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Wednesday, October 30, 2013 VOLUME 32 / NUMBER 10
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For the community of the University of Illinois at Chicago
Photo: Sarah Cole Kammerer Photography
During her nine-month Fulbright fellowship in India, Sarah Cole Kammerer (center right) lived in the rural town of Chakradharpur, where the people spoke various languages and conditions were far different from
Chicago. “I thought I would never be able to connect with people from a place so different from my home,” she says. “But I was able to see, in many ways, how similar we really are.” Read more on page 11.
Finding community far from home
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Ranga Chandrasekaran feels at home onstage
By Gary Wisby
He first stepped onto a stage at age
4, and whenever Ranganathan Chandrasekaran isn’t working in theater —
directing, writing or acting in his own
plays — there’s a gaping hole in his life.
For example, the frustrating six-year gap that occurred
after he joined UIC and had to concentrate on achieving
tenure.
“I felt a big vacuum,” said Chandrasekaran, who goes by
Ranga, his full name being a mouthful.
“Something serious was missing. I discovered I was
missing the theater side of me.”
Chandrasekaran, associate professor of information
and decision sciences in the College of Business Administration, rounded up a few friends who were feeling a
similar need and began staging plays for Indian immigrant
groups.
He founded a theater group that, in a short span of
three years, has presented more than 30 shows all over the
country.
“I started reliving my college days,” he said.
“I was able to balance my work” — he’s director of graduate studies for management systems — “and my theater.”
“I was immensely happy.”
His theater company is called Triveni Arts. Triveni is
a Sanskrit word that stands for a union of arts — music,
literature and theater.
“Sometimes we do musicals,” Chandrasekaran explained. “I usually write, act and direct.
“We started staging full-length plays, and local Indian
publications started writing about us,” Chandrasekaran
said. “Once they heard about us, there was no going back.”
Since forming in 2009, Triveni has mounted five productions, ranging from 1½ to 2½ hours in length.
“We’ve done performances coast to coast,” he said.
“That’s where my summers are spent.”
The troupe has performed in New York, San Francisco,
Miami, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Houston and Cincinnati.
Next summer it will present plays 15 to 20 times all over
the country.
There are about 15 people in his troupe.
“We live together on weekends,” he said. “We go to
somebody’s house to rehearse, and bring our kids along. It’s
like my extended family.”
In 2010 he had the opportunity to work with Indian
theatrical performer Y.G. Mahendran after the actor’s U.S.
tour was canceled.
“I had to convince him,” Chandrasekaran said. “It took
me 30 minutes on the phone.”
As an experiment, Mahendran agreed to
direct two plays for the Chicago troupe.
“We did our rehearsals on Skype, tele- and
videoconferencing,” Chandrasekaran said.
“Then he spent 10 days with us in person. We
sold out shows in Chicago and Milwaukee.
He’s my friend, mentor and guide. Working
with him was a big, big step for me.”
Triveni’s most recent production, staged in
October, was “Honeymoon Couples.”
“Most of what we do are comedies,” the
playwright said. “That’s what audiences expect
from us. There is enough drama on TV and in
movies.
“We try to address immigrant-related
themes. They’re laced with humor. I look back
on my experience and it’s full of comedy.”
That experience began early for Chandrasekaran.
“There was no TV and we couldn’t afford
movies,” he said. “My grandfather would tell
me a lot of stories from Indian mythology, and
I would narrate them to other kids.
“My grandfather heard me and put me on
a stage.”
In elementary school he performed whenever he got a chance, and “I bloomed into
a writer and director in the 10th grade,” he
recalled. “I would gather all the children in my
neighborhood, write a skit and stage it.”
One of his teachers took note of his talent
and gave him opportunities to perform, and
before long he was on local TV, presenting a
15-minute skit.
Chandrasekaran continued his theatriBusiness faculty member Ranganathan Chandrasekaran founded Triveni Arts. “I was
cal activities in college, adding knowledge of
able to balance my work and my theater,” he says.
sound and lighting. Then, in graduate school,
he joined a theater company and staged a numIllinois University for a year. He joined UIC in 2001.
ber of his own plays.
Chandrasekaran is a three-time winner of the paper
At UIC, Chandrasekaran directs new research into health
awards competition by the Society for Information Mancare informatics, electronic security and privacy.
agement. He received the Best Teaching Case award at the
“I work with professors from the colleges of Medicine and
International Conference on Information Systems; at UIC,
Nursing on how technology can make a difference to busihe received the Favorite MIS Professor award and Teaching
nesses,” he said. “One of the industries that’s been lagging
Recognition Program Award.
behind is health care.”
His wife, Srividya Ranganathan, is a software professional
Chandrasekaran grew up in Chennai, India. At the Birla
in UIC’s Office of Business and Financial Services. She’s a
Institute of Technology and Science he stood first in the masdancer, and their son, Rishabh, 9, began stage performances as
ter’s degree program. He took his Ph.D. at the Indian Instia violinist a year ago. They live in Westmont.
tute of Management in Ahmedabad.
“My theater experience helps in the classroom,” ChanHe worked two years as a management consultant for Exdrasekaran said.
eter Group in Cambridge, Mass., before teaching at Southern
gwisby@uic.edu
quotable
“We love each other and have lived together for 30
years. Why do we need to get married?”
“Our success depends on having that early industry
engagement.”
John D’Emilio, professor of gender and women’s studies
and history, on marriage equality, Oct. 27 New York Times
Kapila Viges, director of UIC’s new EnterpriseWorks Chicago business incubator, one of several university ventures
to benefit startups, Oct. 27 Chicago Tribune
“One of the reasons Chicago works even better than
San Francisco or New York is that it’s got neighborhoods like this where community theater can move in.”
David Perry, professor of urban planning and policy and
Great Cities Institute fellow, on the outlook for Portage Park
and its shuttered namesake theater on Chicago’s Northwest
Side, Oct. 23 WBEZ
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UIC, City Colleges partner in bridge to sciences
By Brian Flood
Retention and graduation rates will
be tracked during and after the funding
period to gauge the success of the proBacked by a $1.4 million federal
gram’s student support system.
grant, UIC will launch a new program
The participants’ educational and
to increase the number of underrepcareer paths after graduation will be
resented students who pursue degrees
followed to gauge the program’s success
and research careers in the behavioral
in elevating the number of students
and biomedical sciences.
from underrepresented backgrounds
The five-year grant from the Nathat enter graduate programs, receive
tional Institute of General Medical
doctoral degrees and pursue research
Sciences, one of the National Insticareers.
tutes of Health, partners UIC with the
The program also aims to foster colCity Colleges of Chicago.
laborations and professional developThe program will bolster recruitment opportunities between UIC and
ment, training, mentorship and
City Colleges of Chicago faculty that
degree completion in health-related
will enhance the educational experience
fields for students from underreprefor participating students, Allen-Meares
sented backgrounds.
said.
Beginning in 2014, the Behavioral
Current partnerships between UIC
and Biomedical Sciences Bridges to
and the City Colleges include the Guarthe Baccalaureate Program will recruit
anteed Admission Transfer program,
58 students — 18 in the first year and
which offers City Colleges students
10 in each of the remaining four years
guaranteed undergraduate admission
— who qualify to transfer to UIC
A UIC program will recruit 58 underrepresented students from the City Colleges. “Researchers from underrepresented
to UIC after successful completion of
from the City Colleges.
populations are in high demand, given persistent societal health disparities,” says Chancellor Paula Allen-Meares.
their first two years of college, and an
Participants will pursue their UIC
NIH-sponsored Bridges to the Doctordegree in one of three areas aligned
ate for Minority Nursing Students program in the College of
with their research and career interests: nursing; public
for baccalaureate studies at the end of their freshman year.
Nursing.
health; or liberal arts and sciences in subject areas such as
The program’s public health track will teach knowledge
The new program is also tied to UIC’s role directing the
biology, chemistry, psychology or physics.
and skills not only in basic sciences, but in two disciplines —
Illinois State Board of Education’s Health Science Learning
“Researchers from underrepresented populations are in
epidemiology and biostatistics — that are considered critical
Exchange, which began in 2012 as part of a $10.3 million
high demand, given persistent societal health disparities,”
to understanding public health problems.
public-private partnership to better prepare Illinois students
said Chancellor Paula Allen-Meares, the grant’s principal
Students accepted to the undergraduate nursing program
for careers in science, technology, engineering and math
investigator.
will be trained in research methods and statistical analysis,
fields.
“As one of the most diverse universities in the nation, UIC
along with skills in managing the health care needs of indiAllen-Meares and Bruce Neimeyer, associate vice chancelis well-positioned, and eager, to offer this program that will
viduals and communities.
lor for special programs, are co-investigators for a five-year
give transfer students from underrepresented backgrounds
Students in any of the liberal arts and sciences subjects will
$833,090 grant from the Department of Education to coordithe skills to be successful not only in their academic career,
prepare for professional and graduate study in such specialties
nate the exchange’s statewide network of businesses, employer
but as professional health scientists,” Allen-Meares said.
as cancer biology, tissue engineering and neuroscience.
associations, education partners and others.
The program will offer students an intensive summer re“This program will enhance the students’ basic research
Co-investigators on the new National Institute of General
search skills workshop, an assigned research mentor, access
skills, such as quantitative and qualitative analysis, critical
Medical Sciences grant include Neimeyer, Karin Opacich,
to peer-tutors, and support for science and academic skill
thinking and innovation,” Allen-Meares said. “These skills,
Brian Kay and Julie Zerwic of UIC and Michael Davis of the
development through group activities. A health science conand the capacity for leadership and collaboration, will be
City Colleges of Chicago.
ference is planned.
gained by working alongside faculty members in their respecbflood@uic.edu
Students selected for the program will begin preparation
tive programs.”
Providing healthy, convenient options in food desert
By Sharon Parmet
“The fact that it sells out every day proves that
people here want fruit,” said second-year medical
student Lauren Hughes, standing beside the orangetopped fruit cart that debuted on the corner of Wood
and Taylor streets in August.
Hughes partnered with two nonprofit agencies and UIC staff to bring the cart to UIC after she
learned that UI
Hospital and its
See the video at
patients are lohttp://bit.ly/1acqrDO
cated in one of the
city’s largest food
deserts — regions where stores selling fresh produce
are scarce.
Hughes worked with Patricia Finn, head of the department of medicine, and Stephen Brown, associate
director of preventive emergency medicine, to bring
the cart to UIC.
“The conversation has changed from malnutrition,
which was a problem 30 years ago, to coping with the
abundance of empty calories from junk
food,” Brown said.
