The Answer Sheet, a Washington Post blog, published a column by Gerald Graff, UIC professor of English and education, that responds to education historian and activist Diane Ravitch, who spoke to the Modern Language Association this month about the past, present and future of the Common Core State Standards. Also, a Chronicle of Higher Education column on graduate course offerings in humanities departments cites comments by Gerald Graff, which were delivered during his 2008 term as president of the Modern Language Association.
WFRV-TV Channel 5, the FOX affiliate in Green Bay, Wisc., reported on a presentation by Beth Richie, Director of the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy at UIC, who discussed the…
Please join the ASAM department as we celebrate the accomplishments of our faculty! LAURA FUGIKAWA: Fugikawa, Laura Sachiko. (2015 March). Shifting the Gaze: Gender and Resilience in the Exiles, American Quarterly, 67(1): 1-24 ANNA…
LAS is pleased to announce that Maria Hinojosa award-winning news anchor and reporter will be the Colleges 2015 commencement speaker. In addition, Hinojosa will also receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters. The ceremony will be held at the UIC Pavilion at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, May 10.
UIC LAS Assistant Professor of English Roger Reeves is a recipient of a $50,000 Whiting Award. This prestigious award is given to ten emerging and talented fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama writers annually. The Whiting…
While working on his dissertation on Chicago during World War I, history graduate student Jeff Nichols uncovered the first known 1915 Eastland disaster film footage.
The University of Illinois at Chicago Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research (OVCR) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2014 UIC Researcher of the Year awards. These honors recognize the…
Claremont Graduate University (CGU) is pleased to announce this year’s finalists for the $10,000 Kate Tufts Discovery Award. The award is among the world’s most distinguished prizes for books of poetry. The Kate Tufts…
Two LAS faculty members are among five UIC faculty recently awarded 2014-2015 Fulbright Scholarships. Henrik Aratyn, professor of physics and associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, works in theoretical particle physics and mathematical physics. Sally Sedgwick, distinguished professor of philosophy and affiliated professor of Germanic studies, specializes in the history of 18th- and 19th-century thought, particularly the practical and theoretical philosophies of Immanuel Kant and G. W. F. Hegel. They are among 1,100 U.S. faculty and professionals who will travel abroad through the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, the flagship international educational exchange sponsored by the U.S. government. It is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.