Graduate College News

Graduate College News & Announcements

Reminder: Summer 2026 U-PASS+ program

May 19, 2026 Dear UIC students: UIC students who opt into U-PASS have the option to add Metra Rail as part of the U-PASS+ program. This will allow unlimited rides across any line…

Recipients of Spring 2026 Awards

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…

Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship Recipient!

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…

2026 Image of Research Results

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/

Recipients of Spring 2026 Recruitment Fellowship Offers

The Graduate College is pleased to announce recipients of its three recruitment competitions: the Access to Excellence Fellowship, the University Fellowship, and the the Pipeline to Faculty Fellowship. Recipients have been notified. Please…

Recipients of Fall 2025 awards

The Graduate College is pleased to announce the winners of several internal competitions with autumnal deadlines: Award for Graduate Research and AGR/Deiss Barnhurst-Doherty Award Graduate Student Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring Award Outstanding…

Fulbright Grantees Headed Overseas for 2025-26

Two UIC alums and a current doctoral student will spend the 2025-26 school year abroad after accepting offers from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.  Each year, the Fulbright student program selects recent college graduates,…

$200 Application Scholarship

Last fall, we piloted a small scholarship for students applying for the NSF GRFP. We saw a large number of applications — coincidence or correlation? This year, Dean Eddington is extending the incentive…

Recipients of Spring 2025 Awards

The Graduate College is pleased to announce the results of our internal competitions with spring deadlines: Award for Graduate Research; Graduate Mentoring Award; and the Provost Graduate Internship Award. Recipients of the spring…