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An Artificial Intelligence Foundation Through Mathematics

(Ph.D. MATH ’19)

Studying applied mathematics as an �Ӱ�ԭ�� Tech Ph.D. student strengthened Jagadeeswaran Rathinavel’s technical and analytical capabilities, which in turn helped lead him into a career in artificial...

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The Human Side of Business Laws

LAW '08

“Human capital is important, right?” says Daniel Canales ’08. “You are your employees.” Canales is a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig, LLP, where he helps companies navigate a variety of business and...

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Representing the People Who Build Chicago

As a Chicago resident, Joseph V. Healy ’05 sees his fair share of construction-related traffic jams. But as secretary-treasurer of the Chicago Laborers’ District Council, or LiUNA, he likes to think...

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The Human Side of the Deal

LAW '06

“I love how weird and complicated humans are,” says Kristen E. Prinz, ’06. At the firm she founded, The Prinz Law Firm, much of her work is focused on executive employment, where she gets to delve...

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The Music of Justice

LAW '18

Naomi Frisch ’18 was a young musician, working her first real job as a concert oboist in an orchestra, when her conductor was told to cut costs. “He decided to fire the four oldest people in the back...

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A Healthy Dose of Compliance

(ITM ’12)

It’s hard to have more experience with computers than Thomas “TJ” Johnson (ITM ’12). His first job in the field dates back to 1990, when—as an entry-level systems support specialist for South Holland...

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Better, Stronger, Faster Through Games

(Ph.D. THUM ’22)

After years of teaching within the Chicago Public Schools system, Alex Damarijan (Ph.D. THUM ’22) had all but abandoned his dream of becoming a game designer. “I gave up on getting a job at a game...

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(AE ’12)

Sofia Ghouse (AE ’12) had to fix a toilet, and fast. The problem wasn’t that simple, though: the toilet was 250 miles above Earth, aboard the International Space Station, and was the sole commode for...

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Material Gains

(Ph.D. CHE ’10)

If you try to list all the potential combinations of all the elements on the periodic table, you’ll have a list that’s practically infinite. To date, humanity has only characterized about a million of...

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The Radical (Re)thinker

(M.ARCH. ’06)

The first gig Jennifer Kolstad (M.ARCH. ’06) landed after graduating was a tad more trying than your typical entry-level job. “There were bombs flying overhead,” Kolstad says of her time flying into...

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