K. Anne Amienne and Daniela Blei (Inside Higher Education, June 18, 2025)|Posted on June 24, 2025
“Launching from the semester’s end into summer is usually celebrated as a special kind of academic freedom, a chance to get lost in projects and flex your intellectual muscles. But what we’re hearing…
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (May 21, 2026)|Posted on May 27, 2026
“This memorandum reminds officers and the public that adjustment of status under section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) is a matter of discretion and administrative grace not designed to supersede…
Marlena Vi Wolfgramm & Enyu Zhou (August 2024)|Posted on May 27, 2026
"PhD students highly value and require career transparency about career options in different workforce sectors—both in and beyond the academy. Lack of information about real-world work and applied skills outside academia is another challenge..."
Radomir Ray Mitic, Council of Graduate Schools (March 2022)|Posted on May 27, 2026
"Students of color more likely to be first-generation. Career Pathways data largely confirms prior studies by
observing that 27% of doctoral students identify as first-generation."
Hilary Bird (UIC Today, May 26, 2026)|Posted on May 26, 2026
Brandon Barksdale was an emergency medical technician working on Chicago’s West Side when he felt drawn to social work. In 2019, while still working in healthcare, Barksdale was tapped by the Obama Foundation Community…
Each year, the University of Illinois Chicago Alumni Association recognizes extraordinary alumni who contribute to a vibrant, healthier, more connected world. Two alumni from the Graduate College are among this year's recipients.
The Graduate College is pleased to announce the results of our internal competitions with spring deadlines: Award for Graduate Research and the Provost Graduate Internship Award. Recipients of the spring Barnhurst-Doherty Award and…
Victoria Hallinan and Alark Joshi (Inside Higher Ed, May 18, 2026)|Posted on May 18, 2026
“As early-career scholars who are neither students nor long-term employees, postdocs face particular challenges when it comes to navigating the hidden curriculum and the opaque expectations that can shroud higher ed…. “A postdoc…
Jude Mikal (Inside Higher Ed, May 11, 2026)|Posted on May 18, 2026
“Amid the cutthroat competition for… research funding, new investigators can feel daunted by the prospect of jumping headlong into the scope of work required for larger … grants. In applying for funding, they…
Susan Billmaier (Newcombe) and edited by B. Williams|Posted on May 11, 2026
NJ—The Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation has named 20 outstanding PhD candidates as this year’s Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellows. The Doctoral work supported by this Fellowship demonstrates moral or ethical or theological/religious…
Susan D'Agostino (Inside Higher Education, April 6, 2026)|Posted on April 07, 2026
“What does it take to move an idea from a niche academic circle into a book that’s widely read? To find out, I spoke to three veteran university press editors: Dan Taber at…
The Graduate College and the University Library announce the results of the 2026 competition! Visit: https://grad.uic.edu/funding-awards/the-image-of-research/
“[T]he National Science Board, which approves NSF policies, … is trying to “consolidate” solicitations for grant awards to half, or less, of the usual amount of these funding opportunities—raising concerns that fewer researchers…
Letitia Henville (University Affairs, February 24, 2026)|Posted on February 25, 2026
Q: “What does a research statement need to do that my CV isn’t already doing? A: A research statement isn’t a prose version of your CV — it’s an argument about the coherence, quality, and impact…
Adam Levy (NATURE CAREERS PODCAST 19 February 2026)|Posted on February 19, 2026
“Alison Behie was approaching 40 when she underwent multiple rounds of IVF, enduring the mental and physical turmoil of miscarriage and uncertainty along the way. How good is the academic workplace at supporting…
Lauren Ashley Lane (HigherEd Jobs, February 13, 2026)|Posted on February 19, 2026
In this episode of the HigherEdJobs Podcast, Leah Jackson, assistant director of editorial strategy joins co-hosts Andy Hibel and Kelly Cherwin to talk about what comes after the job offer and why starting a…