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Chancellor Paula Allen-Meares

April 30, 2013

Bridging gap between research, commercialization

UIC will launch a $10 million fund to move technologies devised by faculty, students or staff from research to commercial use.

Sloan Williams

April 30, 2013

Research brings skills, good learning experience (and fun)

“It’s much more fun and they learn more if they have a hand in learning,” says anthropologist Sloan Williams

Valerie Werner

April 30, 2013

‘It’s important to leave home and find your way’

Valerie Werner wants to make sure her interns are not just answering phones.

Maria Varelas

April 30, 2013

Creating ‘a safe, nurturing environment’ for science learners

Maria Varelas is drawn to physics because it gives her “a sense of how the world came to be.”

Catherine Tredway

April 30, 2013

Her online students are out of sight, but never out of mind

“It’s easy to be a good instructor when you have the students we have at UIC,” says Nursing’s Catherine Tredway

Michael Anderson

April 30, 2013

Teaching is a song when performed with energy, enthusiasm

When Michael J. Anderson began teaching choral studies at UIC 22 years ago, there were seven students in the choir

Larry Grimm

April 30, 2013

Goal: to develop critical thinking skills, skepticism

“When I learn something, I want to share it with others,” says seven-time Silver Circle winner Larry Grimm

Dale Eisenmann

April 30, 2013

Deaths: Dale Eisenmann

Dale R. Eisenmann, 72, longtime professor and former interim dean of the College of Dentistry, died April 23.

Corey Capers teaching a class

April 30, 2013

Silver Circle teachers at the head of the class

Since 1966, the Silver Circle Award has been presented to some of UIC’s best teachers

Mary Brown

April 30, 2013

Despite the humor, her classes are no joke

Mary Brown has even more reason to celebrate this year’s Silver Circle than her four previous awards

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