Alfred Thomas, LAS professor of English, has been named Kosciuszko Foundation Visiting Professor at the University of Warsaw for the spring semester of the 2014-15 academic year.
English department associate professor Rachel Havrelock has been honored with an Alumni Impact Award from the Department of States Professional Fellows Program.
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.
Steve Jones, UIC distinguished professor of communication, and Walter Podrazik, UIC adjunct lecturer in communication, are quoted in a Chicago Tribune column on the growth of episode recaps for television shows.
Newsweek quotes John D'Emilio, UIC professor of gender and women's studies and history, in an article on the inclusion of LGBT history and stories in a Rosie the Riveter World War II traveling exhibition.
A number of LAS faculty members have been named among Newcity magazines Lit50 for 2014, the publications annual list celebrating some of the top Chicago authors.
Research and work conducted by George Crabtree, distinguished professor in the department of physics, is profiled in an article in the July/August 2014 issue of Sierra Magazine.
Ursula Perez-Salas, assistant professor of physics, was interviewed on NPR on the thermodynamics of switching your craft beer from bottles to cans. As the report details, cans cool faster but bottles hold the cold better.
Streams of Consciousness, a blog from Scientific American MIND magazine, features a video with Daniel Cervone, LAS professor of psychology, discussing Darwinian theory and the psychology behind altruistic behavior.