Beth Richie, director of the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has been named a senior adviser to the National Football Leagues policy group addressing domestic violence and sexual assault.
Professor Robin Mermelstein of the LAS department of psychology has been awarded the 2014 Woman of the Year honor by the UIC Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Women.
Dick Simpson, professor in the Department of Political Science and former Chicago alderman, frequently appears as a featured expert in news stories covering state and city government, politics and corruption.
The UIC College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Department of English has launched a new website, with updated materials, information, events, and much more.
The University of Illinois at Chicago received the 2014 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education.
Windy City Times recapped the UIC gender and women's studies department's recent two-day symposium honoring the career of John D'Emilio, pioneering gay history scholar and UIC professor emeritus of gender and women's studies and history.