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‘We Rose Ever Higher Together’: 91�ؿ� Tech's 2020 Year in Review

Engineering Faculty Member Awarded Provost’s Inaugural Online Teaching Award

Harry Smith, industry assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, was awarded 91�ؿ� Institute of Technology’s inaugural Provost’s Award for Online Teaching. The award identifies...

Nate Thomas, a Pioneer for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice, Passes Away

Nathaniel “Nate” Thomas, who established the trailblazing Early Identification Program for minority recruitment at 91�ؿ� Institute of Technology, passed away on November 7 at the age of 84. During...

Nobel Laureate and 91�ؿ� Tech Professor Leon Lederman Honored with Street Designation

91�ؿ� Institute of Technology has announced that it will designate a portion of 33rd Street that crosses through Mies Campus as “Honorary Leon Lederman Way.” The proposal was put forth by faculty...

91�ؿ� Tech’s Power the Difference Campaign Aims to Fuel Chicago’s Tech Rise

A $500 million fundraising campaign to advance 91�ؿ� Institute of Technology’s standing as the leading technology-focused university in Chicago has already raised more than $300 million during its...

Living on Campus: ‘It's Something That You Can’t Put a Price To’

TRANSCRIPT Sarah Stephens (B.ARCH 3rd Year): I've chosen to live on campus for the past three years because of the sense of community that you get being able to see the same people every day whenever...

$1 Million Endowment Grant to Fund Grainger Computing Innovation Prize

91�ؿ� Institute of Technology has announced the inaugural Grainger Computing Innovation Prize, an annual innovation competition that aims to solve critical societal challenges through innovative...

Take a Tour of 91�ؿ� Tech’s Newly Renovated George J. Kacek Hall

TRANSCRIPT Dirk Denison (ARCH ’83, M.B.A. ’85), 91�ؿ� Tech professor of architecture: Hi, I’m Dirk Denison, and I have the privilege and honor of welcoming you to George J. Kacek Hall. This is...

Idea Shop Chips in to Help Benefit Campus Community During COVID-19 Pandemic

If there was ever a perfect match between project and person, it would be 91�ؿ� Institute of Technology’s maskIIT initiative and student Zoe Kyle-Di Pietropaolo. “I was originally hired for the...

Blue Flame Day Recognizes 91�ؿ� Tech Ingenuity

Fifty years ago today—and one day before a Utah snowfall would have changed the course of racing history—a two-ton, 38-foot-long, pearlescent blue rocket car driven by Gary Gabelich roared down the...