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Visionary Fintech Entrepreneur Jenny Just to Receive Honorary Doctor of Business from Illinois Tech

CHICAGO—May 11, 2024—Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech) will award Jenny Just, a renowned entrepreneur and one of the few self-made female billionaires in the United States, an Honorary Doctor of Business, honoris causa. After cutting her teeth on the trading floor in Chicago, Just launched her own investment firm and transformed it into a fintech empire, including more than 15 companies that she has started or helped turn around.

Humans Doing Human Things: Grace Quigley ’24 Wins Mary Rose Strubbe Writing Prize

“Ideally, we want humans to be able to do the human things and machines to do the machine things,” says Grace Quigley ’24. “But automating management can accelerate the process of treating people like...

Illinois Tech Team Advances in Global Finance Competition

Team Sovereign Delta from Illinois Institute of Technology has advanced to the semifinals of the prestigious McGill International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC). Of the 93 university teams from 18...

Study Warns Against “Whac-A-Mole Enforcement” of Airbnb Listings

When does a three-bedroom apartment become three single rooms? According to a study conducted by researchers at Illinois Institute of Technology’s Stuart School of Business, such transformations can...

Stuart Team Reaches Finals in McGill International Portfolio Challenge

For the second time in three years, a student team from Illinois Tech’s Stuart School of Business has reached the finals of the prestigious McGill International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC). This year’s...

M.P.A. Capstone Project Becomes Model for Chicago

A veteran Chicago police officer, Catherine Sanchez (M.P.A. ’17) used her master’s capstone project at Stuart to research and develop a new crisis intervention model aimed at changing the way the city...

Paper on Circular Economy by Ashton and ID Colleagues Is Published in Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Stuart Associate Professor of Environmental Management and Sustainability Weslynne Ashton has collaborated with IIT Institute of Design (ID) Associate Professor Carlos Teixeira and Adjunct Professor...

Business Professor Puts His Brand on Product Placement Research

Thirty years ago, a character in a movie ordered a pizza. When he heard that the pizza company had paid to have its name mentioned in the movie, advertising professor Siva Balasubramanian was...

Stuart Team Puts Up Winning Numbers in CFA Institute Research Challenge

When it comes to valuing a company’s stock, a student team from Stuart School of Business is the top pick among Chicago-area universities. For the seventh time in the last eight years, the Illinois...

Kaplan Institute Hosts AT&T FirstNet First Responders Hackathon