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    Local colleges: Rangers answer halftime wakeup call  Sep 2, 2007
    Loras won the 13-team meet with 42 points, followed by the University of Chicago (52), the Illinois Institute of Technology (113) and Carthage (124). Carthage was led by Ashey Johnson, who was seventh on the 4K course in 15:31. (Racine Journal Times, WI)

    Ex-Warrior finds a place to play  Aug 31, 2007
    Carlie Douglas (Wasilla 2005) is a junior middle blocker at the Illinois Institute of Technology. The Scarlett Hawks start the 2007 season today at the Cornerstone University (Mich. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)

    Sentinel trustee appointment delayed to Wednesday  Aug 29, 2007
    Mr. Wing, who also taught law and finance at the Illinois Institute of Technology, confirmed that he was solicited to apply. People thought I would know both the securities and commodities businesses, and Im a lawyer, he said. (Crain's Chicago Business)

    Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Hires Robert Jones to Head Conservation of Historic Properties  Aug 28, 2007
    Jones comes to the Foundation from the Illinois Institute of Technology, where he was assistant dean for buildings and operations in the College of Architecture and a studio professor ... Jones received a Bachelor of Architecture degree with high honors from the Illinois Institute of Technology, where he also has completed partial requirements toward a Master of Business Administration degree. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Stan St., UOP win praise in magazine's rankings  Aug 18, 2007
    UOP tied with Auburn University in Alabama; State University of New York, Stony Brook; University of Tennessee; University of Vermont; University of Arizona; University of California at Riverside; Howard University in Washington, D.C.; Illinois Institute of Technology; Northeastern University in Massachusetts; and University of Massachusetts at Amherst. UOP also ranked 42nd on the Great Schools at Great Prices list, the seventh year the private school has been in the top 50. (Modesto Bee, CA)

    IIT Professor Examines Why Minn. Bridge Collapsed  Aug 3, 2007
    "The Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) professor says he's never seen anything like it."Something like this where it's a sudden catastrophic failure that nobody's expecting or anticipating is very unusual," said De Santiago.While it's too early to tell exactly what caused the Interstate 35W bridge to collapse, De Santiago believes the age of the bridge and the construction being done on it may be responsible.He blames the age of the bridge because of its steel superstructure. "The collapse... (CBS2Chicago.com, IL)

    Designing buildings, using biology  Jul 28, 2007
    Katja Linnig, one of my graduate students at the Illinois Institute of Technology, explored self-organization using paper 'cells' and a balloon-type object that offers the structural support of air ... As Otto once said: "Biology has become indispensable for architecture -- but architecture has also become indispensable for biology." Eric Ellingsen is a senior lecturer at the Illinois Institute of Technology, where he teaches architecture and landscape studios, history, and theory courses. (The Scientist)

    'Rs 2.6cr for lunch is my guru dakshina'  Jul 4, 2007
    A: Actually, my roommate in college (Pabrai studied undergrad at South Carolina's Clemson and an unfinished degree at Illinois Institute of Technology) pointed out the Patel phenomenon in the US to me. I've always been a student of entrepreneurship so I studied them. (India Times, India)

    Wright glad to be alive; glad to be a Hornet  Jul 2, 2007
    Wright's father, Paul Vinson, had played basketball in college at the Illinois Institute of Technology, so Wright had someone to learn from at an early age and was a standout by his freshman year in high school. He comes to the Hornets having averaged 12 points and 7. (WWLTV.com, LA)

    The turbulent history of troublesome N-word  Jun 9, 2007
    Well, as Emily s housemate said soon after hearing the fatal word, that was some f***ed-up s. If Big Brotherhad been on the air 40 years ago, it would have been the F-word that would have landed the girls in trouble. (Times Online)

    Graduation: The Class of 2007: Crescent Valley High School  Jun 9, 2007
    LaceAnn Helene Becker Certificate of Initial Mastery, National Merit Commended Student, CV Scholar, National Honor Society, CV Class Historian, Yearbook Editor, Presidential Community Service Award, Who s Who Among American High School Students, St. Mary s College of California Presidential Scholarship, St. Mary s College Honors Merit Scholarship, University of Portland President s Scholarship, Tulane University Academic Achievement Award, Illinois Institute of Technology Merit Scholarship,... (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)

    Stem Cells from Skin Cells  Jun 8, 2007
    Ethicist Nigel Cameron of the Illinois Institute of Technology, an opponent of embryonic stem cell research, praises the reprogramming findings. But Hochedlinger, whose group's paper appears in a new journal called Cell Stem Cell, stresses that researchers still need to study human cells to learn how to reprogram them and have no idea yet which approach would work better in the long run. (Scientific American)

    Read more...  Jun 5, 2007
    Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) has established the Collens Scholarship Program to benefit Chicago Public School students entering IIT, in honor of Lew Collens, who is retiring after 17 years as president of the university. At a dinner honoring Collens, $2 million was raised to begin the program, which was announced last November. (PNN Online)

    Local technopreneurs need extra incentives  May 22, 2007
    PUTRAJAYA: Technopreneurship in this country could benefit from more encouragement, said a professor from the Illinois Institute of Technology. Dennis Roberson the university's viceprovost of new initiatives, as well as its research professor of computer science said a little entrepreneurial encouragement can go a long way. (The Star Online, Malaysia)

    Obituaries - 5/2/2007  May 5, 2007
    After graduation, he entered the United States Marine Corps near the end of World War II. Following his Marine Corps service, he attended the University of Alaska-Fairbanks for two years and graduated from Illinois Institute of Technology during which time he married Frances Patterson in Chicago. He then went on to work for the TVA in Knoxville, Tennessee for a couple of years, followed by employment as a civil engineer with NALCO in the Chicago area for over 30 years, retiring in 1988. (Grantsburg Burnett County Sentinel, WI)

