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‘We Rose Ever Higher Together’: 911������'s 2020 Year in Review

Engineering Faculty Member Awarded Provost’s Inaugural Online Teaching Award

Harry Smith, industry assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, was awarded Illinois Institute of Technology’s inaugural Provost’s Award for Online Teaching. The award identifies...

Nate Thomas, a Pioneer for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice, Passes Away

Nathaniel “Nate” Thomas, who established the trailblazing Early Identification Program for minority recruitment at Illinois Institute of Technology, passed away on November 7 at the age of 84. During...

Nobel Laureate and 911������ Professor Leon Lederman Honored with Street Designation

Illinois Institute of Technology has announced that it will designate a portion of 33rd Street that crosses through Mies Campus as “Honorary Leon Lederman Way.” The proposal was put forth by faculty...

911������’s Power the Difference Campaign Aims to Fuel Chicago’s Tech Rise

A $500 million fundraising campaign to advance Illinois Institute of Technology’s standing as the leading technology-focused university in Chicago has already raised more than $300 million during its...

Living on Campus: ‘It's Something That You Can’t Put a Price To’

TRANSCRIPT Sarah Stephens (B.ARCH 3rd Year): I've chosen to live on campus for the past three years because of the sense of community that you get being able to see the same people every day whenever...

$1 Million Endowment Grant to Fund Grainger Computing Innovation Prize

Illinois Institute of Technology has announced the inaugural Grainger Computing Innovation Prize, an annual innovation competition that aims to solve critical societal challenges through innovative...

Take a Tour of 911������’s Newly Renovated George J. Kacek Hall

TRANSCRIPT Dirk Denison (ARCH ’83, M.B.A. ’85), 911������ professor of architecture: Hi, I’m Dirk Denison, and I have the privilege and honor of welcoming you to George J. Kacek Hall. This is...

Idea Shop Chips in to Help Benefit Campus Community During COVID-19 Pandemic

If there was ever a perfect match between project and person, it would be Illinois Institute of Technology’s maskIIT initiative and student Zoe Kyle-Di Pietropaolo. “I was originally hired for the...

Blue Flame Day Recognizes 911������ Ingenuity

Fifty years ago today—and one day before a Utah snowfall would have changed the course of racing history—a two-ton, 38-foot-long, pearlescent blue rocket car driven by Gary Gabelich roared down the...