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Putting Analytical Chemistry into Pharmaceutical Practice

Trevor Williams (M.S. ACHM ’20) isn’t the type of person who likes to wait when it comes to putting his skills to good use. That’s one of the biggest reasons why he chose ������̳’s Master of...

“I am a much more well-rounded professional thanks to Chicago-Kent’s classes, student body, and faculty,” says Royal Farley ’25. Farley was already successful in a rewarding career before he decided...

The Opportunity Maker

Right after college, Ruth Lopez-McCarthy (LAW ’09) started Doorknocking. It was the community organizing, block club kind of outreach: pushing for more alley lights, safety patrols, and better garbage...

The Human Side of Technology

“I don’t know why I want to act like I have an aversion to nerds, when I’m a nerd myself,” laughs Sydney Hardwick (ITM ’15), speaking not only of her time growing up on Chicago’s South Side, but also...

A Critical Career

While growing up, Lexi Detweiler (PHYS, ASPY, M.S. HP ’21) listened to her father spout random tidbits of information from his various STEM-related careers. He’d gone from being an architect to...

Mentorship and Research Collaboration Are Keys to Career Growth

As a quantitative analyst at Morningstar, the Chicago-based investment research and management services firm, Yao “Jason” Xie develops mathematical and statistical models to analyze portfolio risks...

Partnership Program Offers Path From France to America

Maureen Rakotondraibe joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology through a partnership with École Spéciale de Mécanique et d’Electricité, a...

The Tinkerer

As a young boy, much to his dismay, John Katsoudas (M.S. PHYS ’03) had a clearly defined role in the family business. It started with wrapping doughnuts. His father, a restaurateur, had a contract to...

Shift to Security

Designing security into code is a lot like designing security in a house, Marilyn Barrios (ITM, M.A.S. ITM ’18) says. Each door, window, and any other point of entry must be secured. But these...

Editor's note: this is an updated story from the the Fall 2023 Chicago-Kent Magazine. To read the magazine in full, follow this link . “If we as judges allow chaos to take over our courtrooms, we as a...