An article in Business Week discussed the need for authors submitting papers to the American Economic Association to disclose any potential conflicts of interest, an idea supported by UIC LAS Distinguished Professor of English, Economics and History Diedre McCloskey.
WGN-TV's "Adelante Chicago" featured an interview with LAS Distinguished Professor of English Luis Alberto Urrea. They discussed his new book Queen of America.
Professor of English Gerald Graff co-authored an article for Inside Higher Ed defending the value of a humanities education in an age when higher education is increasingly only about moving students through a curriculum streamlined for job preparation.
Cris Mazza's Creative Writing program is ranked sixth in the nation for creative writing at the doctoral level according to Poets & Writers (online news source).
Luis Alberto Urrea, LAS distinguished professor of English, discussed his new book, Queen of America, writing, teaching and San Diego in an interview with the San Diego Union Tribune.
Cris Mazza, a professor in the English department and director of the UIC Program for Writers, was named a 2011 University Scholar for her outstanding research, teaching and for her great promise for future achievements.
In a UIC News article about the UIC Instructional Technology Laboratory and its numerous innovations on campus, Marsha Cassidy, a lecturer in the Department of English, was mentioned as one of faculty teaching the English 110 blended learning class with in-person and online coursework.
English Professor Gerald Graff was quoted in a Times Higher Education article on the current anti-science climate and its direct relationship to the loss of a liberal arts education.
English student Andrea Heath - who continues her battle with neurofibromatosis with courage and a great outlook on life - was honored in her hometown with the second annual Andi's Run.
David Isaacs, an undergraduate student in the Department of English, helped to organize and promote a benefit concert for the late Blues legend David "Honeybee" Edwards.