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A drive through Chicago's public housing past
Seeded on Tue Jul 3, 2007 1:36 PM EDT (The L.A. Times)
Chicago offers architectural, historical and neighborhood tours which are very informative, but We The People Media tours take touring Chicago to a new level.
The Bones We Carried
Seeded on Thu Jun 28, 2007 12:00 PM EDT (The New York Times)
When American G.I.'s returned from the Vietnam War, some tried to smuggle home the skulls of Vietcong and North Vietnamese soldiers. The graffiti-covered skulls served as ashtrays, candle holders and trophies. Six skulls were seized by the Customs Service.
The Nano Revolution: The Science that will Transform the Way We Build
Seeded on Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:39 AM EDT (Architect Online)
Nanotechnology -- the understanding and control of matter at the scale of one- to one-hundred-billionths of a meter, is changing the materials and processes of building.
Cutting cost of hybrids: IIT design could save CTA millions
Seeded on Mon Jun 25, 2007 6:53 PM EDT (Chicago Tribune)
Jon Hilkevitch reports engineering students and their research professors at IIT have developed several types of hybrid electric conversion kits for diesel buses and other heavy-duty vehicles.
Gang picked to design Columbia College media center
Seeded on Mon Jun 25, 2007 3:11 PM EDT (Chicago Tribune)
Jeanne Gang, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Architecture at IIT and principal and founder of Studio Gang, and her firm have been selected to design Columbia's Media Production Center.
Bronzeville fest reels in local filmmakers
Seeded on Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:22 AM EDT (Chicago Sun-Times)
Critic Bill Stamets offers his take on the Bronzeville Film Festival which was held at Illinois Institute of Technology and Northeastern Illinois University on Chicago's south side.
IIT's CoolGlobe revises the Constitution
Thu Jun 14, 2007 6:35 PM EDT
"We the People of the Planet Earth, in Order to form a more perfect Environment, establish ecological Balance, insure sustainable Habits, provide for intelligent dialogue, promote the Well-Being of all, and secure the Blessings of the natural World to ourselves, and our Posterity …
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Urban House 1
Seeded on Thu Jun 14, 2007 4:20 PM EDT (GreenBean)
Urban House 1 is a two-story, 1800 square foot, three-bedroom wood-frame house being built on Chicago's south side through a new design/build course at the Illinois Institute of Technology.
Bronzeville Film Festival rolls June 14
Fri Jun 8, 2007 4:49 PM EDT
Chicago's Bronzeville Film Festival opens Thursday, June 14, 2007 at Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies at Northeastern Illinois University, 700 E. Oakwood Blvd., Chicago.
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Chicago's CoolGlobes spin variety of solutions to global warming
Seeded on Thu Jun 7, 2007 6:34 PM EDT (Chicago Sun-Times)
Similar to "Cows on Parade" featured in Milan, Istambul and Copenhagen this year, in Chicago in 1999 and in Zurich in 1998, CoolGlobes aims to increase awareness about global climate change and inspire action.
"Cool Globes'" sends an environmental message to Chicago
Seeded on Thu Jun 7, 2007 6:18 PM EDT (ABC Local Affiliates)
Similar to "Cows on Parade" featured in Chicago in 1999 and in Zurich, Switzerland in 1998, CoolGlobes aims to increase awareness about global climate change and inspire action.
Julia Beveridge and other Chicago women of distinction recognized
Seeded on Tue Jun 5, 2007 12:48 AM EDT (Creating Community Connections)
Attorney Fay Clayton, professor Dr. Susan Sitton, advocate Lisa Montgomery, administrator Judith Carr, and architect and educator Marcia Gray receive Julia Beveridge Awards from the Illinois Institute of Technology.
IIT names John Anderson new president
Seeded on Tue Jun 5, 2007 12:29 AM EDT (Crain's Chicago Business)
The trustees at the Illinois Institute of Technology selected a chemical engineering academic to be the school's eighth president. John Anderson will start as the Illinois Institute of Technology's president on Aug. 1.
Mies van der Rohe landmarks highlighted on IIT campus tour
Fri Jun 1, 2007 3:18 PM EDT
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, one of the most influential architects of the 20th century, inspired the most prominent architects of our time. His influence can be seen in skylines throughout the world.
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Anonymous alum's gift to low-income students a record for area schools
Seeded on Fri Jun 1, 2007 12:17 PM EDT (Chicago Sun-Times)
Sun-Times higher education reporter Dave Newbart reports the University of Chicago now has the largest single gift ever received by a Chicago area school -- $100 million.
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