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  Illinois Institute of Technology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
IIT is bordered on the north roughly by 30th Street, on the south by 35th Street, on the east by Michigan Avenue, and on the west by Metra's Rock Island Line.
IIT was the home of many research organizations, including IIT Reseach Institute, formerly Armour Research Foundation and birthplace of magnetic recording wire and tape and both audio and video cassettes, as well as the Institute for Gas Technology and American Association of Railroads among others.
Bolstered by a $120 million gift in the mid-1990s from IIT alum Robert Pritzker, chairman of IIT's Board of Trustees, and Robert Galvin, former chairman of the board and former Motorola executive, the university is in the midst of a physical rennovation and revitalization campaign for the Main Campus.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Illinois_Institute_of_Technology   (2480 words)

  
 Illinois Institute of Technology
In 1940 Armour Institute of Technology and Lewis Institute were merged and reconstituted as Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT).
IIT acquired its present form through a number of additional mergers and acquisitions.
IIT has always enjoyed close relations with industry and the business community of the Chicago area, and, beginning in 1936, added several research organizations to serve various technical needs of industry and government.
www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org /pages/628.html   (382 words)

  
 Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology Campus & Conference Centers serves as a center for community at the Illinois Institute of Technology.
The MTCC is also the venue for most of IIT's 85 student organizations, ranging from the Skydiving Club to Techmate, the commuter student organization.
Illinois Institute of Technology Campus & Conference Centers staff is committed to support programs and events that entertain, challenge, and promote the exchange of ideas.
www.ccc.iit.edu   (186 words)

  
 Illinois Institute of Technology
The main campus of Illinois Institute of Technology is one of the masterworks of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969), a German-born architect and educator who helped define modernist architecture.
Across the globe, Armour Institute, one of IIT's predecessor institutions, was founded in 1890, just as Chicago was emerging as a center for progressive architectural thought.
The sleek urbanism of IIT's campus was a reflection of both the university's technological focus and the decidedly blue collar, first generation college student heritage of its predecessor institutions.
mies.iit.edu /mies   (752 words)

  
 Illinois Institute of Technology - College Closeup
Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) is a private, Ph.D.-granting research university with undergraduate programs in architecture, business, engineering, humanities, psychology, and science.
While requirements vary according to the major, all IIT students complete a general education core, which includes a minimum of 7 semester hours in mathematics and computer science, 11 semester hours in natural science or engineering, 12 semester hours in the humanities, and 12 semester hours in the social sciences.
IIT’s mission is to educate students for complex professional roles in a changing world and to advance knowledge through research and scholarship.
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 Graduate Bulletin- Illinois Institute of Technology
IIT Stuart's downtown facility is equipped with four computer labs, offering more than 200 student workstations linked to the Internet and networked with IIT libraries (including the Downtown Campus Libraries).
At the IIT Stuart Graduate School of Business, operations is taught as the design and implementation of systems that improve the efficiency and effectiveness of organizations.
IIT requires that at least three quarters of study be completed on a full-time basis.
www.grad.iit.edu /bulletin/programs/stuart.html   (9129 words)

  
 Illinois Institute of Technology
The IIT Public Safety Department is governed by the University and has full authority to act in the best interest of the university, for the safety and security of all Students, Faculty and Staff.
All students are required by the IIT University Code of Student Conduct to carry their IIT ID with them at all times and display it upon the request by a university official.
The IIT Campus is one of the safest campuses in the City of Chicago.
publicsafety.iit.edu /faq.php   (1419 words)

  
 Illinois Institute of Technology
The Main Campus of Illinois Institute of Technology is an outstanding example of the work of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969), architect and educator and one of the 20th century's most influential architects.
In 1976, the American Institute of Architects designated the campus as one of the 200 most important works of architecture in the country.
His designs include the State of Illinois' Thompson Center in downtown Chicago, the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, and the United Airlines Terminal at Chicago's O'Hare Airport.
masterplan.iit.edu /architects.html   (487 words)

