All Entries by Hillary Bird
August 10, 2026
’85 UIC grad makes most of access to opportunitiesDebra Evans was the first in her family to graduate college, but not the last.
June 15, 2026
Meet the UIC student changing lives in his communityWatch how college senior Jaqueza Thomas builds opportunities for young people across Chicago.
May 26, 2026
UIC doctoral student: Listening leads to leadershipBrandon Barksdale explains how he developed new programs as president of the Jane Addams College of Social Work student government.
May 5, 2026
What UIC students added to Housing Museum’s archivesUIC Honors College class interviewed public housing residents about their lives.
May 4, 2026
Emily Manzo: Leading with purpose and visionUrban education senior helped restart campus powwow, bringing together UIC’s Native American community.
April 20, 2026
Cedric Johnson: What political changes did Black activism produce?Distinguished Researcher in Social Sciences
April 20, 2026
Marina Mogilner: How can rethinking borders reshape history’s telling?Distinguished Scholar in Humanities, Arts, Design and Architecture
March 16, 2026
UIC named a top producer of Gilman study-abroad studentsUIC is among the top 25 large U.S. universities whose students have earned the merit-based scholarship to study abroad.
March 10, 2026
UIC journalism students prepare for AI-integrated future of newsIn the AI in Journalism class, students address the ethics and opportunities of using AI.
March 3, 2026
Lighting the spark: How students built UIC’s hackathonThe popularity of the annual event is booming among UIC students.