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.
English department associate professor Rachel Havrelock has been honored with an Alumni Impact Award from the Department of States Professional Fellows Program.
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.
Steve Jones, UIC distinguished professor of communication, and Walter Podrazik, UIC adjunct lecturer in communication, are quoted in a Chicago Tribune column on the growth of episode recaps for television shows.