Created by the Obamas and Airbnb’s Brian Chesky, this scholarship program is for young leaders who are ready to make their mark in public service. We’re proud to have Marnee representing us! go.uic.edu/voyager-scholarship-marnee-ostoa
Congrats to #UICLAS Maria de los Angeles Torres, Ph.D., distinguished professor of Latin American and Latino Studies and colleague Katrin Hansing, for receiving a three-year NEH grant to work on the Cuba/Angola project!…
Rachel Havrelock, Associate Professor of English and Director of The Freshwater Lab, recently discussed how to best address extreme weather and climate change with Block Club Chicago. Hear her thought-provoking insights here: go.uic.edu/rachel-havrelock-blockclubchicago
Congratulations to #UICLAS Jonathan Xavier Inda, Professor and Director of Latin American and Latino Studies Department, who was just awarded the Mellon Foundation to support the work of LALS, including the Center for Latinx Literature of…
Krysten Stein, aPh.D. candidate studying Communication and Media Studies with concentrations in Gender and Women’s Studies and Black Studies is featured in The Guardian discussing the influence of social media influencers on sex…
María de los Ángeles (Nena) Torres of LALS for receiving the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) Lifetime Achievement – Excellence in Service Award, an incredible honor to recognize her outstanding…
Akintomide Afolayan Akinsanola, #UICLAS Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, comments in the Boston Globe on the significance of new scientific study that predicts that the amount of extreme rain and snow…
In an article from Deseret News, Barbara Risman, distinguished professor of Sociology weighs in on the modern-day status of the American dream and helping economic mobility. Read more: go.uic.edu/deseret-risman
Professor of History and LALS, Lilia Fernandez, was featured in a recent Latino Rebels podcast episode on why so much U.S. Latino history is missing in textbooks and how it eventually extends to…
According to a study by #UICLAS Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology Junia Howell, The gap between appraised home values in majority-white and majority-minority neighborhoods is bigger in Chicago than in almost every other…
