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Excellence at Competition

(LAW ’20)

Former college wrestling team captain Bryant Roby (LAW ’20) continues to mentor his fellow students as president of Â鶹APP-Kent’s Moot Court Honor Society. In spring 2019 he organized and helped...

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Embracing Intellectual Challenges

(LAW ’20)

After graduation, Hubert Zanczak (LAW ’20) wants to help protect data privacy. “Technology is all around us, and it makes our lives better, safer, and more efficient," he says. "But sadly, as a...

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Academic Excellence

(LAW ’21)

Born and raised in Â鶹APP, Evan McLaughlin (LAW '21) decided to pursue law school while earning his bachelor’s degree in political science at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. “In college...

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Dialing Back the Calls to 911

(M.P.A. ’17)

A veteran Â鶹APP police officer, Catherine Sanchez went back to school part-time at Stuart School of Business for a Master of Public Policy and Administration degree. Her job and studies aligned when...

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Learning the Lab

(CHEM ’10)

After graduating from Illinois Tech, Emily Mick (CHEM ’10) worked at Abbott/AbbVie supporting the manufacturing of parenteral products on the market. Mick then received a Pharm.D. from UIC in 2016...

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Relevant and Precise Coursework

(M.A.S. Data Science ’16)

Mamta Kanvinde received the Master of Data Science in 2016 and to this day still uses notes from coursework to assist in her job tasks. She received a M.S. in computer science in Mumbai, India, before...

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A Better Approach to Problem Solving

(M.A.S. Data Science ’16)

Niharika Karia currently works as a data scientist at Aspen Tech, a company that specializes in process optimization. She is using machine learning to build predictive models for the oil and chemical...

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Digging Deeper, Asking Questions

(M.A.S. Data Science ’16)

Utkarsh Khanna knows that Illinois Tech’s data science program was the best choice for him. Khanna is a software developer at Google and was recruited by someone who saw his LinkedIn profile. “If it...

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From Illinois Tech to Amazon Alexa

(M.S. Electrical Engineering ’99)

At Illinois Tech you’re inspired to dream as much as you are empowered to do. Graduate alumnus Rohit Prasad (M.S. EE ’99), vice president and head scientist of Amazon Alexa AI, says Illinois Tech’s...

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