of Business, Ambika Sahay Verma...
Treated More Like a Colleague Than a Student
Will Gogolak first heard about the Stuart School of Business program when he was working at CME Group as a specialist in risk management modeling for banks and derivative products. “There were a...
Finding the Method to Create Design Solutions
It was during her graduate design studies in India that Gauri Bhatt (M.Des. ’22) first learned about 101 Design Methods: A Structured Approach for Driving Innovation in Your Organization, a book...
Gaining Practical Experience in Engineering
After growing up in Lockport, Illinois, Kaitlyn Graves initially wanted to go to college far away from home, but she says she’s found that living in Chicago has felt like the best of both worlds....
Finding a Home Away From Home
Teni Akinwale (BME 4th Year) came to Illinois Institute of Technology for the unique opportunity to specialize in biomedical engineering as an undergraduate student. Coming from Lagos, Nigeria, she...
Working on the Busiest Railway Interchange in the U.S.
Daniel Rappoport has worked on railroad projects across the United States and is currently a member of the team at Gannett Fleming that is finalizing the designs for capacity improvements to New York...
Leading Through Design
Pamela Mead (M.Des. ’91) spent a decade designing with new technologies, developing projects at Sony, Palm, and Yahoo!. After working with several startups, she moved to Madrid in 2011 to join...
Building Confidence and Industry Knowledge
Sierra Strandberg had been working as a mechanical design engineer for five years creating work holdings for tooling inside CNC machines, but she was looking for an opportunity to leverage her...