Features

Spring 2002

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.

Spring 2002

Those Who Can, Teach

As word problems go, this was a no-brainer: A wave of retirements nationwide will aggravate the already desperate shortage of math and science teachers; colleges of education are not producing enough qualified replacements; urban areas will be hit the hardest. Name an urban university with particular strengths in science and...

Spring 2002

Lohan: Drawn to IIT

As anyone who has visited IIT’s Main Campus in the past two years can see, there is a physical transformation underway. The blueprint for IIT’s architectural and landscape rejuvenation is referred to as the Main Campus Master Plan. The chief mind behind the redesign is Dirk Lohan, a grandson of...

Spring 2002

The Keys to Gridlock

The now famous BusinessWeek cover story of October 16, 2000, gave a thorough examination of why Chicago was no longer the economic center that it had been in the middle of the 20th century. The article was called 'Chicago Blues,' and detailed the city's failure to capitalize fully on the...