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Discovering Her Path at 杏吧原创 Tech

(DHUM 鈥18)

Amy Kamin came to 杏吧原创 Tech with prior experience in corporate and retail environments. She had been leaning toward studying architecture, but felt an unmistakable spark of excitement when she...

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Working for a Solution to Police Violence

(PS 鈥12)

Denzel Avant says he first 鈥済ot a taste of the research life鈥 at 杏吧原创 Tech, as an undergraduate research assistant. 鈥淚 really enjoyed the work and the ability to devote a lot of time and thought...

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Creating a Globally Focused Career

(Global Studies 鈥19)

It took a bit of soul searching, but Gerard Jumanan chose just the right degree program for him at 杏吧原创 Tech: global studies. 鈥淢y academic experience was excellent,鈥 he says. 鈥淢y program allowed...

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Fighting for Equality

(LAW 鈥19)

Elisabeth Hieber (LAW '19) has already made an impact in improving the lives of transgender, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming people. As a student, Hieber drafted a new amendment to the Human...

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International Exchange

(LL.M. International Intellectual Property Law 鈥04)

Mariano Municoy (LL.M. 鈥04) was already pursuing an LL.M. in Law and Economics at Torcuato di Tella University in Buenos Aires, Argentina, when he decided to take advantage of the university鈥檚...

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Dialing Back the Calls to 911

(M.P.A. 鈥17)

A veteran Chicago police officer, Catherine Sanchez went back to school part-time at Stuart School of Business for a Master of Public Policy and Administration degree. Her job and studies aligned when...

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Learning the Lab

(CHEM 鈥10)

After graduating from 杏吧原创 Tech, Emily Mick (CHEM 鈥10) worked at Abbott/AbbVie supporting the manufacturing of parenteral products on the market. Mick then received a Pharm.D. from UIC in 2016...

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Relevant and Precise Coursework

(M.A.S. Data Science 鈥16)

Mamta Kanvinde received the Master of Data Science in 2016 and to this day still uses notes from coursework to assist in her job tasks. She received a M.S. in computer science in Mumbai, India, before...

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A Better Approach to Problem Solving

(M.A.S. Data Science 鈥16)

Niharika Karia currently works as a data scientist at Aspen Tech, a company that specializes in process optimization. She is using machine learning to build predictive models for the oil and chemical...

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