  
 Charity Navigator Rating - Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) was created in 1940 by the merger of Armour Institute with Lewis Institute.
IIT is a private, Ph.D.-granting university with programs in engineering, science, psychology, architecture, business, design and law.
IIT educates people from all countries for complex professional roles in a changing technological world and to advance knowledge through research and scholarship.
www.charitynavigator.org /index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/3855.htm   (304 words)

  
 Welcome to the Home of the IIT Scarlet Hawks!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Illinois Institute of Technology swimming and diving squads announced a time change for their meet against Lewis and Morningside this Saturday, November 19.
Illinois Institute of Technology men's and women's swimming and diving squads split a double-dual meet this afternoon at Loras University in Dubuque, Iowa.
IIT dropped a pair to the host-Duhawks on the day with the men dropping a 53-52 decision while the women fell to Loras by a final count of 69-35.
athletics.iit.edu   (9723 words)

  
 Illinois Institute of Technology
On September 30, 2003, Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) cut the ribbon on its much-anticipated McCormick Tribune Campus Center.
For five years, IIT worked closely with Koolhaas and his OMA staff in the development and adjustments of the schematic drawings since Koolhaas was first announced as the campus center design competition winner on February 5, 1998.
It demanded an innovative technological concept for the train enclosure for an institution devoted to technology.” Koolhaas won the 2000 Pritzker Prize, architecture’s most significant award for lifetime achievement.
masterplan.iit.edu /mccormick_gallery/summary.html   (522 words)

  
 Illinois Institute of Technology
IIT will travel to Valparaiso on Saturday, April 1, for a single game against the Crusaders, before visiting Illinois State University for a three-game series on April 21-23.
The Illinois Institute of Technology baseball team has been forced to cancel its second game in three days to due inclement weather in the Chicago area.
IIT and Rockford have not yet determined a make-up date for this afternoon's contest.
athletics.iit.edu /baseball/mens   (1256 words)

  
 Illinois Institute of Technology - Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
One of the premier collections of the IIT Archives housed in the Paul V. Galvin Library is a superb grouping of original manuscripts documenting the early years of the Institute of Design.
Today, the Institute of Design is an integral part of IIT, offering a graduate level program and functioning as a college of the university on equal par with the College of Architecture, Chicago – Kent College of Law, Stuart Graduate School of Business, Armour College, and Institute of Psychology.
Arrangements with the School of the Art Institute did not work out and some of the members of the Association of Arts and Industries turned to the Bauhaus as a model of what their school should be.
archives.iit.edu /exhibits/id   (2611 words)

  
 Illinois Institute of Technology | Bulletin: Undergraduate Programs 2001-2003
IIT was founded in 1940 through the merger of the Armour Institute of Technology (established in 1890) and Lewis Institute (established in 1895).
Armour College of Engineering and Science is named for IIT’s predecessor, Armour Institute of Technology, which was established in 1892 on the site of the present IIT Main Campus.
The Institute of Design is the first U.S. school to offer a Ph.D. in design; its program also includes a Master of Science in Design and a Master of Design.
department.iit.edu /bulletin/iit_colleges.php   (731 words)

  
 McCormick Tribune Campus Center - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The McCormick Tribune Campus Center was designed as an architecturally-significant addition to the already architecturally-significant main campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology, located in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the south side of Chicago.
However, the price held lesser priority than the university's need to create an architecturally-significant building to add onto its original main campus, which is the densest concentration anywhere of buildings designed by the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
One month earlier, a residence hall designed by also notable Helmut Jahn a block away made this the second in a set of modern buildings to open on IIT's campus, the first new buildings since 1971.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/McCormick_Tribune_Campus_Center   (575 words)

  
 TechNews - Home
All three are outstanding professors in many different subjects at IIT as well as recipients of the Julia Beveridge Award.
This award is given to women of IIT who serve as: faculty, staff, trustees, overseers, friends of the university and alumnae, and it is yet again time to nominate outstanding women for this award.
With projections of more than 300 new openings a year in the United States alone, the 1000th store is one of the many milestones the printer cartridge refilling retailer is pursuing.
technews.iit.edu   (317 words)

