Illinois Institute of Technology

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

2012-09-27 00:00:00

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...

Robert F. Christy dies at 96; Manhattan Project physicist

2012-10-05 18:24:00

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...

Salad industry on hunt for solution to tainted greens

2012-01-30 00:00:00

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...

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

2011-12-22 00:00:00

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...

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

2011-12-14 16:33:09

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

2012-03-27 16:32:37

PASSINGS: Robert Pritzker, Liviu Ciulei

2011-10-30 00:00:00

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...

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

2011-03-28 00:00:00

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...

Hubbard Street Dance furthers its L.A. reach

2010-04-04 00:00:00

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...

PASSINGS

2009-06-18 00:00:00

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...

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

2009-10-03 00:00:00

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...

Cancer risk from cellphone use is still a matter for study

2008-06-30 00:00:00

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...

Ron Thomas, a civil engineering student at Illinois Institute of Technology, volunteers in the U Farm IIT garden on South Michigan Avenue, in Chicago. The garden is a collaborative effort among architecture and engineering students and Growing Power.

2013-05-14 00:00:00

Fernando Araujo has joined FitzGerald Associates Architects as a senior architect. With more than 21 years of experience, Araujo will bring management and technical leadership to a diverse portfolio.

2013-01-22 00:00:00

Chen is a council member of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) where he serves as the scientific vice president for environmental radiation and waste issues.

2012-12-11 09:47:00