On Campus

Fall 2020

Illinois Tech Headliners

“We’re already used to being tracked online. Now it’s bleeding into the real world.” Distinguished Professor of Law Emerita Lori B. Andrews, in a column in the Los Angeles Times about the use of Clear Channel’s outdoor billboard surveillance technology

Fall 2020

New Meaning to Eating Out in Style

Diners at the Original Soul Vegetarian restaurant in Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood enjoyed eating out in style and in socially distanced safety this summer in a prototype pavilion-style shelter built by College of Architecture Adjunct Professor Vladimir Radutny and his fourth-year students Daniel Allen and Jeisson Rodriguez-Arias. The trio took part in a city task force co-founded by College of Architecture Board of Advisors member Mark Sexton (ARCH ’80) that is working to provide new infrastructures and resources to West Side and South Side businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Besides the restaurant shelter, smaller dining shelters called “Nests” were built and erected along the 75th Street business district. Sang-hyo Kim (ARCH ’19) and Boram Oh (ARCH ’20) of Krueck Sexton Partners both contributed to the Nest project.

Fall 2020

Maryam Saleh to Lead Kaplan Institute

Chicago-based computational neuroscientist and startup veteran Maryam Saleh is the new executive director of Illinois Institute of Technology’s Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship.

Fall 2020

Illinois Tech Welcomes New Faculty

New faculty joining Illinois Tech in 2020–21 include researchers and scholars in Armour College of Engineering, Chicago-Kent College of Law, the College of Computing, and Lewis College of Science and Letters.

Summer 2020

Illinois Tech Headliners

Had it not been for the invention of the cotton gin, it is likely that slavery would’ve been abolished more quickly instead of massively expanding in the way that it did, in a relatively short period of time.

Summer 2020

Mies Campus Sculptural Solidarity

This spring Man on a Bench was joined in sculptural solidarity on Mies Campus with several new works. Five sculptures—a gift from the art collection of Carol and Edward L. “Ed” Kaplan (ME ’65)—were installed on the grounds near the Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship. Brickhead Veritas, Series No. 36 Glass and Bronze, Reverso, and Pluie de Soleil are shown here.

Summer 2020

Plan to Attend Virtual Homecoming

Visit campus, catch up with old friends, or even participate in Trivia Night, all from the comfort of your couch! Mark your calendar for this year’s Virtual Homecoming & Reunion Weekend and Alumni Awards on Friday, September 25 and Saturday, September 26. Bookmark iit.edu/homecoming and stay up to date on the latest announcements. If you are interested in planning a virtual reunion activity for your class, fraternity, sorority, or affinity group, please contact the Office of Constituent Engagement at alumni@iit.edu by Friday, August 28.