“I Wanted to Pursue My Dreams Here”
TRANSCRIPT Isma Mehraj (Civil Engineering Graduate Student): Coming to the U.S. was my dream as it gave me hope and courage that a girl from very small area in India and a very conservative family can...
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Building Software for Tomorrow’s Big Data Challenges
TRANSCRIPT Distinguished Professor of Computer Science Xian-He Sun: Hermes is a software system for I/O systems, for high-performance I/O systems. I/O means input/output. So the I/O systems, you may...
What Does the Future of Product Placement Look Like?
TRANSCRIPT Product placement is anything that has been paid for, but it does not appear to have been paid for. Some of my earlier research suggests that product placement actually integrates elements...
What Do Selfies Tell Us About Self-Esteem?
TRANSCRIPT So with National Selfie Day coming up, it's interesting to think about what impacts they might have on body attitudes and self-esteem, and I think if you take a step back, social media use...
What Can a Frank Lloyd Wright Cottage Tell Us About Chicago’s Heritage?
TRANSCRIPT We live in a city that was basically designed, or parts of it were designed, by the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright. He designed the Robie House, but he also designed smaller buildings...
Helping Those with Hoarding Disorder Through Virtual Reality
TRANSCRIPT Clinical Psychology Ph.D. candidate Elizabeth Hamilton: So one of the disorders that we focus on in the REBL lab is hoarding disorder, and we are interested in this idea of treatment...
In Revitalizing Railroad Club, Student Sparks New Interest in Industry
TRANSCRIPT Daniel Rappoport (CE 2nd year), president and founder of the Illinois Tech Railroad Club: The history of the Illinois Tech Railroad Club actually dates back to 1948. Over progress of the...
Student Creates Free, Open-Source App for People with Speech Disorders
TRANSCRIPT Travis Smith, Information Technology and Management Undergraduate Research Project (ITM 497) student (Computer Information Systems 3rd Year): So the inspiration behind my project actually...
How We Can Better Deal with Stress
TRANSCRIPT To manage stress there are a variety of different ways that you can go about it, and each person probably should treat it a bit like a buffet. You kind of want to pick and choose what works...