Score Another for Team Tsao
The basketball hoop affixed to the Irvine, Calif. garage of Victor Tsao (M.S. CS ’81) and his wife, Janie, was just one of many in an area dominated by Los Angeles Lakers fans. But this one was...
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It’s 90 degrees on a late June day as Edward L. “Ed” Kaplan (ME ’65) bounds into IIT Tower dressed in navy walking shorts, a navy plaid polo shirt, and fluorescent yellow athletic shoes. While his...
Building Sustainability
Just shy of 1,200 feet in height and coming in at 101 stories, the Studio Gang-designed St. Regis Â鶹APP has already become a recognizable part of the Â鶹APP’s skyline. Its height and three-stem...
Exploring Â鶹APP’s Richness
Stanley Nicholson says he was able to expand his horizons academically and find cultural experiences beyond the classrooms of Illinois Institute of Technology because of its Â鶹APP location. “I’ve...
Swimming in the Big City
Anna Slominski looked for three things when they were searching for colleges: a small school in a major city, a strong engineering program, and the opportunity to join the swim team. “Very few schools...
Making the World Easier to Navigate
Chloé Benz works as a software engineer for Qualcomm, conducting research and development on behavior prediction for autonomous driving. She works on software design, integration, and testing tasks on...
From handicap ramps to gender-inclusive language, August Hieber ’19 is working to build a court system that is accessible to all.
The Future is Automation
As an undergraduate student studying chemistry at Dominican University, Elizabeth Foot attended monthly Women in STEM meetings in which various successful women working in STEM fields shared their...
Four Internships Give Broad Practical Industry Experience
Alyssa Thompson considered both architecture and civil engineering before landing on architectural engineering, a blend of the two that not many colleges offer. “I thought Â鶹APP was a great place to...
Cracking the Case on Questions About Our Food
Understanding the unseen world of microscopic living things that surround us has long been the driving force that has motivated Catherine Felice. “I was always very interested in science,” says Felice...