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A Healthy Dose of Compliance

(ITM ’12)

It’s hard to have more experience with computers than Thomas “TJ” Johnson (ITM ’12). His first job in the field dates back to 1990, when—as an entry-level systems support specialist for South Holland...

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Better, Stronger, Faster Through Games

(Ph.D. THUM ’22)

After years of teaching within the Chicago Public Schools system, Alex Damarijan (Ph.D. THUM ’22) had all but abandoned his dream of becoming a game designer. “I gave up on getting a job at a game...

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An Astronaut’s Best Friend

(AE ’12)

Sofia Ghouse (AE ’12) had to fix a toilet, and fast. The problem wasn’t that simple, though: the toilet was 250 miles above Earth, aboard the International Space Station, and was the sole commode for...

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Material Gains

(Ph.D. CHE ’10)

If you try to list all the potential combinations of all the elements on the periodic table, you’ll have a list that’s practically infinite. To date, humanity has only characterized about a million of...

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The Radical (Re)thinker

(M.ARCH. ’06)

The first gig Jennifer Kolstad (M.ARCH. ’06) landed after graduating was a tad more trying than your typical entry-level job. “There were bombs flying overhead,” Kolstad says of her time flying into...

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Expanding Tokyo’s Human Touch

(MDes ’22)

After being hit by a car at the age of seven, Kevin Yamada (MDes ’22) lost his leg below the knee. Continuous trips between the hospital and home forced Yamada to grow up in a different environment...

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Leading with Civility

(LAW ’96)

“If you lack civility and you lack professionalism, that becomes your reputation,” says Jill Webb (LAW ’96). “I say this all the time when talking about trial work or my opponents, and this applies to...

The Intersection of Tech and Business

(CIS, M.S. BUSA 4th Year)

Riya Poudyal (CIS, M.S. BUSA 4th Year) says that she feels that Illinois Tech’s Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems is at the intersection of the tech world and the rest of the world...

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