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How to Be a Productive Scholar

Writing groups “play an enormous role in my professional development and productivity.”

On the dissertation: How to Find a Research Topic

All graduate students need to learn how to identify and develop a topic and formulate a research agenda. And it’s not an easy skill to teach.

UIC Research is now live

Forms, policies, manuals and standard operating procedures are located in the Library within UIC Research. Original article: https://research.uic.edu/uicresearch/

Winners selected for $3M in grants supporting Latino humanities research

A $3 million grant competition from the Crossing Latinidades Humanities Research Initiative will support Latino humanities research projects ranging from art, literature and history to the emerging subfields of climate change and sound studies.

Writing an Effective Research Statement

If you are looking for a tenure-track job, summer can be a time when you get a head start on the academic job market. A research statement is a document which is an integral part of an academic job application that can showcase your scholarship.

UIC becomes founding member of national alliance to increase Hispanic opportunity

The University of Illinois Chicago and 19 of the nation’s top research universities today announced the formation of the Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities to increase opportunity for those historically underserved by higher education

How to Write a Winning Grant Application

An external fellowship or grant can be that extra push toward completing a graduate degree and, aside from the financial incentives, may include a supportive community of past grantees that can serve as a resource for early-career scholars.

The Healing Power of Learning

As someone who has been teaching in higher education for more than 20 years, I have to admit that I never gave much thought to the subject of trauma-informed education until the pandemic hit its stride.

Learn by working: experiential pathways in graduate studies

Internships provide students with a broader view of the world and professional skills development, which can transcend their in-class knowledge.

Family Considerations for Graduate Study and Career Choices

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....

The State of U.S. Science and Engineering 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.

State of the Humanities: Workforce and Beyond

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 Many Virtues of a Virtual Writing Group

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

Scholars Talk Writing: Tressie McMillan Cottom

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?