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Gaining Marketing Analytics Skills for the Tech Business World

(M.S. MANL ’23)

When Efe Uduigwomen arrived in Chicago to begin the Master of Science in Marketing Analytics program at Stuart School of Business, she already had five years of professional experience, which included...

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A CEO with Analytical Chemistry Skills

(M.S. ACHM ’21)

Having worked as a professional chemist since 2011, Adam Floyd (M.S. ACHM ’21) was no stranger to the industry. So how did he go from working at Scott’s Miracle Gro to becoming CEO of his own company...

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Putting Analytical Chemistry into Pharmaceutical Practice

(M.S. ACHM ’20)

Trevor Williams (M.S. ACHM ’20) isn’t the type of person who likes to wait when it comes to putting his skills to good use. That’s one of the biggest reasons why he chose ������̳’s Master of...

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The Opportunity Maker

(LAW ’09)

Right after college, Ruth Lopez-McCarthy (LAW ’09) started Doorknocking. It was the community organizing, block club kind of outreach: pushing for more alley lights, safety patrols, and better garbage...

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The Human Side of Technology

(ITM ’15)

“I don’t know why I want to act like I have an aversion to nerds, when I’m a nerd myself,” laughs Sydney Hardwick (ITM ’15), speaking not only of her time growing up on Chicago’s South Side, but also...

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A Critical Career

(PHYS, ASPY, M.S. HP ’21)

While growing up, Lexi Detweiler (PHYS, ASPY, M.S. HP ’21) listened to her father spout random tidbits of information from his various STEM-related careers. He’d gone from being an architect to...

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Mentorship and Research Collaboration Are Keys to Career Growth

(M.S. FIN ’15, Ph.D. MSC ’21)

As a quantitative analyst at Morningstar, the Chicago-based investment research and management services firm, Yao “Jason” Xie develops mathematical and statistical models to analyze portfolio risks...

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Partnership Program Offers Path From France to America

(M.A.S. ECE ’22)

Maureen Rakotondraibe joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology through a partnership with École Spéciale de Mécanique et d’Electricité, a...

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The Tinkerer

(M.S. PHYS ’03)

As a young boy, much to his dismay, John Katsoudas (M.S. PHYS ’03) had a clearly defined role in the family business. It started with wrapping doughnuts. His father, a restaurateur, had a contract to...

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Shift to Security

(ITM, M.A.S. ITM ’18)

Designing security into code is a lot like designing security in a house, Marilyn Barrios (ITM, M.A.S. ITM ’18) says. Each door, window, and any other point of entry must be secured. But these...

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