The University of Illinois at Chicago’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has received $3 million from The Davee Foundation to assist high-achieving English and history undergraduate students who have prohibitive levels of…
Robert Klie, professor of physics, was interviewed by CBS 2 (WBBM-TV) about lithium-ion batteries that may have caused a fire yesterday on an airplane at Midway Airport. https://cbsloc.al/2D0q6ga
UIC political scientists Dick Simpson and Christopher Mooney were interviewed in separate Chicago Tribune articles. Mooney said the President Trump will likely to use today’s trip to Chicago to revisit his list of…
The Chicago Tribune published an op-ed from Kate Zinsser, UIC associate professor of psychology, and Catherine Main, UIC senior lecturer and program coordinator of the early childhood education programs in the department of…
The online science publication Mosaic (UK) quotes Adrienne Massanari, UIC associate professor of communication, in a story about trypophobia, a fear of clusters of holes and cracks, and other phenomena like ASMR that are…
The Chicago Tribune interviewed Barbara Risman, UIC professor and head of sociology, in an article about a suburban spa that denied service to a woman due to her size. With “fat shaming, like…
Reuters quotes Dick Simpson, UIC professor of political science, in an article about the ongoing Chicago Teachers Union strike. https://reut.rs/2qDna6f
The Wall Street Journal quotes Andrew Rojecki, UIC associate professor of communication, in an article about a speech by Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, the social-media platform’s content management and its influence on public discourse. …
Jane Rhodes, UIC professor and head of African American studies, was a featured guest on WBEZ’s “Reset” for a segment on the history of blackface and why it persists in popular culture today. http://bit.ly/2ofFBgE
The University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy has published a profile on 2019 UIC alumnus Marvin Slaughter, who was an Honors College member, and double majored in political science and economics. …