Luis Alberto Urrea, LAS distinguished professor of English, received the Guild Freelancers' Freelance Journalism Feature (Long-Form) Award for his co-authored piece "Deported Warriors," which appeared in the July/August 2013 issue of Playboy.
A number of LAS faculty members have been named among Newcity magazines Lit50 for 2014, the publications annual list celebrating some of the top Chicago authors.
A total of seven students from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences have been awarded Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships for the fall 2014 academic year.
UIC Distinguished Professor of Economics, History, English, and Communication Deirdre McCloskey is scheduled to speak at the University of Leeds Institute of Communications Studies later this month.
UIC Distinguished Professor of Economics, History, Communication, and English Deirdre McCloskey was interviewed on the BBC Radio 4 program, Analysis, about her thoughts on economics, as well as the debate on wage issues and prosperity.
The Chicago Tribune named Cris Mazza, UIC professor of English and director of the Program for Writers, among the "5 authors to watch" in a preview of this year's Printers Row Lit Fest.
LAS Department of English Assistant Professor Roger Reeves along with PhD candidate in Creative Writing Tyler Mills are among those listed on the 2013 Reader Survey conducted by The Believer magazine.