On Saturday, May 13, 2023, Illinois Institute of Technology’s 2022–23 graduating class of 2,231 students will be celebrating a milestone in their lives and the start of a new chapter as they walk...
Xavier Harris (LAW ’23) was 10 years old when he decided that he wanted to be a lawyer. At the time, he had no idea how difficult it would be. When it came time to apply for college, Harris wanted to...
When it comes to career planning, Fenglin Wang (M.S. FIN ’23) sets goals, both where she wants to end up and the mileposts that will get her there. Her current short-term goal brought her from...
Stanley Nicholson (MATH ’23) says that he was always fascinated with biology. So, it may seem unusual that when he walks across the Commencement stage on May 13 at McCormick Place, he will be picking...
A conflict grew in Moid Ali (B.ARCH ’23) as high school graduation neared: an interest in engineering and a love of art were pulling him in different directions as he scoured for the perfect college...
Jonathan Hodgkins started off his speech in the Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship’s foyer with a statement that somehow kept a couple dozen fourth-graders quiet. “The...
At each step of his path to the precipice of graduation and the beginning of his career, Yong Hee Yoo (M.A.S. DSGN + M.B.A. ’23) found himself asking questions about what direction he wanted to go...
The week that Chloe Rubinowicz (EE, M.S. ’23) received her acceptance letters from colleges, she found herself frantically making calls. “For some reason I enrolled as a chemical engineer. I think I...
Learning how to create places has always been central to Leila Mirghaderi (Ph.D. THUM ’23) and her academic career, having earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in architecture. Her desire to...
Researchers at Illinois Institute of Technology have combined efforts with researchers at Charles River Analytics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Aston University, and the Howard Brain Sciences...
