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Public Affairs
The Office of Public Affairs is an information source and public portal to the campus. Working with media in all its forms, the office broadens public awareness and understanding of UIC, its missions and partnerships and the achievements of its faculty and students. In addition to outreach through the media, Public Affairs manages UIC’s own news and information properties including UIC Today; UIC News, the campus newspaper; audio and video productions; two YouTube channels; two Facebook pages; two LinkedIn pages; two Twitter feeds; the UIC Science blog; and I Am UIC student blogs. Public Affairs also serves the campus administration and colleges in crisis communications; works closely with UIC Police and the Environmental Health and Safety Office on emergency communications; and serves all units in cross-campus internal communications.
Reporters: Contact Public Affairs Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Staff may also be reachable by phone and email after hours.
The UIC Public Affairs team is organized on a “beat system,” with staff members assigned to cover different areas of the university. If you are not sure which staff member to contact, call 312-996-3456.
Staff Member
Title/Beat
Sherri McGinnis Gonzalez
312-996-2398
smcginn@uic.edu
twitter.com/smcginnuic
Biography
Senior Executive Director of Public Affairs
Jeffron Boynés
312-413-8702
jboynes@uic.edu
twitter.com/jboyuic
Biography
Associate Director, Research Editor, News Bureau
Business Administration
Social Work
Economics
Labor and employment relations
Sports
Video production
Jacqueline Carey
312-996-8277
jmcarey@uic.edu
twitter.com/JCareyUIC
Biography
Associate Director, News Bureau
College of Applied Health Sciences
College of Medicine
Institute for Health Research and Policy
UI Health
Brian Flood
312-996-7681
bflood@uic.edu
twitter.com/bflooduic
Biography
Associate Director, News Bureau
Humanities and Social Sciences
Public Policy
Public Administration
Urban Planning and Policy
Urban Communities
Sam Hostettler
312-355-2522
samhos@uic.edu
twitter.com/samhosuic
Biography
Associate Director, News Bureau
Dentistry
Pharmacy
Nursing
Christy Levy
312-996-0662
christyb@uic.edu
Biography
Associate editor, UIC News
UIC Facebook
UIC News Facebook
Sharon Parmet
312-413-2695
sparmet@uic.edu
twitter.com/sparmetuic
Biography
Director of Health Sciences & Research Communications
College of Medicine
School of Public Health
UI Health
Carlos Sadovi
312-355-2491
csadovi@uic.edu
@carlossadoviuic
Biography
Associate Director, News Bureau
Centers for Cultural Understanding and Social Change
Architecture, Design and the Arts
Education
