LAS Professor John D'Emilio, of the gender and women's studies and history departments, conducted a reading, talk and book signing at Women and Children First Bookstore on June 26.
Robin Mermelstein, professor of psychology and director of the UIC Institute for Health Research and Policy, has been named president-elect of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) for 2014-2015.
Luis Alberto Urrea, LAS distinguished professor of English, received the Guild Freelancers' Freelance Journalism Feature (Long-Form) Award for his co-authored piece "Deported Warriors," which appeared in the July/August 2013 issue of Playboy.
The Washington Post quotes Frank Chaloupka, distinguished professor of economics and director of the Institute for Health Research and Policys Health Policy Center, on recent studies showing the increasing popularity of electronic cigarettes.
Alfred Thomas, LAS professor of English, has been named Kosciuszko Foundation Visiting Professor at the University of Warsaw for the spring semester of the 2014-15 academic year.