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Grad School Workshop

On Wednesday September 23, 2020 UIC alums Jumana Abdelrahman ('19) and Jennifer Hernandez ('20) offered undergraduate students advice on getting into graduate school and tips on navigating unfamiliar territory. Watch the video here.

Mary Anne Mohanraj Featured on Radio Shows

Posted on November 24, 2020

On Thursday, November 19, Mohanraj was featured on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “The Larry Meiller Show,” and on Monday, November 23, she joined the hosts on “A Public Affair” on WORT – Madison to…

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Cynthia Barounis Wins NWSA Piepmeier Book Prize

Vicki Bolf | Posted on November 12, 2020

Cynthia Barounis, lecturer in Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, is the winner of the 2020 National Women’s Studies Association Early Career Scholar Piepmeier Book Prize. Barounis received…

Margena Christian Honored with TRP Award

Vicki Bolf | Posted on October 30, 2020

Senior Lecturer Margena Christian is one of the winners of UIC’s Teaching Recognition Program for the 2019-2020 academic year. The TRP is an annual award administered by faculty through the Offices of the…

"Yet To Come," Prof. Cris Mazza's New Novel, Out Today

Vicki Bolf | Posted on October 05, 2020

Professor Cris Mazza‘s new novel Yet To Come is out today, October 5, 2020, from BlazeVOX Books. From the publisher’s synopsis: “Decades before #metoo, Cal chose his punishment for going too far with…

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Peter Coviello Publishes "Vineland Reread"

Vicki Bolf | Posted on September 28, 2020

Professor and Director of Graduate Studies of English Peter Coviello’s latest book, Vineland Reread (Columbia University Press) considers Thomas Pynchon’s Vineland, the long-awaited follow-up to Gravity’s Rainbow. Although not as popular as Gravity’s…

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Mary Anne Mohanraj Appears on WGN Morning News

Vicki Bolf | Posted on August 17, 2020

Clinical Associate Professor Mary Anne Mohanraj appeared on Sunday’s WGN Morning News to discuss her recipe for kale sambol, one of the recipes featured in her latest book, A Feast of Serendib.