  
 Illinois Institute of Technology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
It is the largest institution and the largest employer in northern New Mexico with approximately 6,800 University of California employees plus approximately...
Experiments to make these measurements at private research institutes and academic laboratories were hampered by security and by the difficulty of coordinating work in widely scattered locations...
Oppenheimer had built a strong school of theoretical physics at the California Institute of Technology and the University of California, and at that time, it was thought that the new laboratory...
www.tvnc.ca /college/Illinois+Institute+of+Technology   (2221 words)

  
 Illinois Institute of Technology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Ralph Peck was a dynamic teacher and researcher whose genuine concern for students made him a legendary figure at Illinois Institute of Technology and in the field of chemical engineering.
In 1939, he came to Armour Institute of Technology, now IIT, as an instructor in chemical engineering and quickly rose through the faculty ranks.
He was a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and a member of the American Chemical Society and the ASEE.
www.chee.iit.edu /about/Peck_Lecture_history   (270 words)

  
 Illinois Institute of Technology
IIT (1-7) travels to Naperville, Ill. on Tuesday night (Dec. 6) for a non-conference tilt at North Central College.
IIT (1-5) continues its road trip this Friday, December 2, when it travels to Wilberforce, Ohio to compete in the Central State Classic.
The Illinois Institute of Technology men's basketball team opened the 2005-2006 campaign in fine fashion with a 64-62 non-conference victory over Judson this evening at the Keating Sports Center.
athletics.iit.edu /basketball/mens   (3130 words)

  
 Illinois Institute of Technology, Information Technology Certificate Programs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Illinois Institute of Technology's IT Certificate Programs are hands-on training classes designed for working professionals who are either looking to upgrade their IT skills or make a career change into the Computer Technology field.
Illinois Institute of Technology is a private, Ph.D. granting university founded in 1890, offering programs in engineering, science, architecture, design, psychology, public administration, technical communication, business and law.
IIT is a member of the prestigious Association of Independent Technological Universities.
www.infotech.iit.edu   (155 words)

  
 Illinois Institute of Technology
Developing a safe and secure environment in an academic institution is a partnership.
Within the IIT community, the Public Safety Department is assigned the primary responsibility of identifying those programs, methods, and tactics necessary to assist the entire university community in achieving a safe and secure environment.
The end result is a safe and secure environment in which to live, work and study throughout all IIT campuses.
publicsafety.iit.edu   (225 words)

  
 Illinois Institute of Technology
The award is given annually by the AIChE Chicago Section to a senior at IIT, Northwestern University, University of Illinois-Chicago.
From the March 6 edition of IIT's CONTACT e-newsletter comes word that Victor Perez-Luna's paper “Dextran-Gold Nanoparticle Hybrid Material for Biomolecule Immobilization and Detection,” is listed among the most accessed articles in the journal Analytical Chemistry for October-December 2005.
Al-Hallaj discussed sustainability and the research IIT is doing to reduce urban emissions, a leading cause of asthma and other lung-related illnesses.
www.chee.iit.edu   (717 words)

  
 IIT - NROTC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Our students, known as "Midshipmen", are full-time students at IIT preparing to become officers in the Navy or Marine Corps.
They enjoy all the benefits and responsibilities of other IIT students with the added advantage of belonging to our team.
IIT is located just south of downtown Chicago.
nrotc.iit.edu   (182 words)

  
 Illinois Institute of Technology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In collaboration with local, national and international organizations, teams apply their expertise and passion for technology to meet vital social needs.
As a faculty mentor for a Solar-Energy IPRO, I’ve taken great pride in knowing that IIT is among only a few universities in the world able to provide undergraduates with opportunities to test and operate commercial-scale fuel cell, batteries and solar-panel systems.
As a sponsor, representatives of my company have seen students develop and emerge from the IPRO experience with maturity, confidence, and valuable professional skills that are highly sought after in the workplace.
ipro.iit.edu   (387 words)

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