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students at the Art Institute looking at paintings
July 31, 2023

Aurora University undergraduate students now have free access to nearly 300,000 works of art at one of the largest museums in the world. As a member of the University Partner Program at the Art Institute of Chicago, AU students have a chance to explore the museum’s vast collection of...

two alumnae working at Boeing
July 25, 2023

Dreams can take you in unpredictable directions. Hayley Stout ’18 and Katherine Norris ’20 never expected that their penchant for working with athletes would lead them to careers at Boeing Co. alongside the men and women who build and repair airplanes. In a twist of fate,...

Christopher Dominguez
July 12, 2023

Growing up in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, Christopher Dominguez ’18, ’20 MSW faced the reality of gangs and violence. His parents, both immigrants from the Mexican port city of Veracruz, had limited resources but wanted him to go to college, so they pushed...

Alyssa Dalicandro
June 29, 2023

Dalicandro is utilizing internship opportunities as a way to explore different workplace settings and accounting roles. By the start of her sophomore year, she had already completed two internships. Why did you decide to complete multiple internships? Taking internships at various organizations...

Dentist
June 26, 2023

Dental care is crucial to the role of overall health and wellness. How hard is it to become a dentist? And should you become one? It takes eight years of schooling for most people to become a dentist — four years of undergraduate school and another four for dental school. All that...