The fruit cart not only fills a void in the
local food desert, but provides an alternative to readily available and cheap chips,
candy and soda, he added.
Brown helped Hughes contact Neighborhood Capital, an organization that
partners with Streetwise to put recently
homeless or incarcerated people back to
work.
The fruit cart, staffed by graduates of
the Streetwise Job Transitions Program,
provides income for two to three vendors.
Cart vendor Kevin L. James says he
has many regular, daily customers, some
from the Outpatient Care Center across
the street.
“Patients who have to fast for certain
medical tests come out of the clinic and
come straight for the fruit cart,” he said.
sparmet@uic.edu
Photo: S.K. Vemmer
Kevin L. James sells fruit from a cart at the corner of Wood and Taylor streets, near UI Hospital.
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Renovations promote team-based learning for med students
By Sharon Parmet
The College of Medicine has begun a
$15 million project to update lecture halls
and classrooms and add student lounges to
three floors of the College of Medicine West
Tower.
The renovations of the 83-year-old
building’s second, third and fourth floors,
expected to be completed by August 2014,
will also update the aging mechanical and
data infrastructure.
“This project will dramatically improve
our students’ educational experience and
facilitate future educational expansion and
innovation within the College of Medicine,”
said Dimitri Azar, the college’s dean.
“In turn, the university’s academic standing will be strengthened for years to come.”
The new learning spaces reflect a shift
from passive, lecture-hall style instruction, to more active, group- and peer-based
learning.
The new spaces will include 18 small
group classrooms, two larger classrooms, a
220-seat auditorium and three new student
lounges that can double as study spaces. The
updates will also accommodate computerbased testing on site instead of in adjacent
buildings.
College of Medicine administrators met
with students, faculty, administrators and
others for 18 months to get input on their
needs for the new spaces.
“We relied heavily on input from our
Learning Center Committee for what
should be included in the plans for renovation,” said Kathleen Kashima, senior associate dean of students and interim senior
associate dean for undergraduate medical
education.
“More light was at the top of the list.”
Windows bricked over for years will be
uncovered and new windows added in exterior walls, said Kashima. Frosted glass will
be incorporated into interior hallways to let
in natural light.
Second-year medical student Karl Becker joined the Learning Center Committee
during his first year.
“One of the things we really wanted was
to have a space that would facilitate teambased learning,” he said.
The larger active learning classrooms
will have space for groups of six to eight
students to work together at small tables.
“This room is great for case studies,
where a hypothetical patient is presented
and each group has to come up with a plan
for the patient and then present it to the
class as a whole,” Becker said.
“Some of the students will have graduated before the space is completed, but they
are very happy to be seeing these improvements underway,” Kashima said.
sparmet@uic.edu
A $15 million renovation project in the College of Medicine includes updating lecture halls and classrooms
and adding student lounges. “This project will dramatically improve our students’ educational experience
and facilitate future educational expansion,” says College of Medicine Dean Dimitri Azar.
Reorganization creates new synergies in architecture, arts
By Anne Brooks Ranallo
The buildings may look
the same, but the synergies
have changed as the former
College of Architecture
and the Arts became the
College of Architecture,
Design, and the Arts this
semester.
The new name reflects
the college’s reorganization
into four schools, some
of which were previously
departments. Each school
is led by a director, rather
than faculty members in
rotating chairmanships.
The reorganization
grew from current research
orientations and teaching
methods across the arts
disciplines. It allows for
shared, updated curricula
Photo of Marcia Lausen: Jenny Fontaine
in many programs while
The
College
of
Architecture,
Design,
and
the
Arts
is
divided
into
four
schools.
Christine
Mary
Dunford (clockwise) is director of
making better use of the
the
School
of
Theatre
&
Music,
Marcia
Lausen
leads
the
School
of
Design
and
Steve
Everett
is dean of the college.
college’s resources, administrators said.
The restructure is showing our strengths and
changed), directed by Robert Somol. The
“All of our bright spots are visible now,”
enabling more even interdisciplinary instrucschool added a new joint degree, the master of
said Marcia Lausen, director of the School of
tion.”
architecture/master of arts in design criticism.
Design.
Units within the college are:
• the School of Design, which Lausen
“With dedicated directors, each school
• the School of Architecture (name undirects. It now confers the master of design
has equal advocacy and a consistent voice.
degree, replacing the master of fine arts.
• the School of Art & Art History, directed by Lisa Lee. The school has a new
master’s degree program in museum and
exhibition studies.
• the School of Theatre & Music, directed by Christine Mary Dunford. A new
degree in music business is under consideration.
• Gallery 400
• Jane Addams Hull-House Museum.
The college also has a new dean, composer Steve Everett, who credits the college’s new identity for “increased visibility
and recognition,” pointing to two recent
prestigious grants: a federal grant from the
Institute of Museum and Library Services
to Gallery 400 for an exhibition series titled
“Standard of Living” on today’s economy,
and an American Alliance of Museums
grant to the Hull-House Museum for its
“Slow Museum” programming.
Some of the college’s buildings have
been renamed in accord with the curriculum changes, and new signs will reflect the
changes.
The Art + Architecture Building is now
the Architecture + Design Studios; Art and
Design Hall is Art and Exhibition Hall; and
the Education, Performing Arts and Social
Work Building is the Education, Theatre,
Music and Social Work Building.
aranallo@uic.edu
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Recognizing employees Celebrate award-winning employees Tuesday
at the Employee Recognition Awards Program.
The event honors the 2013 recipients of the
Award of Merit, CAPE Award, WOW, INSPIRE
Award, Luminary Award, Woman of the Year
Award, Janice Watkins Award and UI Health’s
Class Act and Academy Award. Employees with
25, 30, 35 and 40 years of service will also be
recognized.
The ceremony begins at 10:30 a.m. and a formal reception follows at the UIC Forum.
For more information, email rfortier@uic.edu
Citizen vs. person?
What are the conceptual distinctions between
citizenship and personhood?
Ralph Cintrón, associate professor of English
and Latin American and Latino studies, examines that question in a talk Nov. 14.
“Citizenship Versus Unauthorized Immigration,” the Institute for the Humanities Faculty
Fellow Lecture, takes place at 3 p.m. in the lower
level of Stevenson Hall.
A reception follows.
For more information, email huminst@uic.
edu
Women in sports
Doctoral candidate Rachel Allison examines
the role of women’s professional soccer in the
American sports landscape Nov. 6.
“Are You Ready for Some Football?” takes
place at noon in 4105 Behavioral Sciences Building. Allison is a Ph.D. candidate in sociology and
the 2013 Alice J. Dan Dissertation Awardee.
The talk is part of the Center for Research on
Women and Gender’s Speaker Series.
RSVP at http://on.fb.me/1aChWWX
Extreme by design
The School of Public Health hosts a screening
of the PBS documentary “Extreme By Design”
Nov. 7.
The documentary follows a group of Stanford
University business, engineering and medical
students who travel to Bangladesh and Indonesia
to build affordable medical devices and fresh
water storage systems as part of the Design for
Extreme Affordability course.
A workshop from 4:30 to 6 p.m. asks students
to complete a design challenge. The film screening takes place from 6:45 to 7:45 p.m., followed
by a panel discussion. Panelists include filmmaker Ralph King, School of Public Health dean
Paul Brandt-Rauf and UIC Innovation Center
executive director Peter Pfanner.
Workshop registration is required at
https://uofi.uic.edu/sb/sec/6296855
Irish tenor concert
John McDermott, a founding member of The
Irish Tenors, will headline the 13th annual S.E.E.
Benefit Dec. 6.
The event will also feature the Dee Alexander
Trio. Alexander is an award-winning jazz vocalist and UIC employee in the Office of the Vice
Chancellor for Research.
A reception, dinner and concert are included
in the $225 ticket price ($125 is tax-deductible).
The event begins at 5 p.m. with the concert start-
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Medical District pours $3.4B into region’s economy
The Illinois Medical District adds $3.4
billion to the Chicago region’s economy, is
responsible for more than 18,000 jobs and
contributes more than $75 million in tax
revenue to the state and nine-county area,
according to an economic impact study by
UIC researchers.
The district’s employees receive $3.1 billion of direct and indirect compensation,
with an average of $75,627 in wages and
benefits per person — more than $6,500
greater than the average regional salary, said
the study by Howard Wial, executive director of the Center for Urban Economic Development, and co-author Elizabeth Scott.
Wial and Scott prepared the study for
the Illinois Medical District Commission
and the Illinois Science & Technology Coalition. The full report is available online at uic.
edu/cuppa
Much of the economic impact derives
from UIC’s health science colleges, UI
Health and Rush University Medical Center
— including $392 million the universities
spend annually on research and development.
In recent years, UIC has also produced
20 to 30 patents per year and several healthrelated startup companies.
Citing figures from 2011, the most recent
available, the study showed that organizations in the district:
• employed 29,230 people and provide
18,365 jobs that probably would not other-
wise exist in the Chicago region.
• paid $2.2 billion in direct employee
compensation
• produced $2.3 billion in goods and
services
• conferred 1,887 academic degrees,
nearly 90 percent of them graduate degrees.
Wial estimated the district’s economic impact would increase by $300
million and 4,256 jobs, if the hospitals
attracted more patients from outside the
region.
Biomedical initiatives now underway
in UIC’s Innovation Center and elsewhere in the district could also drive the
total higher in the future, Wial said.
aranallo@uic.edu
The Illinois Medical District creates more than 18,000 jobs and contributes more than $75 million in tax revenue, according to an economic impact study.
ing at 8 p.m. in the UIC Forum.
The event, hosted by the Office of the Vice
Chancellor for Student Affairs, funds scholarships
for UIC students who demonstrate strong leadership skills.
For information or tickets, call 312-413-0077
or email ovcsa@uic.edu
Book celebration
A panel of scholars will talk about their recent
books on gender and race at the UIC Feminist
Book Celebration today.
The event is set for 5 to 7 p.m. at the Institute
for Research on Race and Public Policy.
Speakers include:
• Claire Decoteau, assistant professor of sociology, Ancestors and Antiretrovirals: The Bio-Politics
of HIV/AIDS in Post-Apartheid South Africa
• Lorena Garcia, associate professor of sociology, Respect Yourself, Protect Yourself: Latina Girls
and Sexual Identity
• Anna Guevarra, associate professor and
director of Asian American studies, and Nilda
Flores-Gonzalez, associate professor of sociology
and Latin American and Latino studies, editors of
Immigrant Women Workers in the Neoliberal Age
• Nadine Naber, associate professor of gender
and women’s studies and Asian American studies, Arab America: Gender, Cultural Politics, and
Activism
• Sekile Nzinga-Johnson, assistant professor of
gender and women’s studies, Laboring Positions:
Black Women, Mothering and the Academy
• Barbara Ransby, professor of history, African-American studies, and gender and women’s
studies, Eslanda: The Large and Unconventional
Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson.
