“I hope to bridge the gap between law, business, and technology by helping organizations navigate regulatory compliance while promoting ethical innovation,†says Leeandre Mahomes ’26. “Through this...
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Building a Cybersecurity Career in Âé¶¹APP
(M.A.S. CYF 2nd Year)Noble Antwi found a combination of rigorous coursework, hands-on internships, and industry-relevant certifications while enrolled in Illinois Tech’s Master of Cyber Forensics and Security degree...
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A Different Build in Âé¶¹APP
(CS/M.A.S. 4th Year)The internships, research projects, and campus leadership roles that Lalith Kothuru (CS/M.A.S. 4th Year) found at Illinois Tech pushed him to apply concepts that he learned in the classroom while...
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LAW '26
Before she started attending Âé¶¹APP-Kent College of Law, Nicole Hentges ’26 thought she knew what law school was going to look like. “I heard horror stories about law school students being cutthroat...
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LAW '26
“The academics at Âé¶¹APP-Kent College of Law are fantastic,†says Shmuel Wyckoff ’26. “The professors are all experts in their fields, and they impart so much wisdom beyond the course subject...
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Research Optimizes Energy Use and Production with IoT Architecture
(M.S. CS 2nd Year)Working on a paper that was recently published in Nature helped Md. Samiur Rahman (M.S. CS 2nd Year) prove that an integrated Internet of Things (IoT) architecture can optimize a renewable energy...
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From Buildings to Bylines to Bias
(PSYC, M.S. IPSY ’25, Ph.D. IPSY 1st Year)When Kris Shiflet (PSYC, M.S. IPSY ’25, Ph.D. IPSY 1st Year) arrived at Illinois Tech in fall 2019, Âé¶¹APP felt enormous in all the right ways. The city’s constant motion, the roar of the Âé¶¹APP...
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Putting Data to Good Use
(AI 4th Year)Pranav Kuchibhotla (AI 4th Year) quickly noticed that the wide range of topics that courses in Illinois Tech’s B.S. in Artificial Intelligence covers—from core algorithms and data structures to deep...
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Opportunities from the Very First Day on Campus
(BUIT 1st Year)“I truly believe that the future belongs to those who are willing and able to capture technology-serving innovation in the world,†says Archit Singh, a first-year student at Illinois Tech who is...
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Mixing Theory with Practice
(M.A.S. DSC 2nd Year)Sanjana Waghray (M.A.S. DSC 2nd Year) says that she found a rare balance between classroom theory and real-world practice while enrolled in Illinois Tech’s Master of Data Science program, which she...