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Crain's Business Op-Ed by Economic Professor Robert Kaestner

Crain’s Chicago Business carried an op-ed from economic professor and IGPA health policy expert Robert Kaestner titled: Why shouldn’t Illinois Medicaid recipients work? Read it online: http://bit.ly/2Er3zYY

LAS Sociology Professors Weigh in on Gender Related Issues

In a co-authored op-ed appearing in the Seattle Times, Barbara Risman, UIC professor of sociology, writes about the state of Washington’s recent decision to give adults a third sex option on birth certificates.…

Rust Belt Opinion Editorial by English Professor Rachel Havrelock

The Chicago Tribune features an op-ed by Rachel Havrelock, director of UIC’s Freshwater Lab and associate professor of English, who writes about keeping water public and transforming the Rust Belt into the Water Belt. http://trib.in/2H4uSKC

Media Quote Round-up - Dick Simpson

South Side Weekly quoted Dick Simpson, UIC professor of political science, in an article on development in Pilsen and the Pilsen Land Use Committee, an advisory committee established by Alderman Daniel Solis. Simpson…