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Anne H. Berry, director of the School of Design.

May 23, 2024

UIC School of Design appoints new director

Anne Berry will advance the school’s commitment to using design as a catalyst for change

Middle school students watch Mariachi Fuego perform during the Mariachi Festival April 12, 2024, at UIC. The day of mariachi performances and workshops with local students kicked off UIC's first Latin American Music Festival. (Photo: Martin Hernandez/University of Illinois Chicago)

April 15, 2024

Local students take part in mariachi workshops as part of UIC’s first Latin American Music Festival  

Students connect and learn from each other and from professional musicians

Michael Gross attending Theatre 421 class

October 31, 2023

UIC alumnus, ‘Family Ties’ actor Michael Gross donates papers

The television, film and theatrical actor graduated from UIC in 1970 and sponsors the Michael Gross Acting Award for UIC drama students

A reading of Xiamara Cornejo’s play, “Romero” recently too

March 6, 2023

Bridge to Faculty scholar’s play ‘Romero’ sheds light on martyred social justice icon

Award-winning production is part of Xiomara Cornejo’s research and creative work at UIC

Omur Harmansah

August 1, 2022

New director of School of Art and Art History announced

Ömür Harmanşah was elected a Rising Star in Art, Architecture and the Humanities in 2016

Florencia Rodriguez, the new director of the School of Architecture in the College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts

June 16, 2022

The School of Architecture at UIC appoints ‘creative powerhouse’ as director

Florencia Rodriguez has served as an editor, writer and educator in both the United States and Argentina

A banner workshop was recently held where students took part in making banners.
Playwright Luis Alfaro, (center) with Luis Alberto Urrea, UIC pr

April 18, 2022

Latinx authors share how their Mexican culture, family influences their work

Playwright Luis Alfaro and acclaimed novelist Luis Alberto Urrea exchange stories about their writing process during talk at UIC

Alt text: Blue wooden bench in a gallery with text painted on it. The back of the bench reads, "This exhibition has asked me to stand for too long." The seat reads, "Sit if you agree."

February 10, 2022

Gallery 400 exhibit ‘Crip*’ tackles assumptions of what is ‘normal’

Alongside the exhibition, a “Crip*” Colloquium will be co-presented by Gallery 400 and the UIC Disability Cultural Center

Jane Addams Hull House Museum partners with MacArthur "Genius" Grantee Guillermo Gómez-Peña.

January 11, 2021

Hull-House hosts year-long series of experimental audio performances by Guillermo Gómez-Peña addressing multiple pandemics

Guillermo Gómez-Peña is a performance artist, writer, activist and radical pedagogue

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