A Discover magazine blog post about naked mole rats cites findings from a 2017 study by Thomas Park, UIC professor of biological sciences, that found naked mole rats could survive up to 18…
Barbara Risman, UIC professor of sociology and LAS distinguished professor, is quoted in a Chicago Tribune story about the use of the word queer among millennials and teens. Risman notes there is a…
A recent edition of “Upfront” on KPFA Radio (Berekley, CA) included an interview with John D’Emilio, UIC professor emeritus of history and gender and women’s studies, who discussed California Gov. Gavin Newsom posthumously…
The U.S. Department of Energy announced last month that it would build a multibillion-dollar collider project at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York. Now, two UIC physicists are already working with a…
Backed by a two-year, $250,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, co-principal investigators Sarai Coba-Rodriguez and Kate Zinsser will examine the extent to which families experience the planned transition process included in the legislation; whether and…
The Winter 2020 issue of Academe, the journal of the American Association of University Professors, features a column by Jennifer Brier, UIC professor and director of gender and women’s studies and professor of…
Russell Hemley, UIC professor of physics and chemistry and LAS Distinguished Chair in the Natural Sciences, and colleagues from Switzerland, Poland, and the U.S. conducted neutron scattering experiments on samples of zirconium vanadium…
An ABC 7 story on the record-breaking Lake Michigan water levels and resulting erosion includes insight from Kimberly Van Meter, UIC assistant professor of earth and environmental sciences. Watch at: https://abc7.ws/3bgShrf
Zizi Papacharissi, UIC professor and head of communication and professor of political science, previewed President Trump’s State of the Union address last night during a segment on WTTW-TV’s (Channel 11) “Chicago Tonight.” Watch:…
In a co-authored op-ed appearing in the Chicago Tribune, Mahesh Somashekhar, UIC assistant professor of sociology, writes that the potential for fraud in a contract set-aside program for gay and transgender business owners…