From Buildings to Bylines to Bias
When Kris Shiflet (PSYC, M.S. IPSY ’25, Ph.D. IPSY 1st Year) arrived at Illinois Tech in fall 2019, Chicago felt enormous in all the right ways. The city’s constant motion, the roar of the Chicago...
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Putting Data to Good Use
(AI 4th Year)Pranav Kuchibhotla (AI 4th Year) quickly noticed that the wide range of topics that courses in Illinois Tech’s B.S. in Artificial Intelligence covers—from core algorithms and data structures to deep...
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Opportunities from the Very First Day on Campus
(BUIT 1st Year)“I truly believe that the future belongs to those who are willing and able to capture technology-serving innovation in the world,” says Archit Singh, a first-year student at Illinois Tech who is...
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Mixing Theory with Practice
(M.A.S. DSC 2nd Year)Sanjana Waghray (M.A.S. DSC 2nd Year) says that she found a rare balance between classroom theory and real-world practice while enrolled in Illinois Tech’s Master of Data Science program, which she...
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The Matrix Meets Open Access
(Ph.D. PHYS 6th Year)If you walk into an Illinois Tech physics lab, you might hear references to something called Neo. No, the talk isn’t about the high-flying hero of the sci-fi trilogy The Matrix. It’s about an...
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Identifying Anomalies Before They Become Problems
(CE, M.Eng. Urban Systems Engineering 5th Year)Michael Sansone (CE, M.Eng. Urban Systems Engineering 5th Year) transferred to Illinois Tech from the City Colleges of Chicago after receiving his Associate of Science in Engineering Science and...
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Leaving a Legal Legacy at Illinois Tech
(BA 3rd Year)When Illinois Tech’s Pre-Law Society was launched in 2023, it was barely more than an idea. It was just a handful of students with legal ambitions and a shared curiosity about how they can build their...
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From Italy to Chicago via Architecture
(B.Arch. ’25)Gemma Brizzolara (B.Arch. 5th Year) says that she thanks Ludwig Mies van der Rohe for helping her discover Illinois Tech. Born and raised in Genova, Italy, Brizzolara’s parents took part in an...
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Charting a Career Path in Finance
(FIN, M.S. FIN 4th Year)“Chicago was the first great city I visited growing up,” says Louisville native Owen Walsh (FIN, M.S. FIN 4th Year). “It was the truly world-class urban environment closest to my home and family.” So...
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Staying Local: Chicagoan’s New Perspective of the City
(B.Arch. 4th Year)Chicago is deeply ingrained in the heart of Fionn Hui (B.Arch. 4th Year). She grew up riding her bike past her home in the Bridgeport neighborhood and around Illinois Tech’s Mies Campus, and she knew...