For more information, call 312-996-6339.
Future of Chicago
Civic and political leaders will speak on campus this semester for the department of political
science “Future of Chicago” lecture series, which
focuses on the social, economic and political
conditions of the Chicago area.
All lectures are free and open to the public.
They are held from noon to 12:50 p.m. in 230
Science and Engineering South.
Scheduled lectures include:
• Monday: “First Son,” Keith Koeneman,
author of First Son: The Biography of Richard M.
Daley
• Nov. 6: “The Future of Illinois,” former Illinois governor Jim Edgar
• Nov. 13: “Public Space in Chicago,” Erma
Tranter, executive director, Friends of the Parks
For more information call 312-413-3780.
Importance of work
Historian James Livingston examines the
psychological and social functions of work during a talk today.
Livingston, a history professor at Rutgers
University, presents “After Work: What is to be
Done When Work Disappears?” at 2 p.m. in the
Institute for the Humanities, lower level, Stevenson Hall. UIC history professor Leon Fink is the
commentator.
For information, email huminst@uic.edu
Business academia
Thinking about enrolling in a business doctorate program?
The Liautaud Graduate School of Business
will host the DocNet Forum Nov. 20 to present
information on careers in business academia.
A faculty and student panel starts at 5:30
p.m. and a recruiting forum is scheduled from
6:30 to 7:30 p.m., all in the UIC Forum.
For information, visit http://bit.ly/19BD0dY
Researcher of the Year Nominations are due Nov. 18 for 2013 Researcher of the Year, awarded to five faculty
members chosen from the research categories
of basic life sciences, clinical sciences, natural
sciences and engineering, social sciences and
humanities.
The award includes a $5,000 prize.
For more information, visit www.research.uic.
edu/events/RYA
Global conference
UIC co-hosts an international conference
next month on the role of research universities in
addressing global challenges.
Delegates from 25 research universities from
around the world will be in Chicago Nov. 18 to
20 for the “Global Urban Challenges” conference.
The final day of the conference takes place at
Student Center East.
U of I President Bob Easter will co-host a plenary session with the presidents of Northwestern
University and the University of Chicago. UIC
and UIUC faculty members will speak at several
conference events.
For information, visit http://tinyurl.com/
n4hhpdl
Honorary degrees Dec. 2 is the deadline for nominations for
honorary degree recipients.
Information on eligibility, nomination procedures and timelines is online at http://bit.
ly/19d1x8Z
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Superconductors key to expanding energy technology
By Jeanne Galatzer-Levy
Arizona has lots of sun, but Chicago has
cold gray winters — so how do we transport
energy generated by solar power or wind power
to where it’s needed, without the massive losses
that current energy transport entails?
Delivering energy sustainably and economically is a major stumbling block in attempts to
expand alternative energy technology.
Superconductors, which can transport
energy over vast distances without any losses,
could be the perfect solution, says Dirk Morr,
professor of physics.
But energy transport without energy loss
only occurs at a superconductor’s critical temperature, most commonly close to absolute zero
(-460 degrees Fahrenheit).
A class of unconventional superconductors
with much higher critical temperatures was first
discovered in 1986. Although their critical temperatures are still far too cold (in the range of
-160 degrees Fahrenheit) to be of practical use,
these high temperature superconductors seem
to work through a different mechanism.
For thise reason, some scientists believe it
will be possible to find materials that can act as
superconductors at room temperature.
In a collaboration led by Morr at UIC and
Seamus Davis at Cornell University, reported
in Nature Physics, researchers have taken an
“I think that what we have now
found and described is the first
step towards the ideal of a roomtemperature superconductor.”
important step toward understanding the basic
physics of unconventional superconducting
material — the type of superconductor that has
the most promise for room temperature superconducting and practical applications.
Working with an unusual superconductor that has a low critical temperature — just
above absolute zero — but physical properties
like those of the higher temperature unconventional superconductors, the researchers gained
important insight into the mechanism that
makes higher temperature superconducting
possible — what the physicists call its “quantum glue.”
“I think that what we have now found and
described in this article is the first step towards
the ideal of a room-temperature superconductor,” Morr said.
“We can say that we have observed something that allows us to make an educated guess
as to what the quantum glue [of these hightemperature superconductors] is.”
jgala@uic.edu
Photo: Roberta Dupuis-Devlin
Physics professor Dirk Morr studies superconductors, which can transport energy over vast distances.
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Battery: 2
Harassment by telephone: 1
Credit card fraud: 1
Arrests by UIC Police
Oct. 21: A man was arrested for criminal
trespass at 6:27 p.m. in Burnham Hall.
A man was arrested for possession of a
firearm at 8:54 p.m. at 1533 W. Polk St.
A man was arrested on a warrant at 12:50
p.m. at the hospital.
A man was arrested for theft at 11:45 a.m.
related to an Oct. 7 incident.
Oct. 24: A man was arrested for battery at
4:29 p.m. at the hospital.
Oct. 25: A man was arrested for criminal
damage at 8:45 a.m. at 2333 W. Jackson Blvd.
related to an Aug. 3 incident.
Visit the UIC Police crime map, www.
uic.edu/depts/police, and the Chicago Police
CLEAR Map, http://gis.chicagopolice.org
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UICAWARD
OFMERIT
The UIC Award of Merit is conferred by the university. This is a
university-wide honor, recognizing outstanding academic
professionals and civil service employees for sustained excellence
in performance and commitment to their job.
Keana M. Galloway
John Alsterda
Agustina Alvarado
Chris Deegan
Mirria P. Evans
Associate Director,
Office of Access and Equity
Office of the Chancellor
Senior Associate University Counsel,
Office of University Counsel
Director of Student Affairs,
Department of Electrical & Computer
Engineering, College of Engineering
Director, Study Abroad Office
Office of the Vice Provost for
Undergradaute Affairs
Customer Service Representative,
Department of Periodontics
College of Dentistry
Aaronettia “Tee” Green
Michael D. Harner
Director of Financial Affairs,
UIC College of Medicine Rockford
Natalie Pagsuberon
Mean
Marisela “Mari” Ramirez Veronica Ann Stanfield
Assistant Manager of Operations
Services
Academic Computing and
Communications Center
Derrick Stanley
Account Technician III, Department
of Physics
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Resources and Policy Analyst
College of Business Administration,
Liautaud Graduate School of
Business
Business Manager, Community
Outreach Intervention Projects,
School of Public Health Business
Manager, Healthy Youth Program,
Department of Psychiatry
College of Medicine
Admission and Records Supervisor,
Jane Addams College of
Social Work
Kunal A. Vora
Diane V. Washington
Sheryl Wilder
Shannon Glover Brown
Assistant to the Department Head,
Department of Radiology
College of Medicine
Graduate School Specialist,
Graduate College Administration
Assistant Director of Human
Resources, Office of the Dean
College of Pharmacy
Licensed Practical Nurse II, Women
& Family Health Center / 4W
Mother-Baby
Aileen Eviota
Nicholas Haubach
Edlyn Zaide Laviste
Adriana Magana
Catherine Rennau
Coordinator of Inpatient Physical
Therapy
Department of Physical Therapy
Assistant Director
UI Health Human Resources
Administrative Nurse I,
UI Hospital Nursing Services/5 East
Rehabilitation
Administrative Clerk, Partial
Hospital/Psychiatry
Nurse Manager,
GI Lab
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UIC Employee Recognition Month 2013
UICAWARD
OFMERIT
The UIC Award of Merit is conferred by the university. This is a
university-wide honor, recognizing outstanding academic
professionals and civil service employees for sustained excellence
in performance and commitment to their job.
Sara Saucedo Islas
Belinda Sayadian
Rita A. Smaw
Julie R. Welsh
Frank Flynn
Administrative Assistant I,
UI Hospital Administration
Lactation Consultant,
Women and Infant Care (WIC)
Program
Director of Physician Practice,
Department of Family Medicine
Clinical Nurse Specialist, 5 East
Specialty Surgery/ Rehabilitation
Plant Operating Engineer,
Physical Plant Administration
Francisco J. Torres
Gail G. Whisby
Katherine L. Yoshida
Corinne Diane Holas
Philip Vasquez
Building Service Supervisor,
Facilities Management
Administrative Aid,
Office for Capital Programs
Program Coordinator,
Office of Sustainability
ID Center Coordinator,
ID Center
Associate Director for Student
Development Services,
Student Development Services
2013 Campus Charitable Fund Drive
September 11, 2013 to November 27, 2013
Employees can contribute in two ways:
1.
Continuous payroll deduction: Employees who contribute through continuous payroll deduction have a set amount
withdrawn from their check each pay period, until terminated in writing.
2.
One-time donation: For those who just wish to donate a lump sum, they may do so by filling out the One-Time
Direct Gift section of the form and writing a check made payable to
“Campus Chest” for the total amount. The One Time Direct Gift check and the pledge form should be sent to
Rebecca Fortier, Special Programs, MC 897.
Online information, pledge forms and SECA Agencies: http://www.uic.edu/depts/hr/Special_Programs/ccfd.shtml
Eleven organizations are currently a part of the CCFD. The descriptions of the SECA Participating Charities are updated
annually. The link below will help you choose the agencies that most meet the values you choose to support:
http://www.uic.edu/depts/hr/Special_Programs/ccfd/agencies.shtml
Contact Us
Special Programs, UIC Human Resources, Fax: 312-996-6807
Rebecca Fortier
Marilyn Sommer
Special Events Facilitator
Special Programs Coordinator
312-413-2960
312-996-6807
rfortier@uillinois.edu
msommer@uillinois.edu
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CHANCELLOR’SACADEMIC
PROFESSIONALEXCELLENCE
The Chancellor’s Academic Professional Excellence Award
(CAPE), established in 1988, recognizes the demonstrated
excellence of academic professional staff, encourages their
professional development and indicates the institution’s
high regard for the contributions of this key segment of the
academic community. The CAPE award is based on peer
review broadly selected from the ranks of the Academic
Professional community. Each year, a maximum of four
academic professionals may receive the CAPE Award.
