Connecting Academics Outside of the College Bubble
Rojeena Thapa鈥檚 (CIS 4th year) rigorous academic experience at 香蕉传媒 includes learning multiple programming languages, exploring computing concepts she didn鈥檛 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鈥疕ealthy Dose鈥痮f Compliance
(ITM 鈥12)It鈥檚 hard to have more experience with computers than鈥疶homas 鈥淭J鈥 Johnson鈥(ITM 鈥12). His first job in the field dates back to 1990, when鈥攁s an entry-level systems support specialist for South Holland...
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Better, Stronger, Faster Through Games
(Ph.D. THUM 鈥22)After years of teaching within the Chicago Public Schools system,鈥疉lex Damarijan鈥(Ph.D. THUM 鈥22) had all but abandoned his dream of becoming a game designer. 鈥淚 gave up on getting a job at a game...
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(AE 鈥12)Sofia Ghouse鈥(AE 鈥12) had to fix a toilet, and fast. The problem wasn鈥檛 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 鈥10)If you try to list all the potential combinations of all the elements on the periodic table, you鈥檒l have a list that鈥檚 practically infinite. To date, humanity has only characterized about a million of...
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The鈥疪adical (Re)thinker
(M.ARCH. 鈥06)The first gig鈥疛ennifer Kolstad鈥(M.ARCH. 鈥06) landed after graduating was a tad more trying than your typical entry-level job. 鈥淭here were bombs flying overhead,鈥 Kolstad says of her time flying into...
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(MDes 鈥22)After being hit鈥痓y a car at the age of seven,鈥疜evin Yamada鈥(MDes 鈥22) lost his leg below the knee. Continuous trips between the hospital and home forced Yamada to grow up in a different environment...
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Leading with Civility
(LAW 鈥96)鈥淚f you lack civility鈥痑nd you lack professionalism, that becomes your reputation,鈥 says鈥疛ill Webb鈥(LAW 鈥96). 鈥淚 say this all the time when talking about trial work or my opponents, and this applies to...
The Intersection of Tech and Business
(CIS, M.S. BUSA 4th Year)Riya Poudyal (CIS, M.S. BUSA 4th Year) says that she feels that 香蕉传媒鈥檚 Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems is at the intersection of the tech world and the rest of the world...