In the Media

Professor Weslynne Ashton, Co-Director of Food Systems Action Lab, Says Awareness and Interest in Local Sourcing Has Increased After Pandemic and Recent Recalls

WTTW

“Our food system is really dependent on these long supply chains,” said Illinois Tech’s Weslynne Ashton, professor of environmental management and sustainability and co-director of the Food Systems Action Lab. “Our food is coming from all over the country and really all over the world, and contamination can happen at any point in that journey. And so there's a real awareness about those contamination possibilities along the supply chain, and it is increasing people’s interest and awareness in more local sourcing.”

Architectural Engineering Professor Brent Stephens Explains How AC Window Units Can Affect Your Health

The Guardian

While window unit filters do catch particles like dust and dander, they don’t perform the same function as an air purifier, for example. “The filters used don’t remove particles very effectively, so the air isn’t necessarily coming out much cleaner than it went in,” says Brent Stephens, a professor at Illinois Institute of Technology who researches indoor air issues.

Chicago-Kent Law Professor Harold Krent Discusses Biden’s Proposed Ethics Reforms for Supreme Court

WTTW

“There is at the minimum an appearance of a conflict of interest,” said Chicago-Kent College of Law Professor Harold Krent, “and that’s something that should be avoided by the court. It wasn’t. And so if the justices are going to thumb their nose at this kind of written ethics rule, then maybe Congress has to do something more stringent.”

Illinois Tech Professor Maurice Dawson Explains How Crowdstrike Update Led to Global Internet Outage

ABC7 Chicago

“We need these particular devices to make things more efficient,” said Maurice Dawson, director of the Center for Cyber Security and Forensics Education (C²SAFE). “The problem is, if you have one bottleneck, everything goes down.”

Cluster of Illinois Tech and Bronzeville Microgrids Will Be the First in the World, Says Professor Mohammad Shahidehpour

Chicago Tribune

Clustering of two or more independent microgrids hasn’t yet been accomplished, according to Illinois Institute of Technology Bodine Chair Professor Mohammad Shahidehpour, who leads Illinois Tech's work on the microgrid cluster. “That project, once it’s fully in operation, represents the first cluster microgrid anywhere in the world,” Shahidehpour said at a ceremonial “switching on” of the Bronzeville microgrid in May

Shortlist for College of Architecture’s Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize Announced

ArchDaily

The Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP) at the College of Architecture at Illinois Institute of Technology has announced the shortlist of 53 Outstanding projects. The 5th cycle of awards celebrates built works completed in North, Central, and South America in 2022 and 2023, striving to bring visibility to those projects that best address the demands of our time and work towards building resilient communities.

Professor Ronald Henderson’s Book ‘30 Trees: And Why Landscape Architects Love Them’ Celebrates Diversity

Landscape Architecture Magazine

The editor of “30 Trees: And Why Landscape Architects Love Them,” Illinois Institute of Technology Architecture Professor Ron Henderson, understands diversity as a value. Founder of Lirio Landscape Architecture, he brings together more than 30 contributors from across the field, each offering a meditation on a different tree species.

Supreme Court’s Jarkesy Decision Strikes Serious Blow to the Administrative State, Says Chicago-Kent Assistant Professor James Tierney

Axios

The SEC had already taken the hint from a 2018 case that the Supreme Court wasn't thrilled with in-house judges and cases and brought its most serious types of fraud cases to the courts, says James Tierney, assistant professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law and a former staff attorney for the agency. “The SEC doesn't have infinite resources, and so if the cost of settlement goes up, it means they're going to have fewer resources to bring enforcement actions,” Tierney says.

Performance-Based Admissions Programs Like Illinois Tech's Ease Entry for Tech Professionals

Dice.com

Performance-based admissions is about “how do you be inclusive, rather than making it difficult for professional learners, lifelong learners to aspire toward higher education,” said Mallik Sundharam, vice president for enrollment management and student affairs at Illinois Tech.

Law Professor Richard Kling Breaks Down Ex-Alderman Burke's Sentence, Possible Implications for Other Politicians

ABC7 Chicago

“I think everybody knows intellectually, you have to decide not to do it,” said Chicago-Kent Professor Richard Kling. “You realize if you get caught, you’re going to get in trouble. You see that with governor after governor and other politicians. The bottom line is they know if they get caught they’re in trouble, but like many other people, their thought is, I’m not going to get caught,”