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In Service of Design

M. Des. ’12

As an officer in the United States Marines charged with building a water storage system for locals in one of the poorest countries in Africa, Douglas Jefferson Hsu (M.Des. ’12) first discovered his...

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Food Fundamentalist

M.S. FST ’08

Right around the time Harry Hou (M.S. FST ’08) arrived in Chicago to study food science and safety, he got some real-world reinforcement as to why he’d chosen an important career. There was a large...

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Overseeing Urgency

ARCE '08

By Tad Vezner You can’t tell by talking to her now, but there was a time when Tamakia “T. J.” Edwards (ARCE ’08) might not have had the confidence to go for her current job. That’s the one where...

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Cutting the Cord

Ph.D. EE ’10

By Tad Vezner What kinds of things benefit from advances in high-frequency, high-power electrical systems? “Anything and everything,” Omer Onar (Ph.D. EE ’10) says. If that is so, Onar’s at the top of...

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Putting Community First

M.S. PSYC '80

By Tad Vezner Across nearly two decades of family clinical work in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, Esther Sciammarella (M.S. PSYC ’80) has garnered a mixed appreciation for partnerships. There was a...

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A Humanist Explores AI

M. Des. '07

By Tad Vezner How do you know things? How do you make sense of the world? Or, to be more precise, how do you comfortably inquire about information, and what’s your source of choice? Those were a...

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Survivors’ Advocate

(LAW ’02)

By Kayla Molander Shortly after moving to Iraq in 2007, Sherizaan Minwalla (LAW ’02) collaborated with an Iraqi lawyer, guiding the lawyer as they worked together to identify and represent a woman who...

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Making Waves in Particle Accelerator Physics

(Ph.D. PHYS ’22)

Whether you’re conducting a symphony or you’re conducting an experiment in particle accelerator physics, creating perfect resonance is always a thing of beauty. When Minghao Song (Ph.D. PHYS ’22)...

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International Aspirations

LAW '13

“When I was interviewing with the White House and Export-Import Bank of the United States, Chicago-Kent was part of my background and history, and I believe that was a compelling consideration,” says...

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