2022 in review

UIC student and study co-author Rohan Sartape with an artificial leaf developed in the laboratory of Meenesh Singh, assistant professor of chemical engineering at the College of Engineering. (Photo: Jim Young/UIC)

Ashley Roman, a UIC student majoring in mechanical engineering, gets her head shaved during the annual St. Baldrick's fundraiser at the Children's Hospital University of Illinois Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. (Joshua Clark/University of Illinois Chicago)

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen speaks with UIC Innovation Center executive director Peter Pfanner before highlighting President Biden's economic agenda Wednesday, March 2, 2022. (Joshua Clark/University of Illinois Chicago)

Angelica Fuentes reacts after finding out where she matched for residency during the first in-person Match Day since 2018 at the UIC Forum Friday, March 18, 2022. (Joshua Clark/University of Illinois Chicago)

People enjoying summer-like temperatures in spring on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at the University of Illinois Chicago. (Joshua Clark/University of Illinois Chicago)

UIC student Yi-Chien Wu with her winning still photo in the Image of Research competition. (Photo: Jim Young/UIC College of Engineering)

Director of Athletics Michael Lipitz speaks during the January announcement that UIC would join the Missouri Valley Conference. UIC was officially welcomed to Missouri Valley Conference effective July 1, 2022.

Interim Chancellor Javier Reyes helps Ashley Arboleda, of Plano, move into the Academic and Residential Complex (ARC) Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (Joshua Clark/University of Illinois Chicago)

Students return to campus for the first day of the fall semester Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. (Joshua Clark/University of Illinois Chicago)

Photo essay published Aug. 22, 2022, documents the Sprinternship experience of five UIC students in the spring of 2022 at Morningstar, Inc. Photos are by Jim Young at the UIC College of Engineering.

During the ribbon cutting for the UI Health Specialty Care Building Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. (Joshua Clark/University of Illinois Chicago)