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June 24, 2024
Documenting Chicago hip-hop historyUIC researchers team with museum to create interactive database of lyrics, art and more
May 3, 2024
Historian Barbara Ransby elected to American Academy of Arts and SciencesRansby is the sixth UIC faculty member to be elected to the prestigious academy
September 21, 2022
UIC historian named to distinguished speakers bureauElizabeth Todd-Breland appointed distinguished lecturer by the Organization of American Historians
May 2, 2022
UIC History inducts first class into Phi Alpha Theta History Honors SocietyTwenty-eight students join prestigious national honors society
March 24, 2022
Bridge to the Faculty scholar earns prestigious dissertation awardIvón Padilla-Rodríguez is a member of the Bridge to the Faculty 2021 cohort
February 14, 2022
UIC scholar receives lifetime achievement awardBarbara Ransby honored by the Caribbean Philosophical Association
February 9, 2021
UIC historian’s book named 2021 PROSE Awards subject category winner“The Deportation Machine” traces the U.S. government’s efforts to expel immigrants over the past 140 years
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