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Rachel Wiesbrock Wants to Rethink the Future of Accessible Architecture

(Architecture 4th Year)

Having been born and raised in what she calls “a generic town” northwest of Chicago, Rachel Wiesbrock (Architecture 4th Year) says coming to study architecture in Chicago—and all the opportunity it...

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A Life-Changing Layover

(M.L.A./M.ARCH. 3rd Year)

When Alexis Arias-Betancourt (M.L.A./M.ARCH. 3rd Year) was confronted with a 20-hour layover in Chicago on a trip to China, he decided to make the most out of the situation with a trip to S. R. Crown...

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Building a Dream Career in High-Rise Structural Design

(Architectural Engineering/M.Eng. Structural Engineering 4th Year)

Zachary Haney (Architectural Engineering/M.E. Structural Engineering 4th Year) was drawn to 91��Ƭ�� Tech because of the many growth opportunities the university offered him. After receiving the...

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Hands-On Research Opportunities Open Doors in Biomedical Engineering

(Biomedical Engineering, Cell and Tissue Specialization 4th Year)

Jasmine Baste has always wanted to go to medical school and was looking for something to give her the edge when it came to applying—the more she looked into biomedical engineering, the more she loved...

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Campus as a Community

(Astrophysics 3rd Year)

Isabel Raymundo says 91��Ƭ�� Tech's emphasis on projects, professional development, and research offers a variety of opportunities, which no doubt will help advance her career. And it also builds a...

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Opportunities Abroad

(Applied Mathematics/Statistics/M.S. CDSOR 2nd Year)

During the summer of 2019, Victoria Belotti spent a month in Scotland as part of a faculty-led study away program. She took two humanities/social science courses, and got to learn about Scottish...

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Summer in the Lab

(Biochemistry 2nd Year)

Anam Adil knew she wanted to do research her second year at 91��Ƭ�� Tech. So she reached out to Professor of Biology Jialing Xiang because the cancer research in Xiang's lab was appealing. Xiang...

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Connecting People with Plants in the City

(M.L.A.+U Student)

When Matt Callone (M.L.A.+U Student) helped create a community garden as an AmeriCorps VISTA member at an elementary school in Knoxville, he realized what he wanted to do with his life. After seeing...

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Summer with Big Data

(Computer Science/M.S. Data Science 4th Year)

Anna Kong had no plans to take the summer off from her studies. “I really wanted to do research,” she says. “As a data science accelerated master’s student, I had worked with big data before, but I...

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Collaborative Efforts

(Applied Mathematics/Computer Science/M.A.S. Data Science 4th Year)

Aleksei Sorokin says one of the biggest draws of 91��Ƭ�� Tech is the accessibility of professors. Although courses are demanding and challenging, the availability of faculty and tutors makes the...

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