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An Architect鈥檚 Evening Passion

B.ARCH. 鈥20

After spending years as a single cog in the massive redesign of a major international airport, Yuyi Zhou (B.ARCH. 鈥20) experienced a creative rebirth. It was a small project, and one close to home...

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Scouting鈥檚 Merit Badge Master

CS, M.P.A. 鈥10

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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Brains and Opportunity

BME 鈥13

Following his grandmother鈥檚 diagnosis with a brain tumor in 2016, Andy Daniel (BME 鈥13) focused on researching how such a condition could affect brain function. 鈥淚t became very personal to me. It felt...

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The Human Side of Business Laws

LAW '08

鈥淗uman capital is important, right?鈥 says Daniel Canales 鈥08. 鈥淵ou are your employees.鈥 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 鈥05 sees his fair share of construction-related traffic jams. But as secretary-treasurer of the Chicago Laborers鈥 District Council, or LiUNA, he likes to think...

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The Human Side of the Deal

LAW '06

鈥淚 love how weird and complicated humans are,鈥 says Kristen E. Prinz, 鈥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 鈥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. 鈥淗e decided to fire the four oldest people in the back...

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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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Better, Stronger, Faster Through Games

(Ph.D. THUM 鈥22)

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

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