(CAPE)AWARD
Yesim Anter
Andie Celerio
Chris Deegan
Project Coordinator
Department of Physics,
College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences
Assistant Director,
Campus Advocacy Network
Office of Diversity
Director, Study Abroad Office
Associate Director for Research
Vice Provost for Undergraduate Programs
Affairs
Survey Research Lab, College
of Urban Planning and Public
Affairs
Jennifer A. Parsons Stephanie J. Whitaker Kristine Zimmermann
JANICEWATKINSAWARD
FOR DISTINGUISHED CIVIL SERVICE
Rosemarie Coogan
Dental Assistant III
Dental Clinics
Assistant Director, Center for
Coordinator of Research
Research on Women and
Programs
Department of Political Science, Gender (CRWG)
College Liberal Arts and
Sciences
This award recognizes exceptional support staff who
demonstrate a dedication to people and excellent work
performance. This award is a memorial to Janice Watkins,
an individual who exemplified such recognition. The
Janice Watkins Award, established in 1975, is based on
peer review, selected from the ranks of the support staff
community.
Darlene Kendall
Financial Analyst/ Planner III
Physical Plant Administration
Teresa Vargas-Vega
Departmental Information Supervisor
Office of the Dean, College of Education
WOMAN
OFTHEYEAR
CCS W
AWARD
Chancellor’s Committee on the Status of Women
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This award was established by the
Chancellor’s Committee on the
Status of Women (CCSW) in 1990 to
annually honor a UIC woman for her
significant contributions to women
at the university.
Dr. Judy Bolton
Professor and Head,
Department of Medicinal
Chemistry and
Pharmacognosy,
College of Pharmacy
Director of the
Carcinogenesis and
Chemoprevention Program,
UIC Cancer Center
INSPIREAWARD
The INSPIRE Award recognizes individuals who have
consistently and over long periods of time based their every
action on UIC’s Core Values, “Integrity, Nurture, Service,
Pride, Intellect, Respect, and Excellence.”
Nathan Helsabeck
Christina Hui-Chan
Diana Bolanos Marchan
Erica L. Plys
Lead Instructor,
Center for Literacy,
UIC Center for Literacy
Professor, Department of
Physical Therapy
College of Applied Health Science
Assistant Director of Resource
Management, Liautaud Graduate
School of Business,
College of Business
Assistant to the Head,
Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering
College of Engineering
UICLUMINARY
AWARD
Luminary Award Recipient
to be announced at the
Employee Recognition Awards Program
CLASSACT
AWARD
Maurice Bass
Enrico Benedetti, MD
Alma Bicknese, MD
Daniel Birk, MD
James Bui, MD
Yolanda Callico
Cassandra Cauthers
Benjamin Correa
Janneth Cruz
Christina Evangelista
Ara Gardner
Jay Gothschalk
UNIVERSITYOF ILLINOIS
HOSPITAL AND
HEALTHSCIENCESYSTEMS
ACADEMYAWARD
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Necolia Cade
Eliza Callahan
Customer Service Assistant,
Department of Theatre and Music
College of Architecture, Design,
and the Arts
Academic Advisor
Honors College
Katie SchumacherCawley
Diana Soriano
Head Volleyball Coach
UIC Athletics
Recruitment & Admissions,
Counselor
Latin American Recruitment &
Educational Services (LARES)
An annual UIC Luminary Award is also given
to the INSPIRE candidate who best represents
the pinnacle of service to our campus and its
constituents.
The “Class Act” award is given to an employee described as a role model who
continuously demonstrates exceptional competence and compassion in the
performance of his/her job responsibilities and is an outstanding example of the
University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System’s five values, “Integrity,
Innovation, Service Excellence, Safety and Accountability.”
Tom Guerrero
Donna Hilburger-Lazzara
Margaret Holden
Ervin Kocjancic, MD
Lauren Levin
Sheree-Lynn Macatangay
David Miller
Gary Moore
Jose R. Moreno
Maria Nehmer
Jessie Orpiano
Jason Parker
Lilamaya Pradhan
Sonya Ramos
Ruth Regalado
Ileana Rodriguez
Julian Sangas
Agnes Serdena
At the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System Employee Recognition
Award Program, the recipient of the Academy Award is honored. The Academy Award
recipient is selected by the employee recognition committee from the year’s Class Act
recipients and the selected recipient is the Employee of the Year. The employee’s
identity is announced at an annual dinner held in honor of the year’s awardees
Lawrence Ulanski, MD
Department of Ophthalmology
UICSERVICE
During UIC’s Employee Recognition Month we honor our
service honorees with five or more years, in five year
increments, of service. University employees who are eligible
civil service employees, academic professional employees,
and eligible faculty working at UIC are recognized.
RECOGNITION
AWARD
40 YEARS
Gilbert W Bassett
Bernard Friedenson
Robert J Gordon
Calvin C Kafka
Saleem M. Khan
Donald A Morrison
Ghanshyam N Pandey
Raquel P Porrata
Donald L Rippon
James J Sack
35 YEARS
Robert James Anderson
David William Bartels
Victoria J Chou
Richard E Debs
Michael H Ginsburg
Michael Lloyd Glasser
Gene A Harris
Lawrence H Keeley
Alan Hay-Ming Lau
Alfonse Thomas Masi
Michael J McNallan
Anthony M Pagano
Robert Pearce
Miljana S. Petkovic
Bonnie Dean Smedley-Mitchell
Bobbie S Smith
Debbie Carol Swift
Steven E Tozer
John Zuckerman
30 YEARS
Catherine Elizabeth Ami
Barbara C Coats
Mimis Cohen
Richard Cooper
Michelle Rena Coulter
Ann M Crnkovic
John M Cullars
James R Debord
Donatilio Deleon
Sally L Dobosz
Karen A Engelhardt
Robert G Giles
Carlotta J H Hill
Nancy Jean Hollister
Bruce A Jasper
Lesia Kanus
Susan Nancy Keller
Donna Marie Kraus
Carl Lambert
Paula Lang
Janet L Lazzara
Bobbie J Lewis
Ignacio B Macias
Janet I Madia
Fannie Mae Mallett
Mary Kay McGrath
Nancy M Meade
Mark Andrew Mershon
Jimmy Montanez
Mary Joan Mouw
Dennis G Norem
Mary E O’Brien
David R Pepperberg
Victoria Weyler Persky
Martha Pollak
Anne Ellen Przepiora
Mark Mitchell Rasenick
Judith Richman
Alicia H Roa
Denise Diane Robertson
George Roe
Helen M Roe
Ahmed Shabana
Leo Eugene Sherman
Shirley D Simmons
Olga Valentin
Linda K Vernon
Keiko Watanabe
Portia K White
Rosemary C White-Traut
Vanessa Wright
Donna A Zych
25 YEARS
Mona L Aiello
Nadia Alami
Lisa K Anderson-Shaw
Nesher G Asner
Michael J Assenato
Lisa M Baker
Mary E Baran-Valdez
Kimberly Barba
James W Barnett
Jeffrey T Behr
Walter G Bell
Larry W. Bennett
Angela Bishop
David J Boston
Kimberly R Brown
Belinda D Brown-Simpson
Nereida Bruno
Derrick N Burgess
Roseann Pontikis Carroll
Frank Joseph Chaloupka
Gloria J Chandler
Douglas Joseph Chesner
Julie P Ciapas
Sabrina L Coleman
Lorraine M Conroy
Jerome H Coppage
Ricardo Coronado
Deanna D Cowens
Milagros I Crespo
Sandra Ellen Curran
John M Daugherty
Gwendolyn F Davis
Norma Delgado
Josephine Dorsch
John T Dorsey
Donna M Dubek
Vanessa E Dunbar
Michael P Finedore
Gail S Fisher
Pamela S Fitzner
Jeffrey D Fortman
Bruce A Fournier
Glenn Tsutomu Fujiura
Robert W Galbogi
Elida Garcia
George P Garcia
Dianne L Gibraski
Viktoras V Gliozeris
Maria D L Gonzalez
Jewell M Graves
Christine Griffith
Cynt Grover
Helen D Gulley
Veronica Guzman
Janice E. Harris
Connie J Hawk
Cynthia E Herrera Lindstrom
Linda M Hoffman
Robert Hoskins
Henry Franklin Howe
Joyce M Hudnall
Aaronetta Humbles
Mary L Hummons
Mary Jo Ironside
Karen Joanne Jackson
Gerald R Jenkot
Gary O Johnson
Minnie O Jones
Darcy T Katamay
Michele A Kelley
Harriet Koszarek
Susan Lynn Kralj
Mary Jo Kuffner
Sami Labib
Rovina M Lerio
Eugene J Lifonti
Norma A Lopez-Reyna
Margaret Jean Love
Karen L Maddi
Gilberto Marquez
Debra L Matthews
John F McErlean
Edward K Mensah
Gail K Moran
Karen S Morris
Emama A Mulhim
Maria G Murillo
Timothy F Murphy
Janice S Nekola
Peter C Nelson
Babette J Neuberger
Latonja Batriece Newell
Ronald Olszewski
Juanita T Ortega
Timothy J O’Shea
Carolyn J Patterson
Joseph R Patzin
Karen W Phelan
Melvin L Pillsbury
Orlando M Pitchan
Margaret Anne Pocius
Antoinette M Polys
Jean A Powlesland
Tammy D. Rankin
Camille A Rea
Leticia Rios
Clotilde Rodriguez
M. Carmen Rodriguez
Robert Roman
Gilberto Salas
Barbara Ann Schechtman
Marya S Schechtman
Marieke Dekker Schoen
Mahnaz Shahidi
Sivalingam Sivananthan
Demetrios D Skias
Nabil T Smairat
Ross J Solaro
Booker T Suggs
Bonnie M Tamillo
Anju B Teal
Benjamin H Ticho
Carl James Ulaszek
Vytautas V Valaitis
Sarah L Vance
Maria Varelas
Wilma I Villarreal
Julie A Wagner
Casey L Washington
Phoebe Washington
Julie R Welsh
Kim R Womber-Sanders
Miae Wood
John L Zautcke
Onintze Zenarutzabeitia- Pikatza
Dominick Zotta
20 YEARS
Meenakshy Aiyer
Maria T Albright
Deleatrice Alexander
Maria Eugenia Alvarez
Socorro T. Amparo
Janice M Anderson
Marie Anderson
Terecita Andujar
Gloria Balague-Dahlberg
Maria L. Balcazar
Mary Louise Bareither
Andrew Patrick Batteiger
Patricia Beacham
Sylvia D Berry
Jonathan Bloomberg
Michael G. Boggins
Nancy Ann Bottoms
Nathaniel Bowman
Karol S Bruzik
E Bradshaw Bunney
Salvatore Cali
Julie A Carbray
Patricia Cephus
David Chabala
Gail M Chidichimo
Karen M Coicou
Patrick R. Conley
Sandra Kaminska Costello
Alethia Covington
Kimberlee M Curnyn
Ann Dantzler
M Jane Darcovich
Nancy Turner Dassoff
Mary Elizabeth Diaz
Ruth M. Dietrich
Jeanette E Dietz
Julie E. Dulski
Katherine L Duvall
