Michelle Boyd, UIC associate professor of African-American studies and political science, was interviewed during a NPR Weekend Edition story on life 60 years after the Brown v. Board of Education ruling.
The Chicago Tribune named Cris Mazza, UIC professor of English and director of the Program for Writers, among the "5 authors to watch" in a preview of this year's Printers Row Lit Fest.
Ertharin Cousin, UIC alumna and executive director of the U.N.s World Food Programme, served as the commencement speaker for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 2014 graduating class.
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.
LAS Department of English Assistant Professor Roger Reeves along with PhD candidate in Creative Writing Tyler Mills are among those listed on the 2013 Reader Survey conducted by The Believer magazine.
The Chicago Tribune Local section reports that LAS alumni Linda Campos-Moreira has been voted to fill a vacancy on the Elgin Area School District U-46.
Projects lead by four LAS faculty members have been awarded funding for the Mellon Foundation initiative "Humanities Without Walls: The Global Midwest."