In a column published by The Nation, Barbara Ransby, UIC professor of African American studies, gender and women’s studies, and history; LAS distinguished professor; and director of the Social Justice Initiative at UIC,…
Elizabeth Todd-Breland, UIC assistant professor of history, has been named the recipient of the American Educational Research Association’s 2019 Outstanding Book Award in recognition of her book “A Political Education: Black Politics and…
Steve Jones, UIC distinguished professor of communication, was interviewed in an Associated Press story about the recent Facebook outages. Jones discusses how the fallout from such service disruptions is influenced by its timing.…
Research from UIC’s Rachel Gordon, professor of sociology, fellow of the Institute for Health Research and Policy, and senior scholar of the Institute of Government and Public Affairs, is featured in the Chicago Tribune.…
Judges have selected the five finalists for the 2019 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, America’s largest peer-juried prize for fiction. The finalists are: Blanche McCrary Boyd for Tomb of the Unknown Racist (Counterpoint), Richard…
The Arizona Daily Star newspaper reports on Luis Alberto Urrea, UIC professor of English and LAS distinguished professor, who will be presented with the 2019 Tucson Festival of Books Founders Award later this…
The Chicago Tribune quotes Dick Simpson, UIC professor of political science, in an article about why Chicago holds its mayoral election in the winter. Simpson said he thinks the February election is about…
Rachel Gordon, professor of sociology, fellow of the Institute for Health Research and Policy, and senior scholar of the Institute of Government and Public Affairs, is scheduled to appear on PBS WTTW’s news…
Maria Krysan, UIC professor and head of sociology, is a featured expert in a CBS2 Chicago report on segregation in Chicago. Krysan, who is also with the Institute of Government and Public Affairs,…
The Chicago Tribune quotes Elizabeth Todd-Breland, UIC assistant professor of history, in an article about how the role of the Chicago Teachers Union in the Chicago mayoral race. “Clearly they endorsed Toni Preckwinkle.…