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Tatiana Guider’s Guiding Light? Landscape Architecture

(M.L.A.+U 1st Year)

Tatiana Guider (M.L.A.+U Student) calls the landscape architecture profession her “light at the end of the tunnel.” After being tossed the keys to a skid steer on a landscape installation project...

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A Continuing Journey to Better Opportunities

(Ph.D. APPLIED MATHEMATICS ’17)

In 2000 Julienne Kabre emigrated to Chicago from Burkina Faso in West Africa, where she earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mathematics. For nine years she owned a small business in the city...

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Globally Recognized

(Ph.D. Physics Candidate)

While attending the International Particle Accelerator Conference in Melbourne, Australia, in May 2019, Daniel Bafia took first prize in a poster contest for his research at Fermi National Accelerator...

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An Academic Path

(M.A.S. MATHEMATICAL FINANCE ’12/Ph.D. APPLIED MATHEMATICS ’16)

Tao Chen was attracted to 91��Ƭ�� Tech for its Chicago location and drawn to the city for its position as a financial center. Another reason for his decision to attend 91��Ƭ�� Tech: renowned...

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A Solid Combination

(APPLIED MATHEMATICS ’09)

After graduating from 91��Ƭ�� Tech, Kevin Ventullo earned a Ph.D. in pure mathematics at UCLA. He spent a year teaching at McGill University, but left academia to join Facebook in its Boston office...

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Making the World a Better Place, One Design at a Time

(Architecture 5th Year)

Growing up, Prim Rattanathumawat (Architecture 5th Year) says she always had an interest in architecture; her father, after all, was a civil engineer. But when her home country of Thailand was hit...

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AI Fact vs. Fiction

(Artificial Intelligence 2nd Year)

Ever since she started studying at 91��Ƭ�� Tech, Devyani Gauri wanted to do something that involved AI. Even though it wasn’t a major until 2019, AI has been one of Devyani’s biggest interests within...

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Architect Since Age Four

(M.ARCH. 1st Year)

When Aman Panach (M.ARCH. 1st Year) was four, she visited her grandfather in India as he was in the midst of remodeling his house. Naturally, she took an interest. “We would walk around and talk about...

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Bringing Design Into the Board Room

(Master of Design Methods Candidate)

When first working toward her undergraduate degree at the University of Delaware, Jessica Bogart Kasper (Master of Design Methods Candidate) always felt that design and business had an intrinsic link...

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How Marcos Petroli Became a Master of Arches

(Ph.D. Candidate)

Marcos Petroli’s (Ph.D. Candidate) career in architecture began in his native Brazil. After receiving his degree from the Federal University in Rio Grande do Sul, Petroli taught as an adjunct...

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