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IIT Students Empowering Haiti
IIT believes in teamwork, collaboration, and partnerships. In the IPRO program, students from a variety of academic fields work together to find innovative solutions to real-world problems.

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Empowering Haiti/One Laptop One Child IPRO

Led by a political science associate professor, IIT IPRO students traveled to Haiti to install a pilot solar-powering solution so that schools can use computer equipment and the Internet.

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IIT Students Empowering Haiti

Applied Mathematics Student Anita Thomas
Daniel Burnham, notable architect and co-developer of the Plan of Chicago, was quoted to have said, "Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood. Make big plans, aim high in hope and work." Applied Mathematics student Anita E. Thomas is taking Burnham's advice quite literally.

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In fall 2013, IIT College of Science and Letters will transform into IIT College of Science, where the departments of Applied Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics and Science Education, and Physics give students the opportunity to learn from some of the top scholars in their fields and and conduct research at world-renowned laboratories. The departments of Humanities and Social Sciences will join the College of Psychology to form the IIT Lewis College of Human Sciences.

Students in IIT College of Science and Letters develop the skills of inquiry, knowledge creation, and self-directed learning, that give them a competitive edge in their pursuit of graduate school or a professional career.

A broad foundation of knowledge and thinking across disciplines distinguishes the College of Science and Letters at IIT. It is an education grounded in science and technology, and understood within the context of politics, economics, history, and modern culture. The result is an educational experience that is unlike any other.


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Study in the College of Science and Letters allows you to:

  • Undertake a summer research project and use it to pursue graduate or medical school.
  • Work in a lab with new materials while learning how to become a patent lawyer.
  • Combine the study of science with the study of financial markets—one of many interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary options.

The College of Science and Letters has attracted students from around the world for more than a century.

Our graduates and students have:

  • Kept company with the most brilliant mathematicians and scientists of the twentieth century
  • Participated in national modern-day work with neutrinos and b-quarks
  • Taken part in experiments at Argonne National Laboratory’s Advanced Photon Source, the brightest X-ray light source in the western hemisphere.
  • Involved themselves in a variety of activities that include bringing technology to schools in Haiti,conducting research in high-performance computing, database searching, and cybersecurity.
  • The college also houses IIT Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions.

Studies in the core disciplines include:

Special interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, and other programs are available in a variety of areas, including science and financial markets; pre-law; pre-medicine; journalism of technology, science, and business; and pathways to professional, non-thesis science masters.

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