Winter 2008

Inside this Issue

President’s Message

Letter from the President

The Underrepresented Majority? In 2005, the National Academies’ report “Rising Above the Gathering Storm” was a call to action, concluding, “Unless the nation has the science and engineering experts and the resources to generate new ideas…we will not continue to prosper in an age of globalization.” That’s a pretty big...

Features

Engineering Hope for Diabetes

Joyce Lofstrom was thirsty. Then food editor and restaurant critic for the Daily Herald newspaper , Lofstrom was conducting a restaurant review in 1978 and mentioned her insatiable thirst as of late to her lunch companion and reporter friend, Thea. “It was a cloudy day,” Lofstrom recalls. “No sunshine, just...

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Making a Dream

Since it was founded in 1890, Illinois Institute of Technology has embraced a progressive view of diversity, welcoming students and faculty of all races and ethnicities, even during years of segregation. Increasing diversity is a priority of the university today, and IIT’s African-American alumni, students, and faculty are proving that...

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Studying the Flow of Life

On a typical summer day, colorful sailboats stream across Lake Michigan, their graceful bows neatly carving the water. For many enjoying the afternoon, the gusts and currents of air filling the sails, the curling eddies of water developing in the boats’ wake, are incidental to the relaxation and pleasure of...

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John L. Anderson Inaugurated

“The key to success is a commitment to the excellence, and we at IIT have that commitment.” —John L. Anderson. President, IIT It was a time for pageantry, as delegates of 25 colleges and universities, resplendent in academic regalia, processed along with students, faculty, alumni, board members, and honored guests...

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Model Railroad Club at IIT

John Massura Above the fifth floor of Main Building, in an area inaccessible by elevator and reachable only via a short stairway largely out of view, is a firehouse, a gas station, a shopping district, even a freight warehouse and a cold storage facility—all of it part of 3,000 feet...

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Richard Harth
Steve Hendershot
Jeff Kelly Lowenstein
Julie Morley
Abby Nall

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Winter 2008

Inside this Issue

President’s Message

Letter from the President

Features

Engineering Hope for Diabetes

Features

Making a Dream

Features

Studying the Flow of Life

Features

John L. Anderson Inaugurated

Features

Model Railroad Club at IIT

Chief Communications Officer

Editor

Contributors

Art Director

Design

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