May 1, 2012
Commencement at UICCook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, bestselling author Alex Kotlowitz, Assistant Secretary for Health Dr. Howard K. Koh, and other civic and business leaders are the featured speakers at college commencements at the University of Illinois at Chicago May 2-6.
April 24, 2012
Gallery 400 Opens “Spectral Landscape (with Viewing Stations)”Gallery 400 on April 27 will open “Spectral Landscape (with Viewing Stations),” a group exhibition that organizes works according to a color spectrum to explore color as both formal and social force.
April 23, 2012
Iranian Nobel Peace Laureate to Speak at UICThe University of Illinois at Chicago will host a talk by Iranian human rights activist Shirin Ebadi, 2003 Nobel Peace Laureate.
April 10, 2012
UIC Hosts Renowned Mexican Poet and ActivistThe University of Illinois at Chicago will host a public lecture by award-winning Mexican poet and activist Javier Sicilia.
April 10, 2012
UIC to Host Global Activism ExpoHundreds of Chicago-area activists will gather at the University of Illinois at Chicago for the fifth annual Global Activism Expo on April 28, hosted by UIC’s Social Justice Initiative and presented by Chicago Public Media, WBEZ 91.5 FM.
April 10, 2012
UIC Named ‘Tree Campus USA’ by Arbor Day FoundationThe University of Illinois at Chicago has been named a Tree Campus USA by the Arbor Day Foundation. UIC has 5,376 trees of 101 different species on its 250-acre urban campus on the near-west side of Chicago.
April 2, 2012
NBC Star and Chicago Native to Speak at UICThe University of Illinois at Chicago will host a talk by Danny Pudi, actor from NBC’s comedy “Community.”
March 29, 2012
Renowned Global Studies Scholar to Deliver Talk at UICThe University of Illinois at Chicago department of communication presents a talk by noted Columbia University sociologist Saskia Sassen.
March 23, 2012
Hull-House Museum Opens Free Art Lending LibraryThe Jane Addams Hull-House Museum at the University of Illinois at Chicago has revived and elaborated on a service once offered by Addams herself — an art lending library.
March 21, 2012
UIC Police first fully accredited university forceThe UIC Police became the first university police force in Illinois to receive full accreditation from the Commission for the Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies, a national credentialing authority for municipal, county and state agencies.