Victoria L. Dwyer
Wesley P Eilbert
Arvid Eleksis
Donna Marie Entrekin
Evelyn Flood Esquivel
Harold Evans
Kim Louise Featherston
Teodora C Feliciano
Laurel Celeste Fischer-Holden
Garrett Fleming
James T Fletcher
William G Flick
Anthony P Flood
Marilu Flores
Frank Flynn
Allena J. Fortson
Rafaela Garcia
Lois J. Gardener
Norman A Garges
Dorothy Gawel
Marilyn Getzov
Edith Giedraitis
Kevin Grandfield
Christoph Hermann Grein
Juana Guzman
Lana Hammad
David E Haschemeyer
Sally Ann Hogan
John P Holden
Sandra Denise Hunter-Fields
Mark R Hutchinson
Charles John Ireland
Craig E Jackson
Ozell Jackson
Howard A Jaffe
Rachel A John
Doranna Jones
Ramaswamy Kalyanasundaram
Barry Kamish
Yevgenya Jane Kaydanova
Renee A. Ketelsen
Cathleen M. Kiely
Fred K. Knight
Susan M. Koski
Ronald W. Kostecka
Courtney C Lamb
John Landise
Scott A. Larson
Katherine G. Lawson
Janice Lazar
Brian W Leventhal
Xiubei Liao
Susan M Littau
Neil P. Lizaso
Joyce H Lomack
Wanda Lozada
Kevin T. Lynch
Anna Lysakowski
Mark L Mackey
Joan M. Malone
Alexander Mankin
Mark J. Martin
Greg Matoesian
John H Matthews
Christina L Mazza
Katherine E McBride
Otis McCoy
Narris J. McFarland
Floyd McGee
Minnie McHenry
Minneth J McKoy
James D. McNamara
Donald McQuay
Veronica Mendoza
Margaret M. Mesta
Beverley J. Miller
Gregory L. Millsap
Jasna Mlakar
Janna N Moffett
Ma.theresa J. Mora
Maggie Morrow
Janelle L Mounce
James T Muench
Stacey L Neil
Terry L Nicola
Craig S Niederberger
Irma J. Ortega
Debra C. Palmore
Mary E. Parks
Jennifer A Parsons
Dipak J. Patel
Karen R Patena
Dale A Pelligrino
Elizabeth Walker Peterson
Josephine D. Portante
Eric Porter
Michael J Potts
Gary E. Raney
Krishna R Reddy
Kathleen M. Reidy
Michael Rich
Cottrell Richmond
Shelly G. Roat
Rayford Robinson
William Rodriguez
Robert T Rosman
Israel Rubinstein
Yolanda Rubio
Diane Ruiz
Kathleen Russell
Todd C. Rutherford
George I Salti
Arnold Sanders
Deborah R Sandstrom
Carl C Saviano
William E Schmilke
Thomas F Schneider
Walter Andreas Schroeder
Matthew J. Schuck
Melodie R Shaw
Barbara Ann Sherrill
John A Shuler
Sarah T. Skinner
David C Slagle
Edward Snulligan
Edward W. Spychalski
Nijole Staffel
Derrick Douglas Stewart
Catherine S. Stoutner
Allen G Survillion
William J Susinka
Kimberly S. Tagli
Starr Maria Trueblood
Sangeeta Tyagi
Sarah E Ullman
Pyrai Vaughn
Carlos Vega
Louis Villapiano
Chiayeng Wang
Frederick L Wasmer
Terence James Whalen
Peggy J Wheeler
Venus Lynn Whitiker
Victoria Wiebel
Cathy L. Williams
Marilyn Adderley Willis
John Wilson
Richard E Wojtas
Yu-Bin Wu
Janis Young
Angela L Yudt
Julie A Zerwic
Kimberley Beth Zimmerman
15 YEARS
Eveleen M Ackerman
Rickie J. Alberts
Jeffrey Alcantar
Waddah A Alrefai
Amalia B. Alvarez
Yesenia Alverio
Robert G Anderson
Shirley Anderson
Maria Socorro S. Angara
Farhad Ansari
Mary Applewhite
Veronica I Arreola
Maria Elena Ayala
Michelle B Bain
David Balinao
Margaret Mary Basic
Nancy Joan Bates
Karen Lee Bean
Julio R Becerra
Bruce L Bell
Christopher R Berndt
Annabelle S Besana
Gregory A Blew
Jonathan D Bode
Ifat Ali Boles
Jennifer J Borawski
Jeffron D Boynes
David R Brand
Clarence E Bridges
Joan E Briller
Deborah A Brooks
Carolyn J Brown
Edwin M Brown
Hazel Melisa Brown
Michelle M Bulanda
Michelle E Bunyer
Amelia Y Burns
Darnetta Byndum
Constance L Camp
Dione S. Campbell
Frank Brian Campbell
Paul M Capparelli
Roger P Carlson
Doris H Carroll
Carolyn Carter
Diane Castro
Gisela Cedillo
Ardie M Cephus
Chacko K. Chacko
Linda Feng Chang
Hank Tsung-Hun Chen
Hua Yun Chen
Dawnmarie Cicero
Jimmy Clark
Vanessa Clark-Cooper
Annette J Clemens
Oscar R Colamonici
Lisa C. Collins
Sucheta D Connolly
Maria B. Contreras
Charity Dalen Cooper
Susan J Corbridge
Felix Corona
Antonio Cox
Ruth E Crane Schmit
David Lee Crawford
Martha Ellen Crotts
Raymon James Cunha
Luciano Curiel
Taralee Darst
Robert L Davenport
Cynthia L. Davis
Allen Walter Day
Yolanda De Peralta
Michael J Dee
Kimberly Marie Deets
Evelyn Dejesus
Maria Gracia O Delosreyes
David E Deutsch
Alan Mark Diamond
Shannon E Doerr
Klavs Dolmer
Maria G Dominguez
Elyse C Donati
Peter T Doran
Xinjian Du
Luis M Duarte
Brian J Dudkiewicz
Joanne E. Dunskis
Maria D Duran
Effie F Economopoulos
Gracita P. Edwards
Wendy L. Elmore
Miguel A. Escobar
Priscilla Escobar
Eduardo Espinoza
Norman C Estes
Kevin J Fahey
Farhad Fayz
Nadine K. Ferguson
Paul Filipek
Larisa Fishchuk
Michael J Fitzgerald
Jason M Flax
Laura Devaney Foote
Trenace V Ford
Wilhelmina Franklin
Michael P Gabay
Maria E Gajda
Angelina Garcia
Raymond C Garcia
John W Gargas
Carmen Julia Guzman Garza
Glenda L Genio-Terrado
Anne George
Ben S Gerber
Romelle Gillespie
Sandra Lizbeth Gomez Perez
Essie M Gomire
Maria Isabel Gonzalez
Elbert L. Gordon
Willie J. Gordon
Antonio M Grafton
William H Gray
Dennis R Grayson
Beverly Deniece Green
Joseph A. Greenia
Dennis D Grey
Sonya E. Griffin
Carolyn A. Griffith
David Guillen
Meena Gujrati
Robert J Gurney
Sadel Guy
Alexander Guyan
Tara R Haddadin
Linda Hale
Anthony A Halford
Douglas N Hammer
Chester S Handelman
Vanessa Harmon
Michael D. Harner
Roosevelt Harris
Nissim Hay
Bin He
Lubka Healy
Kathleen E Helling
Mary F Hemby
Rebecca M Hendrick
Cecelia D Henry-Jackson
Paula Melissa Hernandez
Tamir Hersonskey
Joy Yvette Hester
John R Hetling
Jacqueline C Hill
Kirk A Hoppe
Jimmy J Hopper
Willie Ann Horton
Jedell Hoskins
Chang-Ming Hsieh
Kuei-Fang Hsieh
Phyllis Humphrey
Tico Armand Hurt
William L Hutchings
Michael J. Jackson
Gabriela Jacquez-Jimenez
Carol V. James
Matthew P Janicki
Howard S Jeon
Alexia Hieber Johnson
Christine F. Johnson
Tasha Johnson
Veronica A Johnston
Jean A Jones
Linda J Juarez
Mary C Kapella
Jon D Kassel
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Yunbo Ke
Veta G. Kelley
John H Kelsey
Asra R Khan
Susan J King
Guadalupe Kintanar
Kim E Kirchner
Anne Koerber
Natalie O Kokorudz
Susan V Korsgard
Alyson Hope Koslow
Kumar U Kotlo
Athanasia Koutsouris
Christina A Kraemer
Andrew Krzak
Ajay D Kshemkalyani
Frank H. Kucera
Budi Kusnoto
Mamie-Mariama Kutame
Christine M Kuypers
Judy J. Lackey
Hyunwoo Lee
Diane Lepsi
Terence Little
Lia Yingjie Liu
Dagmar C G Lorenz
Roberta L. Lyons
Patricia Muriel Macaludos
Janet M MacDonald
Scott F Macewen
Mary Ellen Mackesy-Amiti
Nadim B Mahmud
Ernie Majarucon
Sokun Man
David C Marder
Maria Mariscal
Carol A Marnell
Tanera P Marshall
Maria G Martinez
Roxanne C Masibay
Mabel A. Mason
Maria Mata
Sarah A Mata
Roxana May
Jeffery McCaster
Sean K McDermott
Vicki Lynn McGee
Ronald D McKinney
Alice Medina
Alfonso Mejia
Laura Mellado-Garcia
Jorge A. Mena
Carlos Mendez
Jose R Mesarina
Donna C Meurkson
Sharon D. Midcalf
Richard D Minshall
Robert Molokie
Alan J Molumby
Joyce Moore
Mary T Morrissey
Michael T Muller
Alisa M Murchek
John C Myers
Sharon L. Myers
Anitha Flora Nagelli
Linda A Naru
Josh R Naylor
Michael W Naylor
Sherice D. Nelson
Annette Neuman
Brian H Ng
Michael Ng
Alan W Nicholls
Eugenio M. Nigro
Marlynne K Nishimura
Kurt Allen Nykaza
Liam O’Brien
Josephine Ojeda
John J O’Keefe
Antonia Oliva-Calalay
Joan Oyama
Brenda Renee Paige
Debra L. Palmer
Eliza G Palmiano
Galina Panko
Jefferson A Parks
Sylvia I Pavlova
Richard H Pearl
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Avia Rosenhouse-Dantsker
Dale W.R. Rosenthal
Andrew L. Ross
Leelach Rothschild Dekoven
Ari B Rubenfeld
Elda Alvarez Rubio
Kelli Kaye Humbert Rude
William Corey Rudolph
Angela Rueda
Christina A Ruiz
Natalie Russell
Tawanna Rashonda Sadeeq
Georgina P. Salazar
Amin Salehi-Khojin
Nicole Brennan Sallee
Blanca E Sanchez
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Katherine Marie Sanders
Christina Sandoval
Joy Sarkar
Tristine M Schmidt
Linda Michelle Schneider
Carol Schuster
Jackie Seay
Bina Shah
Robert Anthony Shannon
Himanshu Sharma
Monica Shell-Grayson
Deborah Siemieniec
Helene Sikaras
Tracy Sikorski
Deanna J Silotto
Anita Stasia Skarpathiotis
Becky Skehan-Passie
Pamela D Slaughter
April C Smith
Hugo Solari
Patricia Castillo Solis
Mary Ann Solis-Vasquez
Zhenyuan Song
Arika P Sowell
Michael Eric Spielman
Lauren Elizabeth Springer
Michael J Staver
Sharon Steckler
Shimea Renee Stewart
Timothy Matthew Stoelinga
Richard V.V. Stringham
Kwangjin Suh
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April N. Syrek
Maria Teresa Taclob
Nancy Louise Taft
Melissa Tag
Gail C Tagney
Hai Yang Tang
Deborah Taylor
Magali Tejada
Wilma Terry-Johnson
Fernando Daniel Testai
Barbara Theus
Jaime Thomas
William Thomas
Linda L Thompson
Lori Lynn Thompson
Porchea T Thompson
Veronica Rashelle Thompson
Steven Leroy Thornton
Wilson Andrew Tillotson
Joseph Timson
Carol A Toler
David Alberto Torres
Suzana Torres
Stephen Tosch
Beverly Tousana
Sophie Toya
Francis E Tucker
Joyce L Tucker
Noemi F Tueres
Julia Megan Tulley
Anthony B Turner
David Joseph Uher
Lauren B Van Damme
Kristina A Varady
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Sanjeev Vidyarthi
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Guofei Zhou
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UIC startups highlight importance of university research
By Jeanne Galatzer-Levy
Seven startups that sprang from UIC research are included
in a nationwide list featured in a report by the Science Coalition, a group representing the top 55 U.S. universities in
research activity.
