On October 31, 2018, a thread gained traction on the Illinois Tech Student Community (ITSC) page about one Professor Edward Kraus and his affiliation with the Vaccine Injury Law Project -most notably that the website for this law project hosted information as recently as 2017 supporting the claim that vaccines cause autism.

The Illinois Tech Astronomy Club was created in the fall of 2018 by senior physics and astrophysics major Bryan Hendricks, in order to create opportunities for all Illinois Tech students to learn more about astronomy.

Thanksgiving is around the corner and what better way to start the holiday season than with some introduction to traditional Thanksgiving meals? This is what we can expect Thursday, November 15 at The Commons.

Illinois Tech’s M.A. and Lila Self Leadership Academy kicked off its annual Seminar series with Exploring the Science of Leadership on October 13.

With the new dining service contract between Illinois Tech and Chartwells, there came a temporary lapse in the meeting schedule of the Food Advisory Board (FAB). However, after a period of logistical sorting and deliberation, the FAB has officially resumed its regular biweekly meeting schedule to serve the purpose of relaying concerns and suggestions for on-campus dining to the staff members and administrators that can translate them into actionable changes.

The Women in Science Project (WiSP) met on the afternoon of Wednesday, October 31 for an informal lunch meeting with the organization’s faculty advisor and physics professor, Dr. Gayle Ratliff. Students were encouraged to share their own backgrounds and experiences, and President Grace Wischmeyer explained that she hoped the meeting could help foster more connection and communication between science students at Illinois Tech. This was something that the group of students who created WiSP found lacking, which is the reason why the organization was created. 

Illinois Tech’s Association for Computing Machinery – Women (ACM-W) will be hosting their next general body meeting on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, in Perlstein Hall room 109, 12:40-1:40 p.m.

Career services is inviting students into their office in Hermann Hall with reverse psychology. A poster hangs on their wall proclaiming to all student’s “Don’t Visit Us”. Be sure to read the fine print!