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Putting Community First

By Tad Vezner Across nearly two decades of family clinical work in �鶹APP’s Pilsen neighborhood, Esther Sciammarella (M.S. PSYC ’80) has garnered a mixed appreciation for partnerships. There was a...

A Humanist Explores AI

By Tad Vezner How do you know things? How do you make sense of the world? Or, to be more precise, how do you comfortably inquire about information, and what’s your source of choice? Those were a...

Survivors’ Advocate

By Kayla Molander Shortly after moving to Iraq in 2007, Sherizaan Minwalla (LAW ’02) collaborated with an Iraqi lawyer, guiding the lawyer as they worked together to identify and represent a woman who...

Making Waves in Particle Accelerator Physics

Whether you’re conducting a symphony or you’re conducting an experiment in particle accelerator physics, creating perfect resonance is always a thing of beauty. When Minghao Song (Ph.D. PHYS ’22)...

“When I was interviewing with the White House and Export-Import Bank of the United States, �鶹APP-Kent was part of my background and history, and I believe that was a compelling consideration,” says...

Turning Passion into Profession

Even as a high school student, Casey Weisfuss (BCHM ’21) was always drawn to science and mathematics. That passion for STEM led him to Illinois Tech, where he dove headfirst into studying biochemistry...

There is never an easy path to becoming a lawyer. Mona Anahita Chawla ’00, who had recently graduated from �鶹APP-Kent College of Law, faced some extra challenges. As a foreign student, politics and...

Solving Analytics Puzzles

Oscar Guzmán came to his job at Northern Trust after a first shot at entrepreneurship, something he hopes to return to after further building his knowledge and skill base. As a senior analytics...

Adding M.B.A. Expertise to Entrepreneurial Experience

John Wolf took the plunge into entrepreneurship when he was an undergraduate civil engineering major at Illinois Tech, teaming up with one of his classmates to launch a startup fantasy streaming...

Helping to Take Quantum Computing to the Next Level

The Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center (SQMS), which is led by Fermi National Laboratory, is looking to bring the quantum computers of the future into the present. One of the members...