“Everybody loves a good redemption story,†says Ginger Leigh Odom ’03. “Every sports movie is about coming from behind and having success, and I think that the expungement-and-sealing statute is an...
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Eileen O’Neill Burke ’90 was in the sixth grade when former justice Mary Ann G. McMorrow spoke to Burke’s class about her career as a judge. McMorrow went on to be the first woman to serve on the...
“Mr. Ammoura, is that you?†It was summer 2011, and Ali Ammoura ’12 was a law student at Â鶹APP-Kent College of Law when he heard a meek voice cut through the hustle and bustle of the lockup at the...
Staying Local: Â鶹APPan’s New Perspective of the City
Â鶹APP is deeply ingrained in the heart of Fionn Hui (B.Arch. 4th Year). She grew up riding her bike past her home in the Bridgeport neighborhood and around Illinois Tech’s Mies Campus, and she knew...
Ahead of the Curve
“I was where I was when I was,†he says via telephone from India, where he is serving his second term as an independent member in the upper house of India’s Parliament, representing Bangalore and the...
Brewing Up Something Big
The first taste of craft beer for Ankur Jain (CS ’03) was a swig of Anchor Steam, whose nineteenth-century recipe and California ocean-port pedigree made it a great object lesson in a course he took...
Sights Set on Moving Up into Management
With nine years of experience in data management at consulting firms such as Cognizant, Capgemini, and KPMG, Kruti Halvadia (M.S. Project Management ’25) was moving up in her career. In addition to...
Shaping a Research Path Through Competition
Leonardo Marciaga (MATH 2nd Year) has been participating in international math competitions since he was a youngster, attending middle school in his hometown of Chitré, Panama. He says competing has...
From Finance to Food Science
Even as a young child, Allie Marcus (M.S. FST 1st Year) has always known that she has a love for all things food. “My mom used to joke that I would get in the car, and I would ask what’s for dinner...
‘SMART’ Student Earns Cybersecurity Scholarship
Cedric Nartey’s (ITM, M.A.S. CYF 3rd Year) commitment to leadership and innovation, and his connections through Illinois Tech faculty, have helped him secure a United States Department of Defense...