In the Media

Find In the Media

Students at Illinois Tech and Beyond Value Experiential Learning, Career Preparedness

Inside Higher Ed

Alison Yurchak will graduate from her five-year, dual-degree program at Illinois Institute of Technology this spring with a bachelor’s in biomedical engineering and a master’s in chemical engineering. She already has a postgraduation job lined up at Procter & Gamble as a baby-care engineer, which she thinks will be a good fit for her personality, interests and skill set. Why the confidence? Yurchak says that she heeded the advice her parents gave her going into college directly from high school—to “take every internship you can and try everything.”

Chicago-Kent Professor Carolyn Shapiro Breaks Down Supreme Court’s Suddenly Blockbuster Term

Christian Science Monitor

With the Supreme Court set to hear cases with mammoth implications for both the 2024 election and abortion access, the term “has taken on tremendous weight that was not evident at the start,” says Carolyn Shapiro, co-director of the Chicago-Kent College of Law’s Institute on the Supreme Court of the United States. “On the other hand, it’s not entirely unpredictable we find ourselves in this situation,” she adds.

3 Questions for Illinois Tech About Its Innovative New Online Programs

Inside Higher Ed

"Illinois Tech’s mission has always centered on elevating graduates to new heights in career and economic success," says Illinois Tech Provost Kenneth Christensen. "Our online degrees through Coursera are a contemporary extension of this mission. These programs offer the same learning outcomes, rigor and expectations as their on-campus counterparts while incorporating industry credentials to ensure our graduates are career-ready."

Assistant Professor Jordana Goodman Discusses Gender Disparity in Patent Law

Bloomberg Law

“A lot of people think that you need a STEM degree in order to practice patent litigation, and that’s just not true,” said Jordana R. Goodman, an assistant professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology’s Chicago-Kent College of Law. “But even among law professors, I find people discouraging people” from a career in patent litigation “simply because of their undergraduate degree, and that’s really disheartening.”

Skyscrapers Like Burj Khalifa Project Image for Countries, Says Daniel Safarik of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat

Calgary Herald

The construction of Burj Khalifa, the tallest skyscraper in the world, was important in terms of demonstrating an engineering/construction feat of this magnitude could be achieved. It also signalled the growing role Dubai has in the global scene. “It’s a recognition that they want to project their image out into the global scene,” according to Daniel Safarik of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) at the Illinois Institute of Technology. “One easy way physically to do that, in a relative sense, is with a skyscraper.”

Chicago-Kent Professor Harold Krent Expects Supreme Court to Find Reasons of Process to Reverse Trump’s Ballot Ban

WTTW

“My guess would be that they find that there is insufficient process that was undertaken in both Colorado and Maine to determine that he in fact committed insurrection,” said Harold Krent, constitutional specialist and law professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law. “We need to have some kind of adjudication with safeguards as to whether someone committed an insurrection before they’re kicked off the ballot.”

Computer Science Professor Shlomo Argamon Uses AI to Help Solve ‘The Night Before Christmas’ Authorship Dispute

Bloomberg

“Moore is much more likely to be the author than Livingston,” Illinois Tech Professor Shlomo Argamon concluded, and “it’s more likely authored by either Moore or Livingston than any of the other guys.” How certain is he? “If there was a way of knowing the truth, I would definitely bet on Moore,” Argamon said. “Would I bet $1,000? No. Would I bet $100? Yes.”

Illinois Institute of Technology Lands $6 Million to Diversify, Expand Tech Workforce

Chicago Inno

Illinois Institute of Technology was among 18 academic institutions to receive more than $100 million combined through the U.S. National Science Foundation. The new funding — $6 million over four years — will support the institute's TechForward initiative, which in part looks to develop a more diverse workforce in high-growth tech sectors.