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.
UIC News reports on a retrospective of early video art, "Analog Dreamscape: Video & Computer Art in Chicago, 1973-1985," which was presented at the University of Illinois at Chicagos Institute for the Humanities on June 13, 2014.
Projects proposed by a number of LAS departments and their respective faculty members have been awarded 2014 Chancellor’s Discovery Fund for Multidisciplinary Research grants for further research.
Department of Psychology Professor Roger Weissberg has been named a UIC Distinguished Professor for his continued impact on the field of psychology though his scholarship, creativity, and leadership.
Two professors from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences are among the recipients of the 2014 University Scholar award, which recognizes the scholarly and teaching excellence of UIC faculty members.
UIC Distinguished Professor of Economics, History, English, and Communication Deirdre McCloskey is scheduled to speak at the University of Leeds Institute of Communications Studies later this month.
A total of seven students from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences have been awarded Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships for the fall 2014 academic year.