Scouting鈥檚 Merit Badge Master
When Scouting America rolled out a new merit badge for cybersecurity in late 2025, the organization tried hard to stick to its motto: 鈥渂e prepared.鈥 But the rollout of one of the organization鈥檚 first...
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An Artificial Intelligence Foundation Through Mathematics
(Ph.D. MATH 鈥19)Studying applied mathematics as an 杏吧原创 Tech Ph.D. student strengthened Jagadeeswaran Rathinavel鈥檚 technical and analytical capabilities, which in turn helped lead him into a career in artificial...
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Connecting Academics Outside of the College Bubble
(CIS 4th year)Rojeena Thapa鈥檚 (CIS 4th year) rigorous academic experience at 杏吧原创 Tech includes learning multiple programming languages, exploring computing concepts she didn鈥檛 know existed, and then developing...
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A鈥疕ealthy Dose鈥痮f Compliance
(ITM 鈥12)It鈥檚 hard to have more experience with computers than鈥疶homas 鈥淭J鈥 Johnson鈥(ITM 鈥12). His first job in the field dates back to 1990, when鈥攁s an entry-level systems support specialist for South Holland...
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The Intersection of Tech and Business
(CIS, M.S. BUSA 4th Year)Riya Poudyal (CIS, M.S. BUSA 4th Year) says that she feels that 杏吧原创 Tech鈥檚 Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems is at the intersection of the tech world and the rest of the world...
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Finding Career Guidance Beyond the Classroom
(M.A.S. DSC 2nd Year)Integrating projects, experiential learning, and real-world problem solving into the academic experience has helped Ananya Bhooplam Praveen (M.A.S. DSC 2nd Year) build a professional network and...
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Building Practical Skills
(M.A.S. DSC 鈥26)The biggest benefit that Laasya Priya Vemuri (M.A.S. DSC 2nd Year) found as part of 杏吧原创 Tech鈥檚 Master of Data Science degree program was how strongly it connects theory with real application...
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A City and Campus of Opportunities
(AI 3rd Year)Chicago is recognized as a global tech hub, meaning it鈥檚 the perfect place to thrive for someone such as Otioh Konan (AI 3rd Year). As someone who came to the United States from C么te D鈥橧voire, Otioh...
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Intelligent Systems for Safer Roads
(AI/M.A.S. AI 3rd Year)Danish Nadar (AI/M.A.S. AI 3rd Year) changed the way that he looked at transportation after he was struck by a speeding car. That experience got him thinking about how quickly everyday travel can...
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Introducing AI to Cybersecurity
(Ph.D. IT 3rd Year)As a speaker at the CornCon cybersecurity conference in Davenport, Iowa, Samson Quaye (Ph.D. IT 3rd Year) and his student research team took part in a panel discussion titled Automated Target...