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Visionary Fintech Entrepreneur Jenny Just to Receive Honorary Doctor of Business from Illinois Tech

05/11/2024

CHICAGO—May 11, 2024—Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech) will award Jenny Just, a renowned entrepreneur and one of the few self-made female billionaires in the United States, an Honorary Doctor of Business, honoris causa. After cutting her teeth on the trading floor in Chicago, Just launched her own investment firm and transformed it into a fintech empire, including more than 15 companies that she has started or helped turn around.

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Crypto Has a Trust Problem, and Illinois Tech Professor Has a Solution

05/10/2024

Fraud, terrorist financing, money laundering. All too often, when cryptocurrency is in the headlines, the news isn’t good. “Finance depends on trustworthy institutions, and the problem with the...

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High Return on Investment for Illinois Tech Team in Finance Competition

05/08/2024

A team of students from Stuart School of Business at Illinois Institute of Technology scored a second-place finish in the 2023–24 Chicago Quantitative Alliance (CQA) Investment Challenge, a rigorous...

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Startup Experience, Business Analytics, and the Spirit of Never Giving Up

04/30/2024

After working in accounting for several years, Girija Jamadagni (M.B.A.-BANL ’24) switched up her career path to build a thriving startup offering business development, video and ad production, and...

The Multigenerational Workforce Is Here to Stay, for the Better

04/19/2024

With more people living longer—and in better health—than in the past and working beyond the traditional retirement age, the multigenerational workforce appears to be here to stay. The United States...

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Illinois Tech’s Liad Wagman Wins International Antitrust Writing Award

04/18/2024

Liad Wagman, the John and Mae Calamos Dean Endowed Chair at Illinois Institute of Technology’s Stuart School of Business, has been named winner of the Best Antitrust Academic Article, General...

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Illinois Tech Public Administration Faculty Honored with National Awards for Innovative Policing

03/28/2024

Marc S. Buslik, a member of the Master of Public Administration program faculty at Illinois Institute of Technology’s Stuart School of Business, recently received prestigious awards from two...

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Tapping Social Media and AI for Faster Disaster Response

03/05/2024

During a natural disaster or crisis, social media platforms are key communication pathways that connect disaster victims with those on the outside—responders, government authorities, and the public...

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Illinois Tech Receives $1 Million Grant to Transform Food Procurement for Greater Equity and Sustainability

02/13/2024

CHICAGO—February 13, 2024—A groundbreaking research initiative led by Weslynne Ashton, professor of environmental management and sustainability at Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech), has...

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Procuring Greater Equity and Sustainability in the Food System

02/12/2024

A research project led by Illinois Institute of Technology Professor of Environmental Management and Sustainability Weslynne Ashton has received a $1 million grant from the United States Department of...

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