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For information about the upcoming events listed below and other alumni activities, please visit alumni.iit.edu/events or contact the Office of Alumni Relations at alumni@iit.edu or 312.567.5040. Illinois Tech Is Coming Your Way The Illinois Tech Alumni Association is a community of thought leaders, designers, engineers, scientists, architects, and so much...

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EUROPE - Rising to the Research Challenge in Germany

Aachen, Germany This summer, six IIT undergraduates were given the chance “to rise up and go beyond” by expanding their educational and cultural horizons through the Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE) program. According to the IIT Study Abroad Office, more than 2,000 students from the United States and...

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Illinois Institute of Technology Welcomes New Faculty

New faculty joining Illinois Tech in 2019–2020 include researchers and scholars in Armour College of Engineering, Chicago-Kent College of Law, the College of Architecture, the College of Science, and the Institute of Design. You can read about the university’s new deans—Professor Lance Fortnow, College of Science; Professor Reed Kroloff, College...

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The Holy Grail

Shortly after receiving his doctorate in biomedical engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology scientist Philip Troyk attended his first meeting on neuroprosthesis research at the headquarters of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland.

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Stephen McCluskey (PHYS ’61) was appointed as a fellow of the American Astronomical Society for his historical research in early astronomies and for his service to the society’s Working Group on the Preservation of Astronomical Heritage.

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Alumni | Attendee/ Non-Degree | Faculty Alumni David Shapiro ARSC '36 H. V. Sivertsen ARSC '36 Frank Steinbach UNK '37 Howard Downing FPE '38 Irving Distelheim ARSC '39 Lee Niems ME '41 Richard Noyes ME '42 Warren Spitz ARCH '42, M.S. CRP '68 Philipp Kegel ME '43 Richard Foerster CE...

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Porter W. Johnson and the Physics of Baseball

“Most people have never met a scientist... and they have rarely appreciated the effect of science in their everyday lives.” Like a utility player on a baseball team, Physics Professor Porter W. Johnson has done just about everything in his 34 years at IIT. He has taught, consulted and chaired...

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In a League of Their Own: IIT Alumnae of the 1940s and 1950s

The sounds of Benny Goodman drifted through the auditorium as dozens of nervous young men fidgeted in line, waiting their turn to dance. When it came, they held their partners stiffly, looking down at their feet and mentally reviewing the steps they had just learned during the group lesson. One,...

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EUROPE - Rising to the Research Challenge in Germany

Illinois Institute of Technology Welcomes New Faculty

The Holy Grail

Class Notes

In Memoriam

Porter W. Johnson and the Physics of Baseball

In a League of Their Own: IIT Alumnae of the 1940s and 1950s