• What is GLAS? GLAS is short for the Global Asian Studies Program, an exciting new program that is the result of the merger of Asian American Studies (ASAM) and Asian Studies (ASST)…
UIC LAS Finish Line Fund In the fall of 2014, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences established the Finish Line Fund to support LAS students in good academic standing who are within…
A study by a team of researchers led by Heide Klumpp, assistant professor in the LAS Department of Psychology, as well as the College of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry, was featured in a…
Evan McKenzie, LAS professor in the Department of Political Science, was quoted in a January 14, 2016 Washington Post article entitled “New Questions for Emanuel on What He Knew About Teen Shot 16…
Rachel A. Gordon, LAS professor in the Department of Sociology, Faculty Fellow of the Honors College, and a member of the Institute of Government and Public Affairs (IGPA) at UIC, was quoted in…
A profile of David Stovall, LAS professor in the Departments of African American Studies and Educational Policy Studies, appeared in the Chicago Tribune’s Tri-Cities “Local” section, in a January 11, 2016 article entitled…
Robert Kaestner, professor in the Department of Economics, director of graduate studies, and head of the Institute of Government and Public Affairs (IGPA), was quoted in a January 6, 2016 Washington Post article…
Jennifer Brier—associate professor in the Gender and Women’s Studies and History departments, and the director of the GWS program—moderated a panel discussion/debate and series of “fast-paced presentations” on January 22, 2016. The event,…
Dr. Frank Chaloupka, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Economics, was quoted in a January 6, 2016 article in Newsweek entitled “Soda Tax in Mexico Causes Serious Sales Dip in Sugary Drinks.” The…