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Barbara Risman

2024 Life Achievement Award

Congratulations to Barbara Risman of Sociology who has received the 2024 Life Achievement Award by the Council on Contemporary Families. This prestigious award recognizes her exceptional contributions to advancing public understanding of family…

Briana Salas (Photo: Martin Hernandez Rosas/UIC)

Crossing Latinidades helps students build community

Congratulations to Briana Salas, who is pursuing a doctorate in history for receiving a year long stipend and academic support to complete proposal for her dissertations. Crossing Latinidades began in 2020, and the…

nadine naber

Freedom Scholar 2024

Nadine Naber of gender and women’s studies, Global Asian studies, and anthropology, has been named a Freedom Scholar of 2024 by the Marguerite Casey Foundation. This prestigious distinction is awarded to exceptional scholar-activists…

Jordi Cabana, professor of chemistry, discusses a poster with a student at the Next-Gen Electrochemistry workshop. (Photo: Jenny Fontaine/UIC)

Inventing the next generation of batteries

Exciting news! UIC is teaming up with national laboratories and universities to pioneer the next generation of battery technologies. Led by Jordi Cabana of UICLAS Chemistry, our researchers will explore sustainable alternatives to…