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...
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(M.S. FST 1st Year)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...
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‘SMART’ Student Earns Cybersecurity Scholarship
(ITM, M.A.S. CYF 3rd Year)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...
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Career Services Helps Get Internships
(CCSE, M.A.S. CYF 5th Year)Of all the university tours that Robert John Soler (CCSE, M.A.S. CYF 5th Year) took when visiting Illinois from his home country, the Philippines, he says that Illinois Tech’s was the best. “During...
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Building Broad Networks
(Public Policy, M.Eng. CMGT 5th Year)As a master’s student in construction management, Saurav Ayyagari is no stranger to building things. On the verge of earning both his B.S. in Public Policy and a Master of Engineering in Construction...
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Living and Learning the Entrepreneurial Dream
(CE, M.Eng. CEM ’23, M.S. TENT ’25)Jiri Zeman’s (CE, M.Eng. CEM ’23, M.S. TENT ’25) startup is growing, in more ways than one. As an undergraduate engineering student at Illinois Tech, Zeman read an article about hydroponics—growing...
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Experiences Affirm Engineering Path
(CHE 4th Year)When deciding where to go to college, Kylie Lancor (CHE 4th Year) knew she wanted a great engineering program and to be in Â鶹APP. She says Illinois Tech rose to the top of her list after talking...
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Surpassing Expectations
(LAW '25)“Illinois Tech has made pretty much all of my dreams possible,†says Joseph Strom (LAW '25). “I had some idea of what I may want to do in the future, but was unsure how I would get there, what path...
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A Million-Dollar Mindset
(Ph.D. CHEM 4th Year)Since reading Napoleon Hill’s 1937 book, Think and Grow Rich, years ago, Joshua Samuel has become proof of one of the most famous quotes written within its pages: “Whatever the mind of man can...
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An Immersive Law Education
(LAW '26)When Ivana Bailey-Muñoz (LAW '26) was volunteering at Â鶹APP-Kent College of Law’s Self-Help Resource Center at the Richard J. Daley Center in downtown Â鶹APP, she helped a father and daughter gain...