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Law '09

Editor's note: this is a story from the the Fall 2023 Chicago-Kent Magazine. To read the magazine in full, follow this link . “I am truly a public interest attorney at heart. As a child, I wanted to...

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Law '23

Growing up in Albania, Zeta Terpollari ’23 was always drawn to American movies—particularly courtroom dramas. “My dream of becoming a lawyer and a judge began from the American courtroom,” she says....

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(M.D.M. ’06)

Ahn (M.D.M. ’06) seems too warm and approachable to be an agent of radical change. Yet those are the traits that she shares with her signature project, the Waymo Driver: a combination of both hardware...

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(M.S. C.S. ’81)

The basketball hoop affixed to the Irvine, Calif. garage of Victor Tsao (M.S. CS ’81) and his wife, Janie, was just one of many in an area dominated by Los Angeles Lakers fans. But this one was...

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(ME ’65)

It’s 90 degrees on a late June day as Edward L. “Ed” Kaplan (ME ’65) bounds into IIT Tower dressed in navy walking shorts, a navy plaid polo shirt, and fluorescent yellow athletic shoes. While his...

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(ARCH ’01)

Just shy of 1,200 feet in height and coming in at 101 stories, the Studio Gang-designed St. Regis Chicago has already become a recognizable part of the Chicago’s skyline. Its height and three-stem...

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(AMAT '23)

Stanley Nicholson says he was able to expand his horizons academically and find cultural experiences beyond the classrooms of Illinois Institute of Technology because of its Chicago location. “I’ve...

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(CE, M.Eng. TE '23)

Anna Slominski looked for three things when they were searching for colleges: a small school in a major city, a strong engineering program, and the opportunity to join the swim team. “Very few schools...

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(M.S. Autonomous Systems and Robotics ’22)

Chloé Benz works as a software engineer for Qualcomm, conducting research and development on behavior prediction for autonomous driving. She works on software design, integration, and testing tasks on...

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LAW '19

From handicap ramps to gender-inclusive language, August Hieber ’19 is working to build a court system that is accessible to all.

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