July 19, 2023
UIC graduate student awarded State Department Critical Language ScholarshipKendal McGinnis is one of 500 students selected from U.S. colleges and universities
June 22, 2023
AI in the classroom: opportunity instead of fearInstructors in the First-Year Writing program challenged their students to explore the benefits and limitations of language models
June 2, 2022
UIC lecturer awarded fellowship from The HistoryMakersMargena Christian to incorporate The HistoryMakers Digital Archive within English course
April 18, 2022
Latinx authors share how their Mexican culture, family influences their workPlaywright Luis Alfaro and acclaimed novelist Luis Alberto Urrea exchange stories about their writing process during talk at UIC
February 24, 2022
28 Days of Black Excellence: Rasheedah Shahid-Tezak“I was really inspired a lot by the teachers that I saw in the English department that looked like me,” says author Rasheedah Shahid-Tezak. Transcript
February 15, 2022
UIC English student shows work in London galleryMadeline Zuzevich selected to show work she created for the Newberry Library Undergraduate Seminar at the Holy Art Gallery in London
October 14, 2021
Chicago Literary Hall of Fame to honor UIC’s Luis Alberto UrreaUrrea will become the 11th Chicago author to receive the prestigious Fuller Award
September 30, 2020
A Feast of Serendib: A cookbook, cultural celebration and legacyEnglish professor Mary Anne Mohanraj creates cookbook born out of a love of food, culture and her battle with breast cancer
December 17, 2019
$3 million gift from The Davee Foundation to support English, history scholarships at UICGift honors Adeline Barry Davee and Ruth Dunbar Davee
April 11, 2019
UIC professor, author awarded Guggenheim FellowshipLuis Alberto Urrea among select group of scholars, artists, writers