Of 100 companies in the report, seven are the offspring
of research at UIC and two are from the Urbana-Champaign
campus. Northwestern University and University of Chicago
each reported two.
The group asked its member institutions to identify companies that started with federally funded research on their
campuses. The report, “Sparking Economic Growth 2.0:
Companies Created from Federally Funded Research, Fueling
American Innovation and Economic Growth,” was created to
show the benefits that flow from basic scientific research and
the dangers of a growing disinvestment in science.
Federal funding for research and development has been
on a downward trend for the past decade, with 2013 funding
levels at historic lows. Sequestration, which began last March
and is set to run through 2021, will wring an additional $95
billion from federal R&D budgets over this period, the coalition says.
“Universities have always welcomed and nurtured innovation. Federal investment in basic research pays dividends
every day through the creation of new ways of doing things,
new products, new companies and new jobs,” said Chancellor
Paula Allen-Meares.
UIC ranks 52nd in federal research dollars among U.S.
universities, with $249 million in 2011.
The Sparking Economic Growth 2.0 companies originating from research at UIC are:
Physics professor Siva Sivananthan founded EPIR Technologies based
on his research on technology that transforms light into electricity.
• Cell Biologics, founded in 2011, which offers genetically
modified and normal mouse cell lines for use in research.
• Cell Habitats Inc., founded in 2005, a biomedical device
company developing a microdevice for the natural repair and
regeneration of damaged tissue. Its first application will be to
restore normal cardiac function after a heart attack.
• EPIR Technologies, founded 1998, which developed basic
applications at the heart of night-vision technology and is now
applying that technology to next-generation solar panels.
• Immersive Touch, founded 2005, allows surgeons to develop their skills through simulation-based surgery. A library
of virtual brains is used to train neurosurgeons in UIC’s Clini-
Bringing basic science to market
Named a White House “Champion for Change”
earlier this year, physics professor Siva Sivananthan established EPIR Technologies to build on his
research on technology that transforms light into
electricity.
EPIR Technologies played an important role in
the development of night-vision technology that
helps the U.S. military protect against terrorism.
Sivananthan believes the same technology can
make Illinois a major player in the development
of solar energy. His basic research was supported
by grants from the Department of Defense, the
Department of Energy and the National Science
Foundation.
The College of Business Administration helps
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foster commercial success through its Technology
Brenda Russell founded Cell Habitats.
Ventures course, which matches MBA students
with UIC researchers developing technologies with commercial potential.
One of its successes is Texas-based OrthoAccel Technologies Inc. OrthoAccel began
as a project between MBA students and Jeremy Mao, then director of UIC’s Tissue Engineering Laboratory, whose research led to a device that shortens orthodontic treatment.
Mobitrac, a startup founded by Ouri Wolfson, Richard and Loan Hill professor of
computer science, produces advanced fleet management software based on Wolfson’s research on moving objects databases.
National Institutes of Health grants helped fund the science behind Cell Habitats, a
biotech company that develops microdevices to mimic stem cell activity leading to regeneration of normal healthy tissue, said Brenda Russell, professor emerita of physiology and
biophysics.
“They fool the heart into thinking there’s a new stem cell there,” Russell said.
“I would like to bring the science from basic research in our university lab all the way
to be able to help patients repair their worn hearts when they’re in heart failure. You need
a company to commercialize that.”
— Christy Levy
cal Performance Center.
• Mobitrac, Inc., founded 2001, uses software for the efficient management of vehicle fleets.
• OrthoAccel Technologies Inc., founded in 2007, offers
medical devices for improved dental care and orthodontic
treatment.
• TeleroGenics, founded in 2007, is developing pharmaceutical treatments for auto-immune disease.
Earlier this year, Allen-Meares created a $10 million fund
to move technologies devised by faculty, students or staff from
research to commercial use.
The Chancellor’s Innovation Fund will make grants totaling $2 million a year for five years. About half the funding will
finance proof-of-concept grants of up to $75,000 for projects
just emerging from basic research. The other half will provide
equity funding for start-ups closer to commercialization.
In August, Allen-Meares was one of 164 university leaders
who signed a letter calling on President Obama and Congress
to address an “innovation deficit” — a widening gap between
U.S. investment in research and higher education and the
investment being made by countries such as China and South
Korea. The letter reminded elected leaders that U.S. economic
growth since World War II has been driven by technological
innovation, overwhelmingly derived from federally funded
scientific research.
As the Sparking Economic Growth 2.0 report points out,
private industry conducts relatively little basic research today
— about 20 percent. Research universities produce the “seed
corn” essential to U.S. industry innovation and its ability to
compete, the coalition says.
The report is available at sciencecoalition.org/successstories
jgala@uic.edu
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HIGHLIGHT
OCTOBER 30 IN HISTORY
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER
Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead
‘War of the Worlds’
Oct. 30, 1938: Orson Welles’
radio dramatization of “War
of the Worlds” causes panic
as listeners think the tale of
a Martian invasion of Earth is
really happening.
Millions of Americans had
their radios on and many
tuned into Welles’ program
after it began — missing the
disclaimer that it was fiction.
Panic broke out until Welles went back on the air as
himself to calm listeners.
EXHIBITS
Oct. 30, Nov. 1
Students decorate a communal
altar at last year’s celebration.
Decorate sugar skulls,
make paper cempazuchitl flowers and
celebrate deceased
loved ones through storytelling and photos at a
community altar installation, 1-4 p.m. Oct. 30.
“Remembering Pioneers
of Peace,” 4-5:30 p.m.
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SPECIAL EVENTS
LECTURES/SEMINARS
Through Nov. 16
Oct. 31
Nov. 5
“Surviving and Thriving: AIDS, Politics and Culture”
“Building Alternate Archives of Food Security in West
Africa”
Free flu shots
National Library of Medicine exhibit poses questions about the
relationship between science and politics as well as why sexuality,
race and gender matter in our understanding of the HIV/AIDS
epidemic. Curated by Jennifer Brier, associate professor in gender
and women’s studies. Library of the Health Sciences lobby.
8 a.m.-midnight Mon.-Thurs.; 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Fri.; 9 a.m.-7 p.m.
Sat.; 11 a.m.-midnight Sun. 312-413-0394
Amanda Logan, assistant professor of anthropology, Northwestern University. 3-5 p.m. Institute for the Humanities, lower level,
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“The Interface Between Mental Health and Police
Services: a UK Perspective”
Lynne Callaghan, Plymouth University; Inspector Mark
Bolt, Devon and Cornwall Police. 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. 4013,
Jane Addams College of Social Work. ihaidu1@uic.edu
Through Dec. 20
“The Reason Why the Colored American Is Not in the
World’s Columbian Exposition”
Interactive exhibit presents historical accounts of black Americans’ thoughts, feelings and experiences related to the Chicago
World’s Fair. African American Cultural Center, 207 AH. 9 a.m.-4
p.m. Mon.-Friday. Other tours by appointment. 312-996-9549
Nov. 4
“First Son”
Keith Koeneman, author of First Son: The Biography of Richard M.
Daley. Noon-1 p.m. 230 SES. 312-413-3780 N
Nov. 1-Dec. 14
Nov. 6
“It’s the Political
Economy, Stupid”
“The Future of Illinois”
The traveling group exhibition includes videos
documenting artist Dread
Scott burning dollars on
Wall Street, flamenco
flash mobs taking over
Spanish bank lobbies, barbarism spreading through
a doomed hedge fund and
other works from around
the world that address
the prolonged economic
Photo: Jamel Mims
crisis. Curated by Oliver
“It’s
the
Political
Economy,
Stupid,”
Ressler and Gregory
includes
videos
of
artist
Dread
Scott
Sholette. Opening reception, 5-8 p.m. Nov. 1. Gal- burning money on Wall Street.
lery 400, ADH. Exhibit
hours, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tues.-Fri.; noon-6 p.m. Sat. 312-996-6114
Jim Edgar, former Illinois governor. Noon-1 p.m. 230 SES.
