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UIC student Yi-Chien Wu with her winning still photo in the Image of Research competition. Wu is standing in front of an abstract green shape in the background that resembles wings. Wu is turned to the side and is wearing a purple shirt and black pants and sneakers.

Capturing the beauty of research

UIC’s annual Image of Research competition showcases the diversity of research at UIC — and the beauty within it. Graduate and professional students selected as winners or honorable mention recipients in the competition were celebrated April 29 duri

Group of people, including Rudy Lozano, in business attire surrounding and clapping for the late Chicago Mayor Harold Washington who is standing at a podium speaking.

Library exhibit highlights Latinx activist ‘Rudy’ Lozano

The former activist, community organizer and politician is the subject of a new exhibit at UIC’s Richard J. Daley Library, “A Search for Unity: Rudy Lozano and the Coalition Building in Chicago,” which will run until next fall.

Portrait of Kate Carpenter smiling in brown blazer and black blouse.

Kate Carpenter retires

Kate Carpenter retired in Feb. 2022 after 44 years of service as a librarian, 30 of those years at UIC. She was Associate University Librarian for Health Sciences and Associate Dean from 2007 until her retirement.

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Share your voice

Let us know about your experience visiting the Richard J. Daley Library during the spring 2022 semester by taking our online survey. Only a few minutes to complete Enter to win a $20…

Peggy Glowacki, Special Collections Librarian, works with students when the Queer Asian American Archives was created. Three people standing in between shelves of archival materials in library.

Course helps build library’s Queer Asian American Archives

Students in Karen Su’s Asian American Gender and Sexual Diversity course will have an opportunity this spring to assist in gathering oral histories that are part of the Queer Asian American Archives housed at the Richard J. Daley Library at UIC.

Portrait of Jung Mi Scoulas who is wearing black blouse and necklace and earrings in front of a neutral background.

ACRL Member of the Week: Jung Mi Scoulas

Published on the ACRL website, Jan. 31, 2022 Jung Mi Scoulas, PhD is an assistant professor and assessment coordinator at the University of Illinois Chicago. Jung Mi has been a member of ACRL…

Over $3000 in Cash Awards! Open to all UIC graduate and professional students  Still Image Awards 1st Place - $600 2nd Place - $400 3rd Place - $200 Honorable Mention (6) - $100  Moving Image Awards Animation - $600 Live Action - $600 Honorable Mention (2) - $100  Enter by Friday March 18, 2022  Contest rules and information: go.uic.edu/ior

The Image of Research 2022 call for submissions

The Graduate College and the University Library invite all graduate and professional students to share the beauty of their research in UIC’s 2022 Image of Research competition. This multidisciplinary monetary award competition is…

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