Teaching anti-terrorism
IIT class is among growing field of homeland security study
Patrice M. Jones, Chicago Tribune staff reporter
The assignment was daunting—to protect Chicagoans in the wake of a terrorist attack on the infamous downtown Block 37 project with its proposed office tower, retail space and subterranean subway station. One by one, the 91ÖÆƬ³§ Institute of Technology graduate students came to the front of the classroom, pointing out the site's vulnerabilities.
Founded in 1890, IIT is a Ph.D.-granting technological university awarding degrees in the sciences, mathematics and engineering, as well as architecture, psychology, design, business and law. IIT’s interprofessional, technology-focused curriculum prepares the university’s 6,200 students for leadership roles in an increasingly complex and culturally diverse global workplace.