312-413-3780 N
Nov. 7
“Getting Started on LinkedIn”
U of I Alumni Career Center webinar. 7-8 p.m. Alumni free; others $45. Register at http://bit.ly/19X69UH
“The Social Cost of America’s Race to Incarcerate”
Marc Mauer, executive director, The Sentencing Project. Sponsored by the department of criminology, law and justice,
Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy, and Jane Addams College of Social Work. 3 p.m. Conference Rooms B and C,
SSB. rvilor1@uic.edu
Nov. 9
Free seasonal flu shots for employees, retirees enrolled in Quality
CareHealth Plan or state-sponsored managed care plan. Bring
insurance card and i-Card. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Chicago Rooms, SCW.
312-996-6471
“Tuesdays-at-One”
Cheryl Wilson Trio, featuring UIC faculty jazz guitarist, composer and arranger Zvonimir Tot and jazz double bassist Larry Gray.
1 p.m. L060 EPASW
Nov. 7
“Watch + Design”
Extreme design workshop and screening of “Extreme By Design”
screening. 4:30-8:30 p.m. SPHPI. RSVP at https://uofi.uic.edu/sb/
sec/6296855
WORKSHOPS
Oct. 30
“Finding Research Funding”
Training sessions for researchers and business managers on
using the Pivot search engine to find research funding. Sponsored by the Office of the Vice Chancellor of Research, Research
Development Services. Workshop for business managers, 9:3010:45 a.m. B34 SPHPI. Workshops for principal investigators,
11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m., B34 SPHPI; 11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 408
SCE. Register at www.uictraining.org
Nov. 7
“Sampling Hard-to-Reach Populations”
Free workshop hosted by the UIC Survey Research Lab. Noon-1
p.m. 139 Nursing. Reservations required. http://bit.ly/1aoNNgp
“Tracing our Ancestors”
Rick Kittles, professor of epidemiology and biostatistics.
2:30-3:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Institute for the Humanities.
UIC Forum
For more UIC events, visit www.events.uic.edu
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Want to contribute a story?
Email Christy Levy, christyb@uic.edu
Helping students
understand impact
of health care law
By Humaa Siddiqi
Are you confused about the new Affordable Care Act
and how it affects you as a student?
The Illinois PIRG Education Fund Illinois is helping
students navigate the new health care law.
“Students have lots of questions about health insurance,” said Emma Chupein, UIC student and Illinois PIRG
Education Fund intern. “That’s why we’re sharing these tips
to help students find good insurance that won’t break the
bank.”
Beginning Jan. 1, 2014, Americans will be required to be
covered by an insurance provider or pay a fee, with the goal
of keeping health insurance premiums from rising too high.
Rachel Binstock, campus organizer for Illinois PIRG,
reaches out to young people who are overwhelmed, uninsured and were denied by health care plans in the past. She
was on campus Oct. 3 for a news conference to launch a
guide to the act, available at http://bit.ly/1fJ5pot
“Eighty percent of young people want to be insured —
it’s just the cost prohibitions,” Binstock said.
“Illinois PIRG aims to provide simple and clear-cut ways
to teach young people their rights in terms of the new act.”
Get Covered Illinois, the Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace, is open for state residents searching for health
insurance plans.
Consumers can
compare insurance
plans and learn more
about financial assistance they may qualify
for to help lower their
premiums and out-ofpocket medical costs.
Under the act, health
insurance providers
cannot deny coverage or raise prices because of preexisting
conditions.
“We’re now able to compare and show what an insurance company will cover — it will be so clear as it never was
before,” Binstock said.
Financial assistance will also play a big part: if your
income is less than about $46,000 for an individual, or
$94,000 for a family of four, you can get help paying for
insurance.
Chupein stresses the importance of students looking
into their options.
If students are covered under their parents’ insurance
plans, that coverage ends at age 26. Students covered by the
CampusCare insurance plan will lose that coverage when
they graduate, so it’s important to know options for the future, she said.
Chupein and her colleagues are working on a YouTube
video to educate students on how the Affordable Care Act
can benefit them.
“I do like [the Affordable Care Act] a lot, but that’s not
the focus of our campaign,” said Chupein, a sophomore
in the teaching of history. “We’re not advocating one way
or another. It’s law now. It’s a fact of life — so what does it
mean for us? It’s here, so what do we do next?”
For more information on health care plans, visit
http://getcoveredillinois.gov/
Photos: Timothy Nguyen
Carving up fun
Students get ready for Halloween at a pumpkin carving party
Thursday in Student Center West. Top: Juvaria Shamsuddin (left)
and Rimsha Mohammed. Right: Charina Ruiz (left) and Kinjal Dave.
Below: Anish Pillay (left) and Rohan Bhide.
“It’s a fact of life
— so what does
it mean for us?
It’s here, so what
do we do next?”
How green are campus residence halls?
By Britney Musial
As a peer mentor in Campus Housing, Franchesca Cristoforo helps students who live in Commons West improve their
academic success. But she decided to take her
position one step further to help out the environment, too.
Cristoforo helped organize UIC’s first
recycling competition between campus residents halls, which runs through Dec. 13.
In February, UIC hosts RecycleMania, a
recycling competition between universities in
the area.
“RecycleMania starts in February for the
spring semester so that means there’s a ton of
recyclable materials that get wasted for the fall semester,” said
Cristoforo, a sophomore in industrial engineering.
The goal of the event is to have resident halls compete
against each other to see how much they can recycle. Residents who live in the winning hall get prizes.
“We have a lot of cool prizes,” Cristoforo said. “There’s at
least 20 to 30 prizes that will be given out. We asked everyone
to sign a pledge, which is just their name and
email. This way, if their hall wins, we will put
their information into a raffle and give them
prizes.”
The prizes — such as free memberships for
Zipcar service and Divvy bikes — were donated
to the Office of Sustainability.
“It’s a great way to get people involved with
recycling and being eco-friendly,” Cristoforo
said.
“It also helps everyone recognize how sustainability is part of a healthy lifestyle.”
For a list of acceptable materials for recycling, visit
http://bit.ly/1hgjid9
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AWARDS
Charles Hoch, professor of urban planning and policy,
received the Mercy Housing Spirit of Mercy Award at a
reception and concert Oct. 9 at Northwestern University’s
Thorne Auditorium.
The award is for Hoch’s work toward “a nationally recognized model to end homelessness” as a board member of
Lakefront Supportive Housing.
The Hummingbird’s Daughter, a novel by Luis Alberto
Urrea, professor of English and distinguished professor in
the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, is one of five books
selected for the 2013 adult category of ILLINOIS READS,
the Illinois Reading Council’s annual statewide reading program.
The School of Theatre & Music received an Award of Excellence in Professional Theatre from the Illinois Theatre Association. Its annual awards honor “significant contributions
in promoting quality theatre throughout the state of Illinois.”
The award to UIC recognizes the school’s collaboration in
the association’s professional theatre auditions, which have
been held at UIC for five years. About 70 representatives of
Illinois theaters attend the two-day auditions each year to
evaluate more than 300 professional actors.
Christine Dunford, director of the school, accepted the
award Sept. 21 at the association’s annual convention.
HONORS
Siva Sivananthan, professor of physics and distinguished
professor in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and
Nancy Sullivan, CEO and managing director of Illinois
Ventures and executive director of UIC’s Office of Technology Management, were included in the 2013 Crain’s Chicago
Business Tech 50 list, which highlights Chicago area professionals to “know about or get to know if you want the download on money, talent, and anything else connected to local
tech.”
PRESENTATIONS
Richard David, professor of pediatrics, spoke at the Saving Our Future Health Summit Sept. 14 at St. James Cathedral, 65 E. Huron St. The event was sponsored by the African
Women’s Development Fund USA.
Julio Obelleiro (MFA ’10) and faculty members Sabrina
Raaf and Daniel Sauter, both associate professors of new
media arts, presented installations at Level 2013, a free, annual architecture and art event that showcases site specific,
experimental, interactive installations in Chicago.
During the evening event, held Sept. 18 to 22 during the
Expo Chicago art fair, architects, designers and artists transformed five spaces along the Chicago River.
Sara Hall, associate professor of Germanic studies and
chair of moving image arts, presented a lecture on trends in
German cinema Sept. 29 at the Milwaukee Film Fest.
PUBLICATIONS
Beth Powers, director of the Office of Special Scholarship
Programs, contributed two articles for the National Association of Fellowships Advisors’ recent conference proceedings.
The articles are titled “Coping with Common Challenges:
Strategies for Success in Fellowship Advising” and “Expanding Access through Organized Support: the History and Purpose of the National Association of Fellowships Advisors.”
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Dispelling myths of who ‘bad guys’ really are
By Christy Levy
The “bad guys” often aren’t people who look suspicious,
cloaked in dark clothing and hiding behind bushes, says Rachel Caidor.
In fact, offenders in cases of interpersonal violence are
often people the victim knows well.
“We watch ‘Law and Order: SVU’ and have this idea of
what victims and offenders look like,” said Caidor, assistant
director of the Campus Advocacy Network. “We’re trying to
disrupt these myths.”
UIC’s Campus Advocacy Network spreads the message
on campus that interpersonal violence — such as domestic
abuse, sexual assault, stalking or hate crimes — can happen
to anyone.
CAN staff members talk to incoming freshmen and
transfer students during orientation programs about the
services they provide: educating the UIC community about
interpersonal violence and providing survivors with the tools
they need to heal, Caidor said.
Part of the Women’s Leadership and Resource Center,
CAN assisted 60 members of the UIC community during
the last academic year. Students or employees can visit the
program’s offices from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays in 802
University Hall for free, confidential services.
“Students or staff are not committing to anything when
they come and talk to us,” Caidor said.
“We can talk about what is going on and what options are
available to them and what we can do to reduce harm, make
them feel more empowered.”
CAN staff members help people obtain orders of protection, fill out police reports, go through the student judicial
hearing process and take other measures to empower themselves, Caidor said.
“Sometimes people come in to talk and process their
feelings and they realize they don’t want to take any action,”
she said. “But we let them know we’ll be here when they’re
ready.”
CAN provides educational outreach to teach students
“People who are offenders often commit multiple acts of violence,”
says Rachel Caidor, assistant director, Campus Advocacy Network.
how to recognize the signs of interpersonal violence and ways
they can intervene.
“While most people are not offenders, people who are
offenders often commit multiple acts of violence before
somebody intervenes,” Caidor said. “We’re helping to raise
awareness of ways to intervene to create a safer community
here at UIC.”
Students who think a friend might be in an abusive relationship, for example, can ask them if they feel safe in their
relationship and let them know they can turn to CAN to talk
confidentially about their situation, she said.
“If your friend treats their partner really terribly and you
know they are using power and control to make their partner
feel terrible, you can say, ‘Listen, that’s not OK,’” Caidor said.
