The Opportunity Maker
Right after college, Ruth Lopez-McCarthy (LAW 鈥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
鈥淚 don鈥檛 know why I want to act like I have an aversion to nerds, when I鈥檓 a nerd myself,鈥 laughs Sydney Hardwick (ITM 鈥15), speaking not only of her time growing up on Chicago鈥檚 South Side, but also...
A Critical Career
While growing up, Lexi Detweiler (PHYS, ASPY, M.S. HP 鈥21) listened to her father spout random tidbits of information from his various STEM-related careers. He鈥檇 gone from being an architect to...
Mentorship and Research Collaboration Are Keys to Career Growth
As a quantitative analyst at Morningstar, the Chicago-based investment research and management services firm, Yao 鈥淛ason鈥 Xie develops mathematical and statistical models to analyze portfolio risks...
Partnership Program Offers Path From France to America
Maureen Rakotondraibe joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology through a partnership with 脡cole Sp茅ciale de M茅canique et d鈥橢lectricit茅, a...
The Tinkerer
As a young boy, much to his dismay, John Katsoudas (M.S. PHYS 鈥03) had a clearly defined role in the family business. It started with wrapping doughnuts. His father, a restaurateur, had a contract to...
Shift to Security
Designing security into code is a lot like designing security in a house, Marilyn Barrios (ITM, M.A.S. ITM 鈥18) says. Each door, window, and any other point of entry must be secured. But these...
Editor's note: this is an updated story from the the Fall 2023 Chicago-Kent Magazine. To read the magazine in full, follow this link . 鈥淚f we as judges allow chaos to take over our courtrooms, we as a...
Internships for Career Liftoff
Naia Lum, a fourth year student in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology, has been selected for the prestigious Brooke Owens Fellowship through...
An Internship Leads to a Long-Term Opportunity
James Benson says he was drawn to Illinois Institute of Technology for its excellent faculty, research focus, and the Accelerated Master鈥檚 Program, which allows students to complete both a bachelor鈥檚...