    Huskies Down Wildcats 5-4 Tuesday Afternoon in Evanston  May 2, 2007
    Northwestern is back in action tomorrow when they hose the Illinois Institute of Technology at Rocky Miller Park in Evanston. Game time is set for 3:30 p.m.. (Nusports.com)

    Wednesday Game Added to Schedule  May 1, 2007
    - Northwestern head coach has announced that the Wildcats' originally scheduled April 25 contest against Illinois Institute of Technology has been rescheduled for Wednesday, May 2. Game time is 3:30 p.m. and will be played at Northwestern's Rocky Miller Park. (Nusports.com)

    Are "Political Futures" Illegal?:  May 1, 2007
    Explainer thanks Michael Gorham of the Illinois Institute of Technology, Robin Hanson of George Mason University, and James Overdahl of the CFTC. Thanks to reader Marcos Huerta for asking the question. April 30, 2007: This article originally and incorrectly stated that the founders of the online gambling site Bodog were arrested and that the company is based in Costa Rica. (Slate)

    Wednesday's Action Canceled  Apr 26, 2007
    - Rain in the Evanston area has caused baseball officials to cancel Northwestern's game vs. Illinois Institute of Technology Wednesday afternoon. The nine-inning affair was set to begin at 3 p.m. at NU's Rocky Miller Park but a constant rain with no end in the forecast prompted the cancellation. (Nusports.com)

    Researchers Develop Technique For Bacteria Crowd Control  Apr 19, 2007
    A surprising technique to concentrate, manipulate and separate a wide class of swimming bacteria has been identified through a collaboration between researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois Institute of technology, University of Arizona at Tucson and Cambridge University, U.K. This device could have enormous applications in biotechnology and biomedical engineering, including use in miniaturized medical diagnostic kits and bioanalysis ... D. student... (Science Daily)

    Is That a Briefcase in Your Pocket?  Apr 11, 2007
    LiquidTalk is headquartered in Chicago, IL, and is an active player in the burgeoning high-tech community of the South Loop, which includes the University Technology Park at the Illinois Institute of Technology. For more information contact. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Johnson Lee, 62, physics researcher  Apr 5, 2007
    He received a doctorate from Illinois Institute of Technology. The Needham resident worked as a research physicist at GTE Laboratories in Waltham. (Boston Globe)

    Former Billings lawmaker Pat Regan dies at 83  Apr 3, 2007
    She met her husband, Tom, while attending school at the Illinois Institute of Technology. They were married in 1950 and moved to Billings the following year. (Helena Independent Record)

    Potential coaches line up  Mar 27, 2007
    Robinson has been coaching since 1988, when he arrived at the Illinois Institute of Technology as an assistant coach. He served as an assistant under Bill Carmody at Northwestern and took over at Brown this past season, earning Ivy League coach of the year honors. (The Daily Princetonian, NJ)

    Two Updates To Baseball Home Schedule Announced  Mar 22, 2007
    The Flames have added a game for next Wednesday, March 28th against the Illinois Institute of Technology beginning at 7:05 p.m. at Les Miller Field. The other change involves the Flames' home contest against Purdue-North Central on April 25th. (Uicflames.com)

    Adult stem cell study is flawed  Feb 24, 2007
    Nigel Cameron, who runs the Institute on Biotechnology and the Human Future and is a bioethics professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law in the Illinois Institute of Technology, said scientists who have been trying to find a middle way on stem cells have seen their work seized by one side or the other for their own advantages. This is a fascinating example of the way in which science is becoming politicized, on both sides of this debate, said Cameron, who supported President Bushs 2001 ban... (MSNBC -- Health)

    Relax, Indian market isnt as volatile as rest of BRIC  Feb 19, 2007
    John F O Bilson of Illinois Institute of Technology, says, The key to managing volatility is to create instruments to trade it (volatility). This allows volatility to be held by those who are most comfortable with it, and it allows others to reduce their exposure to volatility that they are uncomfortable with. (India Times)

    Rice serving as Dean of Toyota Technological Institute, a computer science graduate program  Feb 16, 2007
    Founded as a public research library with a private endowment in 1897, Crerar s home from 1962 to 1984 had been on the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology. In 1984, Crerar moved to the University, where its collection merged with the University s science collection. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)

    'Best of' American architecture  Feb 14, 2007
    860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments - Chicago, IL American Folk Art Museum - New York, NY Art tecture Building - Yale University, New Haven, CT Baker House - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA Beinecke Rare Book Library - Yale University, New Haven, CT Beth Shalom Synagogue - Elkins Park, PA Boston City Hall - Boston, MA Bradbury Building - Los Angeles, CA Burton Barr Library - Phoenix Public Library, Phoenix, AZ Caltrans Carpenter Center - Harvard University, Cambridge, MA... (San Francisco Chronicle)

    UMR speaker to tell the truth about starting a business:  Feb 7, 2007
    He also teaches entrepreneurship at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Moltz debunks the myths of business start-ups by telling the truth: You have to be little crazy to start a business. (Rolla Daily News, MO)

    Betting on Hedge Funds  Jan 30, 2007
    " Some of those riches have already translated into multimillion-dollar donations, with several of the biggest gifts last year coming from active or retired hedge-fund managers. Among them: Robert W. Wilson, a retired hedge-fund manager, pledged $147-million to four charities: the World Monuments Fund, Environmental Defense, and the Wildlife Conservation Society, all in New York, and the Nature Conservancy, in Arlington, Va. Arthur J. Samberg, chairman of Pequot Capital Management, in Westport,... (The Chronicle of Philanthropy)


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