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UIC News: Historian Shares Stories of the ’60s

In his upcoming book, Kevin Schultz uses the friendship of a political odd couple, Norman Mailer and William F. Buckley Jr., as a lens through which to view the tumultuous 1960s. “Mailer was…

Dick Simpson: Expert in the News

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.

UIC News: Lecturer’s Novel a ‘Spiritual Detective Tale’

Jay Shearer’s first published novel, Five Hundred Sirens, has been called "utterly engaging," a work that "will shake you even as it keeps you smiling." A lecturer in the English department, where he got his Ph.D. in 2011, Shearer teaches first-year composition, media and professional writing, and fiction and nonfiction writing workshops.

Crain’s Chicago Business Interviews LAS Professor Beth Richie

Crain’s Chicago Business interviewed Beth Richie, director of the UIC Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy, about her appointment to a National Football League expert panel addressing issues of domestic violence and sexual assault.