A Future in Family Law
Casey Ciulla ’26 has a goal. “I hope to use my education to protect vulnerable populations within the family court system,” she says, “and in particular, represent victims of domestic violence through...
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A Future in Family Law
LAW '26Casey Ciulla ’26 has a goal. “I hope to use my education to protect vulnerable populations within the family court system,” she says, “and in particular, represent victims of domestic violence through...
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Where Passion Meets Practice
LAW '27“If you want hard-working professors, access to one of the greatest cities in the nation, and a cohort of lovely classmates and friends, there’s no reason not to choose Chicago-Kent College of Law,”...
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Connecting Academics Outside of the College Bubble
(CIS 4th year)Rojeena Thapa’s (CIS 4th year) rigorous academic experience at Illinois Tech includes learning multiple programming languages, exploring computing concepts she didn’t know existed, and then developing...
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Paddling Through the Past: Teaching History Through Games
(BA 2nd Year)Ava Gray (BA 2nd Year) developed her love of storytelling at a young age through reading and writing, ultimately discovering that story has the power to connect people from all walks of life. She now...
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A Healthy Dose of Compliance
(ITM ’12)It’s hard to have more experience with computers than Thomas “TJ” Johnson (ITM ’12). His first job in the field dates back to 1990, when—as an entry-level systems support specialist for South Holland...
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Better, Stronger, Faster Through Games
(Ph.D. THUM ’22)After years of teaching within the Chicago Public Schools system, Alex Damarijan (Ph.D. THUM ’22) had all but abandoned his dream of becoming a game designer. “I gave up on getting a job at a game...
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An Astronaut’s Best Friend
(AE ’12)Sofia Ghouse (AE ’12) had to fix a toilet, and fast. The problem wasn’t that simple, though: the toilet was 250 miles above Earth, aboard the International Space Station, and was the sole commode for...
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Material Gains
(Ph.D. CHE ’10)If you try to list all the potential combinations of all the elements on the periodic table, you’ll have a list that’s practically infinite. To date, humanity has only characterized about a million of...
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The Radical (Re)thinker
(M.ARCH. ’06)The first gig Jennifer Kolstad (M.ARCH. ’06) landed after graduating was a tad more trying than your typical entry-level job. “There were bombs flying overhead,” Kolstad says of her time flying into...