UIC celebrates commencement May 1-5
More than 6,000 degrees will be awarded to eligible undergraduate, graduate and professional students during University of Illinois Chicago commencement ceremonies May 1-5. Chicago’s largest public...
View ArticleVice chancellor for finance
Dear students, faculty, and staff, With great pleasure, I write to announce that following a national search, Matthew Fajack, most recently vice president for finance and operations and university...
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Meet 5 inspiring UIC graduates
Meet five inspiring UIC graduates who are ready to make an impact: (from left) Haley Dahl, Hyun Kim, Thomas Morris, Eyzel Torres-Vicencio and Haeyoon Chung. Almost 6,000 degrees will be awarded during...
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Dozens of nursing students take the plunge in graduation tradition
In all, 85 bachelor’s degree nursing students participated in the graduation pool jump April 26. (Photo: Jenny Fontaine/UIC) At the UIC Sport and Fitness Center April 26, dozens of nursing students...
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LAS career development office honored for innovative practices to support...
Liz Herrera, director of the liberal arts and sciences career development office. (Photo: Katie Klema/UIC) The Career Development and Internships Office of the University of Illinois Chicago’s College...
View ArticleSchedule of approved holidays for fiscal year 2025
Dear colleagues, The Schedule of Approved Holidays for Fiscal Year 2025 is now online. Dec. 24, 30 and 31 have been designated by President Timothy Killeen and the university chancellors as gift days....
View ArticleStudents can get reduced Metra fares with U-PASS+
Dear UIC students, faculty and staff, University of Illinois Chicago and Metra are proud to announce the launch of a new pilot program, U-PASS+, which will offer reduced Metra fares to UIC students....
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Genetic link between adolescent drinking and adult anxiety may offer therapy...
Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have confirmed that drinking alcohol as an adolescent is tied to having anxiety as an adult. What’s more, the genetic link between the two could have...
View Article2024 Awards for Creative Activity
Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce that a set of outstanding projects has been selected to receive funding through the third round of the UIC Awards for Creative Activity Program by a review...
View ArticleEnd of semester wishes
Dear campus community, As the academic year draws to a close, I am filled with gratitude and admiration for all the ways that we deliver on our mission to provide the broadest access to the highest...
View ArticlePritzker cites UIC report in plan to reduce racial gap in homelessness
Illinois’ Black residents are eight times more likely to be homeless than white residents, according to a recent report from the University of Illinois Chicago. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker highlighted...
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Historian Barbara Ransby elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Barbara Ransby speaks at the investiture of Chancellor Marie Lynn Miranda. (Photo: Jenny Fontaine/UIC) Distinguished UIC historian and activist Barbara Ransby has been elected to the American Academy...
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UIC researchers advance technologies to power unmanned vehicles
UIC College of Engineering Assistant Professor Pranav Bhounsule, left, and student Subramanian Ramasamy. (Photo: Jim Young/UIC Engineering) A new $6 million collaborative agreement between the U.S....
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UIC biochemistry major named Goldwater scholar
Four years ago, when Puranjay “Jay” Gupta was a junior in high school, he walked into a lab for the first time, at the University of Illinois Chicago campus in Rockford. Immediately, he remembers, he...
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UIC softball team dedicates new clubhouse
Photos: Steve Woltmann UIC Athletics celebrated the dedication of the Sandra M. Wichelecki and Suzanne M. Dukes UIC Flames Softball Clubhouse on April 27. In November, Wichelecki, a 1983 graduate and...
View ArticlePolice report
UIC Police emergency: 312-355-5555Nonemergency: 312-996-2830TDD: 312-413-9323 April 19-May 5 CRIMES REPORTED TO UIC POLICETheft: 1Aggravated battery: 2Battery: 1Leaving the scene of a property damage...
View ArticleNew online talk series: UIC’s Voice on Technology & Innovation
Dear students, faculty and staff: Join the conversation on technology with UIC’s Voice on Technology & Innovation talk series, an online discussion moderated by UIC’s chief information officer...
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Photo gallery: Spring 2024 Commencement
Thousands of students marked a milestone in their educations May 1-5, as their families, friends and professors saw them walk the stage to accept the degrees they worked toward at UIC. The university...
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UIC extends partnership with Chicago Baseball and Educational Academy
Curtis Granderson Stadium, home of UIC’s baseball program, also hosts Chicago youth baseball programs during the summer. (Photo: AJ Schraffenberger) The UIC Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and...
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UIC alumnus named Knight-Hennessy Scholar
Wasan Kumar, a 2021 University of Illinois Chicago graduate, has been named a 2024 Knight-Hennessy Scholar, joining a select group of students from around the world who will receive up to three years...
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