Natalie Lundsteen and Arnaldo Diaz Vazquez (Inside Higher Education, February 7, 2022)|Posted on February 07, 2022
Making choices as a graduate student trying to balance your own desires with family responsibilities can invoke feelings of confusion, anxiety and guilt. Family factors affect graduate students’ decision making....
National Science Foundation|Posted on January 19, 2022
The State of U.S. Science and Engineering shows that strengthening the U.S. S&E enterprise is critical to maintaining the U.S. position as a lead performer and collaborator of S&T activities globally.
Norman Marshall Bradburn and Robert B. Townsend (chairs)|Posted on January 19, 2022
The Humanities Indicators is a nationally recognized source of nonpartisan information on the state of the humanities, providing researchers and policy-makers with better tools to answer basic questions about areas of concern in the field.
The University 403(b) Plan is an optional investment plan available to all employees receiving compensation from the University. Participants may choose to invest pre-tax and/or Roth (after-tax) money with Fidelity Investments and/or TIAA.…
Katie Homar (Inside HigherEd, November 8, 2021)|Posted on December 09, 2021
Scholars of writing have known the value of participating in writing groups for productivity, accountability, and motivation since the '80s. Participating in activities like writing groups and dissertation retreats has a value beyond simply finishing
Rachel Noor (Chronicle of Higher Education, Novembe 3, 2021)|Posted on November 09, 2021
My single bit of true advice: Please turn off your notifications. All of them, except those from your children or pet caregivers. You cannot write like that. What are you thinking?
Scott Jaschik (Inside Higher Education, November 8, 2021)|Posted on November 08, 2021
Humanities graduates work in a wide variety of fields, counter to “the stereotype of humanities majors as baristas. And articles suggesting that humanities graduates are poor or unhappy are abundant. But the opposite is true.
The University of Illinois Chicago is among a select group of Hispanic-Serving Institutions recognized as a Fulbright HSI Leader by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs for its…
Kim Solga (University Affairs/Affaires universitaires, October 29, 2021)|Posted on November 02, 2021
I was in the third year of my PhD. I’d earned an A+ on a term paper I really liked, and the prof had scrawled, simply, “publish this” alongside the grade. I sent it to the top journal in my field. Shortly afterward I got a kind but curt rejection.
Rebecca Schuman (Chronicle of Higher Education, October 25, 2021)|Posted on October 26, 2021
If you’re already overwhelmed by a troublesome chapter, giving yourself yet another overwhelming first task is a one-way ticket to Procrastination Station. I’ve recently developed a workaround....
Alexis Gravely (Inside Higher Education, October 7, 2021)|Posted on October 07, 2021
A federal loan forgiveness program known for its ineffectiveness will undergo major reforms over the next year, the Department of Education announced Wednesday.
Caterina Scalvedi is a doctoral student in History at the University of Illinois, Chicago. Born and raised in Rome, Italy, she earned both her B.A. and M.A. in Early Modern and Contemporary History…
Brian Flood (UIC Today, August 11, 2021)|Posted on August 11, 2021
Four UIC students and alumni are among a select group of U.S. citizens offered the opportunity to study, conduct research and teach abroad for the 2021-2022 academic year through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
Ph.D.s have been moving in significant numbers into other nonacademic roles for decades, but it is a recent suggestion that the Ph.D. degree, like a college humanities concentration, is a good grounding for…
Debra W. Stewart and James R. Neumeister (Chronicle of Higher Education, July 14, 2021)|Posted on July 20, 2021
The pandemic forced many graduate schools to innovate on the fly — revising longstanding policies and creating new procedures — to keep their students on track. In reflecting on what all of those…