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No Bomb Found After Threat At IIT Campus
Updated 11/06/10 – 1:00 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — Authorities have given the all clear at the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology, after the campus was evacuated Saturday morning for a bomb...
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Radiation Exposure A Daily Event
CHICAGO (CBS) — Radiation exposure has been all over the news lately, in the wake of the massive earthquake in Japan, which damaged several nuclear power plants. We’re exposed to radiation every day,...
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New Electric Car Charging Stations To Open At IIT
CHICAGO (CBS) — A bank of new electric charging stations will open in Chicago Monday, and advocates of electric cars hope they will soon be as common as the corner gas station. As CBS 2’s Kris...
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Google Honors Mies Van Der Rohe’s Birthday With Image Of IIT Building
CHICAGO (CBS) — Google on Tuesday is honoring the esteemed architect Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe, in honor of what would be his 126th birthday. As WBBM Newsradio’s Pat Cassidy reports, the search engine...
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Two IIT Buildings Evacuated For Acid Spill
Updated 05/08/12 – 4:15 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — Two buildings on the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology was evacuated Tuesday afternoon as firefighters responded to an acid spill. Around 1:40...
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IIT Researchers Using Smart Phones To Study Seasonal Depression
CHICAGO (CBS) — Researchers at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago are hoping your smartphone can help them decode the mysteries of seasonal depression. IIT psychology professor Michael...
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IIT Racing Team Hopes Electric Car Can Beat Gas-Powered Rivals
CHICAGO (CBS) — A racing team from the Illinois Institute of Technology is trying to build something radical – a racing car that is powered by electricity, and can beat those using conventional fuels....
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2 Investigators: What Passengers Are Breathing On Metra Train Cars
By Dave Savini (CBS) — Dirty vents, diesel fumes — what are Metra riders breathing in when they commute? CBS 2’s Dave Savini launched an investigation to find out what passengers are being exposed...
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Communication Will Give Chicago IT Professionals An Edge In Hiring
Some students come into a career industry knowing exactly what they’ll do later in life. Other students are more like Billy from “Family Circus” comic strips, who take the scenic route to get to their...
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Experts: How Name-Brand And Store-Brand Batteries Stack Up
(CBS) — A new Christmas toy is no fun without them. But are you paying more than you need to for batteries? CBS 2’s Roseanne Tellez has tips that could save you a bundle this holiday. They bring toys...
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Emanuel: Success For Today’s Students Depends On Technology Training
CHICAGO (CBS) — Rahm Emanuel has been able to build a career as an investment banker, congressman, top White House aide, and mayor of Chicago after majoring in dance in college, and getting a master’s...
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ComEd, IIT Team Up To Use Drones To Inspect Power Lines
CHICAGO (CBS) — The Federal Aviation Administration has authorized ComEd to use drones to streamline the inspection of its power lines. ComEd will be the first utility company in the Midwest to use...
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IIT Student, 36, Found Fatally Beaten
Death On IIT Campus (CBS/STMW) — An Illinois Institute of Technology student was beaten to death by another student on the school’s Bronzeville campus on the South Side early Thursday. Jermiron “Jay”...
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IIT Tells Students To Pay Back MAP Grants Amid State Budget Impasse
CHICAGO (CBS) — The Illinois Institute of Technology has abruptly informed students who get state-funded grants that they must repay the money they received for the previous fall semester, or not be...
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Mayor’s Office Announces Partnerships Between Illinois And Milan Tech Schools
CHICAGO (CBS) — As Mayor Emanuel’s European trip continues, his office announced Wednesday a new partnership between the Illinois Institute of Technology and a Polytechnic Institute in Milan, Italy....
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Three Charged In Beating, Robbery On CTA Green Line Platform
CHICAGO (CBS) — Three suspects are in custody Monday after beating and robbing a man on Sunday night, who was waiting for a CTA train near the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. Police say a...
View ArticleArchitecture Students Aim To Use Expertise To Improve Pedway
Chicago (CBS) — It’s used by thousands, but can lack a certain something that could attract more. Chicago’s underground Pedway is a series of tunnels linking 40 city blocks, winding through train...
View ArticleIIT Students Clean Up 31st Street Beach For Science And Service
CHICAGO (CBS) — Some South Side college students learned a valuable environmental lesson outside of the classroom Saturday. More than 100 students and faculty from the Illinois Institute of Technology...
View Article2 Hit By Pellet Gun Fire Near IIT Campus
CHICAGO (CBS) — Two people were hit by fire from pellet guns this week near the Illinois Institute of Technology. The incidents happened around 4:50 p.m. Tuesday in the 3400 block of South State...
View ArticleMan Fatally Shot On IIT Campus In Bronzeville
CHICAGO (CBS) — A 24-year-old man was killed in a shooting Friday night on the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology in the Bronzeville neighborhood. Police said the man was walking near 33rd...
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