Illinois Tech Headliners

“I WENT FROM THUMB TO INDEX FINGER. IT’S A MUCH MORE FLUID MOTION WITH THE INDEX FINGER.”
Jack Paleczny (LAW 2nd year), in the Chicago Tribune, explaining his hand-to-buzzer strategy as a contestant on the television game show Jeopardy!


“History is less about what gets let into the narrative, what you choose to put in the history books, and more about what you decide to cut out.”
Marie Hicks, assistant professor of history, interviewed in ChicagoInno about her new course, Women in Computing History


“There is some evidence that if you know someone is driving and will be distracted that you should be liable.”
Chicago-Kent College of Law Dean Harold Krent in an interview on CBS 2 Chicago about legal implications associated with texting 


“PROGRESS IS OFTEN MADE BY ASKING THE QUESTIONS WE THINK WE ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER TO.”
Daniel Kaplan, professor of physics, one of several experts contemplating antigravity in New Scientist


“Ride sharing and ride hailing happened almost overnight, over the course of a year or two. Municipal planning happens in much longer cycles. We have to move faster in order to leverage these opportunities. It will require a lot of imagination.”
Associate Professor of Architecture Marshall Brown in Crain’s Chicago Business, discussing how the rise of Uber and driverless cars might affect the parking industry