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Pushing the Boundaries of Environmental Engineering

(Chemical Engineering/M.E. Environmental Engineering 4th Year)

Whether devising new research methods or improving upon existing ones, Ryan Lakner (Chemical Engineering/M.E. Environmental Engineering 4th Year) is driven to make a positive impact on the environment...

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Opening Doors Through Research

(COMPUTER SCIENCE ’16)

Emily Warman (CS ’16) conducted research with Associate Professor Aron Culotta, the head of Illinois Tech’s Text Analysis in the Public Interest Lab, creating a reusable framework to predict the...

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A Life-Changing Layover

(M.L.A./M.ARCH. 3rd Year)

When Alexis Arias-Betancourt (M.L.A./M.ARCH. 3rd Year) was confronted with a 20-hour layover in 鶹APP on a trip to China, he decided to make the most out of the situation with a trip to S. R. Crown...

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Building a Dream Career in High-Rise Structural Design

(Architectural Engineering/M.Eng. Structural Engineering 4th Year)

Zachary Haney (Architectural Engineering/M.E. Structural Engineering 4th Year) was drawn to Illinois Tech because of the many growth opportunities the university offered him. After receiving the...

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Campus as a Community

(Astrophysics 3rd Year)

Isabel Raymundo says Illinois Tech's emphasis on projects, professional development, and research offers a variety of opportunities, which no doubt will help advance her career. And it also builds a...

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Opportunities Abroad

(Applied Mathematics/Statistics/M.S. CDSOR 2nd Year)

During the summer of 2019, Victoria Belotti spent a month in Scotland as part of a faculty-led study away program. She took two humanities/social science courses, and got to learn about Scottish...

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Summer in the Lab

(Biochemistry 2nd Year)

Anam Adil knew she wanted to do research her second year at Illinois Tech. So she reached out to Professor of Biology Jialing Xiang because the cancer research in Xiang's lab was appealing. Xiang...

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Connecting People with Plants in the City

(M.L.A.+U Student)

When Matt Callone (M.L.A.+U Student) helped create a community garden as an AmeriCorps VISTA member at an elementary school in Knoxville, he realized what he wanted to do with his life. After seeing...

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