“There’s that personal relationship, which makes it harder
for people to leave or intervene, but that’s what makes it easier
for people to continue the violence.”
For more information, visit http://www.uic.edu/depts/owa/
advocacy
christyb@uic.edu
Education program receives $1M to study impact
A UIC doctoral program
that prepares school principals to turn around struggling urban schools received
a three-year, $1 million grant
from the U.S. Dept. of Education to further develop the
program model and study
Photo: Jenny Fontaine
its impact on schools.
Steve Tozer
The grant to the Urban
Education Leadership program is one of 20 awarded nationally — a total of $13.3 million to colleges, school districts
and nonprofit groups to support principal development.
The program, now in its 11th year of partnership with
Chicago Public Schools, selectively admits outstanding teachers and prepares them to lead high-need urban
schools. It develops their skills through leadership coaching
after they have taken their roles as principals.
“Most teachers in their first year of teaching have limited
ability to teach low-income kids effectively. Our principals
learn how to turn schools into adult learning environments
that attract, develop, and retain strong teachers,” said Steve
Tozer, professor of educational policy studies and head of the
Center for Urban Education Leadership.
Principals trained in Urban Education Leadership have led
nearly 80 schools in Chicago — “schools that on average outperform other CPS schools in improvements in attendance,
graduation rates and standardized test scores,” Tozer said.
“This work builds on a decade of nationally recognized
efforts at UIC to transform principal preparation from a conventional, course-based master’s program into a four-year
continuum of aggressive, practice-based leadership development,” he said.
The program received the 2012 Urban Impact Award from
the Council of the Great City Schools for its improvement of
student learning, and has been featured on PBS NewsHour.
Tozer was notified that in November, the program will receive the first Exemplary Program Award from the University
Council on Education Administration. Tozer and a team of
UIC education faculty plan to further document their model
and disseminate it nationally through presentations.
aranallo@uic.edu
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Learning power of community in rural India
By Christy Levy
Sometimes it takes going far from home to
realize the importance of community.
During her nine-month Fulbright fellowship in India, Sarah Cole Kammerer lived in
a rural town without regular electricity and
refrigeration, where many different languages
could be heard at any time.
“I thought I would never be able to connect with people from a place so different
from my home,” Kammerer said.
“But through our conversations and interactions, I was able to see, in many ways, how
similar we really were.
“I learned and very much believe that
Participants play a cause-and-effect game.
people are ultimately motivated by the same
thing — a need to understand and connect
with each other. It took traveling to India,
thousands of miles from home, and piloting a
program based on community mobilization,
to really understand how important community was.”
Kammerer, who graduated with a master’s
degree in public health in May 2012, stayed
in the rural town of Chakradharpur, in the
state of Jharkhand, India, from August 2012
through May 2013 to pilot a family planning
program.
Her program used participatory learning
to bring women together as a community to
talk about their health.
Her pilot program was run in conjunction
with Ekjut, an Indian nongovernmental organization based in the region.
“Jharkhand is one of the poorest states in
all of India with some of the worst health indicators,” Kammerer said.
She engaged women through storytelling,
role-playing games and other methods to
discuss health issues such as contraception,
reproductive rights, cultural preferences for
sons, family support and safe abortion methods.
Women who participated in the pilot program decided to host a meeting to share what
they learned with the community at large.
“Regardless of where you live, there is a
high risk of maternal mortality when women
give birth when they are young, old, high parity, or have children spaced close together,”
she said.
UIC grad Sarah Cole Kammerer spent nine months as a Fulbright fellow in India.
“By planning their families, women can
reduce this risk.
“Ultimately, we wanted to see if women
were willing to discuss family planning matters, traditionally very personal issues, in a
community setting.”
Kammerer decided to get her master’s in
public health after working in politics for several years in Washington, D.C.
She was involved in presidential candidate
Mitt Romney’s campaign in 2007, then became a policy analyst, working on the bid for
the 2016 Chicago Olympics, and health care
reform legislation.
“I realized my passion for working with
women in underserved communities on
matters related to their health,” she said. “But
through my experiences, I learned how and
why community mobilization is important.”
Kammerer started a new job this month:
senior manager for programs and community
engagement at Bright Pink, a Chicago nonprofit that promotes early detection of breast
and ovarian cancer in young women.
She also has a passion for photography, a
skill that helped her capture memories from
her trip to India.
“Photography helps me tell stories,” she
said.
“I think that everyone has a story and I just
try to show a glimpse into who they are.”
christyb@uic.edu
Photos: Sarah Cole Kammerer Photography
Participants in the family planning program engaged through storytelling and role-playing games. “We wanted to see if women were willing to discuss family planning matters in a community setting,” Kammerer says.
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Soccer keeps winning streak alive
By Laura White
The soccer team hits the road today to take on
Oakland at 6 p.m. in Rochester, Mich.
The Flames collected a come-from-behind
win Friday night at Brown Field to defeat Valparaiso, 2-1, and remain unbeaten in Horizon
League play.
Senior Aris Zafeiratos scored the game-winning goal and his first of the season in the 80th
minute to lift the Flames to their sixth straight
win.
With a 5-0-0 first-place record in the Horizon
League, UIC improves to 12-3-0 overall, marking the first time the team has won 12 of its first
15 games since 1999. Valparaiso moves to 3-6-5,
0-3-2 Horizon League.
“We came out very well in an environment
that has traditionally been very difficult and created some positive pressure early,” head coach
Sean Phillips said.
“Valpo, though, brought a great mentality,
created some dangerous opportunities and deserves credit for being opportunistic in taking
their goal.”
Despite strong possession in the first half,
the Flames fired off just four shots by senior Slobodan Aleksov (3) and freshman Joel Leon (1),
while receiving two offside penalties to prevent
further opportunities.
Freshman goalkeeper Andrew Putna was able
to make two key saves in the early minutes of the
game, before the Crusaders’ Kevin Klett came in
Photo: Steve Woltmann
to knock the ball past Putna in the 42nd minute
Aris
Zafeiratos
scored
the
game-winner
Friday
against
Valparaiso.
for a 1-0 lead.
UIC began the second half with four shots in
the first 10 minutes of play, causing Valparaiso’s
what we brought to the second half was the belief that we were
goalkeeper Tom Serratore to make a save against redshirtgoing to find a way, which we did.”
senior Josh Beard. UIC continued to create chances and in the
With the match tied at 1-1, the Flames continued to plug
70th minute, sophomore Kyle Lindberg netted the equalizer
away and broke up the Crusaders’ passes to start their counfor his fourth goal of the season.
terattack. After missing wide, Zafeiratos came back in the
“At halftime, we spoke of a few simple adjustments and re80th minute to score his first goal of the season, assisted by
minders about finding our success in simpler plays in the wide junior Jesus Torres and sophomore Jorge Alvarez, for the
areas of the field and getting our backs a bit more involved in
game-winner.
the attack,” added Phillips. “The players brought those changes
UIC held a 13-8 shot advantage against Valparaiso after
into the second half. However, the most important part of
nine attempts in the second half.
Swimming teams split
weekend competitions
By Carly Abate
The men’s and women’s swimming teams held strong
against Eastern Illinois over the weekend with a men’s
score of 138-65 and a women’s score of 139-65.
But both teams fell to Indiana University-Purdue
University Indianapolis; the men were defeated 121-83
while the women fell short 105-99.
“We set several pool records today, but came away
with a split,” coach Paul Moniak said. “We will use that
as a motivational tool for the remainder of the season.”
Junior Mike Reed had a first-place finish for the
men’s team (1-3, 0-2 Horizon League), with a time of
20.97 in the 50-yard freestyle. Kei Ishimaru (50.77,100
butterfly), Ryoto Kuwahara (9:49.52, 1000 free), and
Ramiro Almaraz (4:11.34, 400 IM) also had top times
for the Flames.
UIC had five second-place finishes: 200-medley relay
of Sebastian Ostrowski, Brayden Amendola, Ishimaru
and Vince Errichiello with a time of 1:36.56; the 400free relay team of Reed, Ostrowski, Nicholas Kowaleski
and Errichiello finished with a time of 3:09.05; and individual finishes by Errichiello (47.89, 100 free), Ostrowski (52.79, 100 back) and Kuwahara (4:46.81, 500 free).
The women’s squad (2-2, 1-1 Horizon League) captured five first-place finishes, including two from Monica Pinkus (24.33, 50 free and 1:04.46, 100 breaststroke).
Melanie Waszak (1:56.80, 200 free), Veronica Gibson
(4:36.48, 400 IM) and Danel Voorhees (58.18, 100 fly)
put up top times as well.
Junior Anne Jacobsen landed a second-place finish
in the 100 back with a time of 59.89. Gibson (5:13.55,
500 free) and Katherine Hare (54.73, 100 free) raced
their way to second in their events. The teams of Jacobsen, Pinkus, Voorhees and Kelsey Millin (1:48.30, 200
medley relay) and Erin Sivak, Hare, Waszak and Millin
(3:36.93, 400 free relay) won second-place honors.
Seven Flames set pool records at the meet: Kuwahara
(1000 free), Reed (50 free), Almaraz (400 individual
medley), Ishimaru (100 fly), Gibson (400 individual
medley), Voorhees (100 fly) and Pinkus (100 breast).
The Flames return home to face Milwaukee at 1 p.m.
Saturday at the Flames Natatorium.
Basketball teams hit court Saturday for exhibition matches
By Mike Laninga
The women’s team begins its season Nov. 8 with
a match against St. Xavier at the Pavilion. The men’s
The Flames basketball teams take on their first competi- squad opens its season against Drake Nov. 9 at the
tors Saturday with back-to-back exhibition matches.
Pavilion.
The women’s squad faces Elmhurst
Members of both squads received
College at 1 p.m. at the UIC Pavilion,
preseason honors from the Horizon
then the men’s team takes on University
League.
See the video at
of Chicago at 3:30 p.m.
Seniors Katie Hannemann and
youtube.com/uicmedia
“We have many returners from last
Rachel Story were voted Preseason
season and the upperclassmen have
First Team All-Horizon League. They
done a fantastic job helping the newwere also selected to the College
comers integrate into our system,” women’s head coach Re- Sports Madness Preseason First Team All-Horizon
gina Miller said. “Great beginnings lead to great endings.”
League.
“We’ve got a group of guys that are hungry,” head coach
For the men’s team, senior Kelsey Barlow was
Howard Moore said. “This group comes to work every day.
picked for the Preseason All-Horizon League Second
“We’re going to play an exciting brand of basketball.”
Team.
Photo: Timothy Nguyen
The men’s basketball team kicks off its season with an exhibition match Saturday.

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