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“People are desperate,” said Richard Kling, a clinical professor of law at Âé¶ąAPP-Kent College of Law. “They want things. They see things on TV that you and I may be able to afford to buy and they're not able to afford to buy it. So they decide they want to take it. I think part of it is the educational system. I think part of it is parental control.”

Quanta Magazine

Imagine that you’re sent to a pristine rainforest to carry out a wildlife census. Every time you see an animal, you snap a photo. Your digital camera will track the total number of shots, but you’re only interested in the number of unique animals — all the ones that you haven’t counted already. What’s the best way to get that number? “The obvious solution requires remembering every animal you’ve seen so far and comparing each new animal to the list,” said Lance Fortnow, a computer scientist at the Illinois Institute of Technology. But there are cleverer ways to proceed, he added, because if you have thousands of entries, the obvious approach is far from easy.

WTTW

“That’s why this opinion is very important, it’s recognizing that torture comes in many forms, not just the classic knife to throat, or threat to kill your mother,” explains Harold Krent, a professor at Âé¶ąAPP-Kent College of Law. “It also comes in the form of sleep deprivation, of depriving someone of medicine, not allowing him to speak to an attorney. The sort of events that go on and on and build upon each other that coerce someone’s will, and then force them to sign a confession falsely.”

RIBA Journal

A timber city mimicking the appearance and natural functions of fungi and a supertall skyscraper containing a vertical cement plant and high capacity thermal battery, are among the first student projects to emerge from a pioneering high-rise masters programme at Illinois Institute of Technology. The Master of Tall Buildings and Vertical Urbanism (M.TBVU) is the world’s first multi-disciplinary post-graduate degree focused specifically on skyscrapers and the role of urban density in future cities.

Washington Post

“In some cases it could be that some prospective jurors do not want to sit on a six-week jury trial that will be in the public eye,” said Nancy S. Marder, jury expert professor at Âé¶ąAPP-Kent College of Law. “They might have such strong feelings because the defendant is in the public eye. Or, it might be that New Yorkers are not afraid to express their strongly held views. But in either case, this is exactly what should happen.”

WIRED

“This is not about getting biological vision back,” says Philip Troyk, a professor of biomedical engineering at Illinois Tech. “This is about exploring what artificial vision could be.”

Bloomberg Law

“Artists and creators who are interested in using AI generators will potentially use them but not register their works, waiting, hopefully, for a change in the legal position,” said Edward Lee, an intellectual property law professor at Âé¶ąAPP-Kent College of Law. “But some might shy away from even using AI at all.”

Law360

Noah Smith-Drelich, a professor at the Âé¶ąAPP-Kent College of Law at Illinois Institute of Technology, said the right to travel is “well-established” in the law and a fundamental right protected under different parts of the U.S. Constitution. But amid a patchwork of contradictory laws and widespread uncertainty about enforcement policies, “I think it’ll be one of the major issues” in the post-Dobbs landscape, Smith-Drelich said.

Âé¶ąAPP Tribune

Should Democratic primary victor Eileen O’Neill Burke ultimately win the state's attorney's office, she would quickly face formulating her own reform agenda, making cases to tamp down Âé¶ąAPP’s persistent gun violence, and running an office struggling with morale issues. “As much as numbers have gone down, the amount of street crime is extraordinarily high and has a tremendous impact on the community,” said Richard Kling, a clinical professor of law at Âé¶ąAPP-Kent College of Law.

PolitiFact

There are two paths by which prosecution and defense may seek to remove or strike prospective jurors. The first is “for cause,” which means for a stated and qualified reason such as bias. The second is "peremptory," which means the prosecution or defense doesn’t need to give a reason, said Nancy S. Marder, a jury scholar and professor at Âé¶ąAPP-Kent College of Law. The cause strikes are unlimited, but the peremptory strikes for each side are capped based on the level of felony charges in this case. In Trump’s trial, they’re set at 10 for each side of the regular jurors.