Loading...
RSS feeds allow Web site content to be gathered via feed reader software. Click the subscribe link to obtain the feed URL for this page. The feed will update when new content appears on this page.

Illinois Institute of Technology

Highlights

A collection of news and information related to Illinois Institute of Technology published by this site and its partners.

Sort By: Relevancy | Date | Type
Displaying items 1-12 of 107
» View latimes.com items only
    Sep 27, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Jerome Horwitz dies at 93; developed potent anti-AIDS drug AZT

    Jerome Horwitz, a medical researcher at Wayne State University in Detroit, had spent more than a decade developing a drug he hoped would work against cancer. But the compound failed to help the lab mice he tested it on, so in 1970 he "dumped it on the junk pile," wrote up his disappointing findings and moved on. He didn't bother applying for a patent.
    Jerome Horwitz, a medical researcher at Wayne State University in Detroit, had spent more than a decade developing a drug he hoped would work against cancer. But the compound failed to help the lab mice he tested it on, so in 1970 he "dumped it on the...

    Tags: Medical Research, University of Michigan, University of Detroit Mercy, AIDS, Food and Drug Administration

    2. Oct 5, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Robert F. Christy dies at 96; Manhattan Project physicist

    Robert F. Christy, a physicist who was a key member of the Manhattan Project team that created the atomic bomb during World War II, died Wednesday at his Pasadena home. He was 96.
    Robert F. Christy, a physicist who was a key member of the Manhattan Project team that created the atomic bomb during World War II, died Wednesday at his Pasadena home. He was 96. Christy, who spent 40 years as a Caltech professor and administrator, died...

    Tags: Explosions, Nuclear Weapons, Science and Technology, World War II (1939-1945), Emergency Incidents

    3. Jan 30, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Salad industry on hunt for solution to tainted greens

    For millions of Americans, bagged salads are a miracle food, the perfect mix of health and convenience.
    For millions of Americans, bagged salads are a miracle food, the perfect mix of health and convenience. Time-pressed cooks can rip open a bag and pour the leaves right into the bowl, reassured by the "triple-washed" label that some wondrous process has...

    Tags: Cornell University, Medical Procedures and Tests, Health and Safety at School, E. coli Infection, Consumer Goods Industries

    4. Dec 22, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Gene R. Summers dies at 83; architect renovated L.A. Biltmore

    Gene R. Summers, an architect and developer who undertook the first major renovation of the historic Biltmore Hotel, reviving interest in downtown Los Angeles and helping to spark its revitalization, has died. He was 83.
    Gene R. Summers, an architect and developer who undertook the first major renovation of the historic Biltmore Hotel, reviving interest in downtown Los Angeles and helping to spark its revitalization, has died. He was 83. Summers, who retired to the...

    Tags: Services and Shopping, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Restaurants, Joint Ventures, Dining and Drinking

    5. Dec 14, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  5. Monster Mash: Getty Museum exit; Nicole Scherzinger and 'Phantom'

    Culture Monster
    Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger will perform selections from "The Phantom of the Opera" on a 25th anniversary celebratory telecast honoring the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical....
    6. Mar 27, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  6. Google honors architect Mies van der Rohe with latest 'doodle'

    Culture Monster
    The Internet search giant Google picks modernist architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe for its latest logo-tweaking tribute....
    7. Oct 30, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. PASSINGS: Robert Pritzker, Liviu Ciulei

    <b>ROBERT PRITZKER</b>
    ROBERT PRITZKER One of three brothers who built family business empire Robert Pritzker, 85, a billionaire industrialist and one of three brothers who built the Pritzker family's business empire, died of Parkinson's disease Thursday in Chicago, said...

    Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Columbia University, Bucharest (Romania), Fine Arts

    8. Mar 28, 2011 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. Michael Abramson dies at 62; photographed Chicago South Side's nightlife

    Michael Abramson, a photographer who spent much of his career in exotic climes and photographing well-known people but who gained his greatest fame and personal satisfaction from photos he shot of nightlife on Chicago's South Side during the 1970s, has died. He was 62.
    Michael Abramson, a photographer who spent much of his career in exotic climes and photographing well-known people but who gained his greatest fame and personal satisfaction from photos he shot of nightlife on Chicago's South Side during the 1970s, has...

    Tags: Steve Jobs, Michael Jordan, Steven Spielberg, Chicago Tribune, Human Interest

    9. Apr 4, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Hubbard Street Dance furthers its L.A. reach

    In Chicago they build things right -- and that goes for dance companies. In January, Joffrey Ballet of Chicago displayed its artistic vitality in Los Angeles with its splendid staging of Frederick Ashton's postwar masterpiece " Cinderella" at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.
    In Chicago they build things right -- and that goes for dance companies. In January, Joffrey Ballet of Chicago displayed its artistic vitality in Los Angeles with its splendid staging of Frederick Ashton's postwar masterpiece " Cinderella" at the...

    Tags: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Entertainment, Dancing, William Forsythe, Sports

    10. Jun 18, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. PASSINGS

    John F. Mitchell Motorola cellphone pioneer John F. Mitchell, 81, who helped engineer the technology that paved the way for the world's first cellular phone during a 45-year career at Motorola, where he was president from 1980 to 1995, died of cancer...

    Tags: Toshiko Akiyoshi, France, Medical Research, Companies and Corporations, Charles Mingus

    11. Oct 3, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Venice couple builds a modern home on top of a Venice cottage

    Venice is home to a lot of extravagant architecture, whether it's Frank Gehry's playful deconstructions or Franklin Israel's experiments in postmodern collage. Yet even in such environs, Robert Choeff and Krystyan Keck's home on Cabrillo Avenue stands out. "We definitely have more than our share of gawkers," Keck says. "But it's sort of nice to be a celebrity in the neighborhood."
    Venice is home to a lot of extravagant architecture, whether it's Frank Gehry's playful deconstructions or Franklin Israel's experiments in postmodern collage. Yet even in such environs, Robert Choeff and Krystyan Keck's home on Cabrillo Avenue stands...

    Tags: Rem Koolhaas, Netherlands, Metal and Mineral, Education, Architecture

    12. Jun 30, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Cancer risk from cellphone use is still a matter for study

    CALIFORNIANS who use hands-free cellular devices while driving may be doing themselves a favor in the long run.
    Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
    CALIFORNIANS who use hands-free cellular devices while driving may be doing themselves a favor in the long run. That's because scientists still can't say with certainty that placing a cellphone against the head is completely safe, especially for heavy...

    Tags: Brain, Medical Research, Science and Technology, University of California, Los Angeles, Cancer

 1  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 • Next >
Original site for Illinois Institute of Technology topic gallery.
Advertisement
Loading...
 
 

Date:

Credit:

User-submitted

Tags:

Rate:
Sending...

E-mail this photo

Error: malformed email address(es)
Both "from" and "recipient" email fields are required.

Recipient E-mail Addresses

(up to 3, separated by commas) Send me a copy.

From:

e-mail | buy this photo | link to photo
Illinois Institute of Technology Photos
Ron Thomas, a civil engineering student at Illinois Ins...
(May 14, 2013)
Garden grows
Fernando Araujo has joined FitzGerald Associates Archit...
(January 22, 2013)
Fernando Araujo, senior architect, FitzGerald Associates
Chen is a council member of the National Council on Rad...
(December 11, 2012)
S.Y. Chen, director of professional master of health physics program, Illinois Institute of Technology
 » All 29 Illinois Institute of Technology photos