October 14, 2024
UIC students and incarcerated women collaborate through artRead the full zine featuring the women’s poetry and art
February 14, 2022
UIC scholar receives lifetime achievement awardBarbara Ransby honored by the Caribbean Philosophical Association
February 9, 2022
Course helps build library’s Queer Asian American ArchivesThe 200-level class is cross-listed in global Asian studies and gender and women’s studies
December 8, 2020
Digital exhibit spotlights women’s experiences with HIV/AIDSUIC’s Jennifer Brier co-leads project featuring personal stories of women from Chicago, Brooklyn and North Carolina
September 21, 2020
UIC historian earns inaugural national award for economic, social justiceProgressive scholar will receive $250,000 to support social justice project
July 30, 2020
Professor Barbara Ransby named MacArthur ChairInfluential UIC historian and writer becomes university’s first MacArthur chair
May 26, 2020
UIC historian elected to Society of American HistoriansBarbara Ransby’s scholarship and writing earns her distinction in prestigious literary group
March 21, 2017
UIC race, gender scholar to lead American Studies AssociationAuthor of books on race and queer theory to begin term as president in 2018
September 8, 2015
Pop culture seminar looks at gender, race, power and ‘Empire’Discussion of popular show Sept. 16 considers black families, community
September 29, 2014
Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame to induct UIC historianJennifer Brier honored for contributions to Chicago’s LGBT community