Summer is now in full-swing in Chicago. Chicago has always been known as a city of public art. From June through September, the City of Chicago is featuring an exhibit titled CoolGlobes. The CoolGlobes project aims to increase awareness about global climate change and to inspire action. IIT's globe was designed by College of Architecture professors Catherine Wetzel and Richard Nelson, and was created by graduate architecture students John Castro, Katie Hart, Bridget O'Connell, Tyler Waldorf, Andrew Widman, and Camille Yu. Learn more...

"By transcribing the preamble to the U.S. Constitution on this globe, Wetzel and Nelson inspire ideas about practicing global responsibility in the workplace. Encircling the globe is an active cloud cover that illustrates the climate's natural ability to shield the earth from solar heat gain. Both artists believe that this project speaks to the shared responsibility among academics, professionals, government, and citizens to promote and advance environmentally sensitive solutions to global change."

As you continue your college search process, we wish to let you know that IIT is now accepting the Innovative Application, the Universal College Application, and the Common Application. All applications are considered equally by the Admissions Committee. Please select the one that works for you. We welcome and appreciate your interest in IIT. It promises to be an exciting year.

Sincerely,

Gerald P. Doyle
Associate Vice President
Undergraduate Admission
doyle@iit.edu

P.S. Please check out our updated admission blog—Inventing the Future—to learn more about IIT and the admission process.

• University Technology Park at IIT (UTP): This new addition to IIT's Main Campus includes state-of-the-art facilities designed to help propel technological and scientific innovations capable of changing the world. The park will connect clients with the outstanding research facilities and resources at IIT, and will mean great potential internship opportunities for IIT students. Learn more...

• The Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) Foundation last week awarded Amanda Hallberg, an undergraduate architecture student, with the SOM Prize, one of the most generous awards offered to architecture and design students. The prize "is a $50,000 Research and Travel Grant that enables one outstanding student to do in-depth research, collaborate with other designers, and pursue independent study outside the realm of established patterns."

Hallberg, who was chosen from a field of 91 undergraduate and graduate students from around the country, will travel extensively in Bosnia and Herzegovina documenting and photographing the destruction and rebuilding of religious and cultural monuments. Learn more...

• Illinois Institute of Technology honors outstanding alumni in business, law, politics, design, architecture, engineering, and education.

Sixteen Illinois Institute of Technology alumni were recently recognized for their many contributions to their professions, communities, and the university. Alumni honored included corporate giants, entrepreneurs, engineers, architects, designers, philanthropists, politicians, and teachers.

Rajeev Chandrasekhar received the 2007 IIT Global Service Award. He is one of the designers of Intel's Pentium chip; founder of one of India's prominent cellular franchises, BPL Mobile; chair and CEO of Jupiter Capital, focusing on infrastructure, media, and technology ventures; and a member of the upper house of India's Parliament. He has enhanced IIT's reputation as an international leader in technology and entrepreneurship. More...