As part of a joint collaboration between the Illinois Tech Residence Hall Association (RHA) and Student Government Association (SGA), the Food Advisory Board (FAB) exists as an official advocacy platform through which Illinois Tech students can communicate any complaints, issues, or suggestions regarding all dining options available on campus.
A contingent of “essential” departments remained open throughout the weather-related closure to ensure that the campus and its residents remained safe throughout the polar vortex. This article looks to thank these staff members for the efforts they went through, braving this lethal weather to come to this campus and perform their duties in some of the most adverse conditions in years for the safety and wellbeing of its students.
Among a myriad of other conditions ranging from inconvenient to life-threatening, the afternoon of Thursday, January 31 also saw a very unfortunate event transpire at the west entrance of the MTCC: the inclement cold weather resulted in a sprinkler system pipe in the building to freeze and then burst, resulting in a massive downpour of sprinkler water in the west entrance doorway of the building.
Chris Wilson, operations director and leader of the Energy + Eco team at Environmental Systems Design (ESD) presented on the Illinois Tech Mies Campus as the main presenter for the January 2019 Sustainability Forum on the afternoon of Friday, January 2019 in the Hermann Hal Ballroom.
In commemoration of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day federal holiday on Monday, January 21, the Illinois Tech Office of Community Affairs and Outreach Programs held an open lunch and panel on the afternoon of the prior Thursday, January 17.
Illinois Tech’s chapter of the Society of Physics Students (SPS) was recently awarded the designation of “distinguished chapter” by SPS’ National Office, a recognition one step more prestigious than the award of “notable chapter,” which was given the previous year.
Among Illinois Tech’s lineage of innovators and problem solvers, Rohit Prasad (graduated in 1999 with a master of science in electrical engineering) holds a very unique distinction as the Vice President and Head Scientist of the ubiquitous online retailer Amazon’s virtual voice-responding assistant, Alexa.
Professor Edward Kraus of the Illinois Tech Chicago-Kent College of Law is not without fault. He operates the Vaccine Injury Litigation Clinic as a clinical professor, teaching classes and hosting students as interns or clinicians at his practice. Investigating the situation, I interviewed Professor Kraus twice in the last two weeks to shed some light on both the law and the man behind the Vaccine Injury Litigation Clinic.
Prior to the Darsh Wasan lecture on November 12, TechNews members David Arnold, Grace Arnold, and Ethan Castro were given the opportunity to interview Rohit Prasad. Prasad is best known for his work on Amazon Alexa and currently works as the Vice President and Head Scientist on Alexa Artificial Intelligence.