All inspiring grads

April 24, 2023

Inspiring grads: Abigail Suleman

Abigail Suleman not only studies ways to improve health systems in underserved populations, but she also takes action to empower communities and decrease health disparities.

Latrice Yates

December 1, 2022

Inspiring grads: Latrice Yates

Latrice Yates found the support she needed to thrive on campus from UIC’s Student Success Units

December 5, 2021

Inspiring grads: Amanda Treviño

At 5:30 a.m. most Wednesdays, UIC Nursing student Amanda Treviño is at the South Loop Greyhound bus station, just east of the UIC campus

December 5, 2021

Inspiring grads: Sam René

Only two semesters into his master’s in public health degree program as the COVID-19 pandemic reached the Midwest, Chicagoan Sam René got a real-world taste of the career he was planning

2021 Inspiring Grads collage.

May 3, 2021

Inspiring grads

Read about the journeys eight students took to their UIC graduation

April 30, 2021

Inspiring grads: Jeyra Rivera Arocho

Jeyra Rivera Arocho was visiting Chicago in 2017 when Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, destroying her home along with thousands of others.

April 30, 2021

Inspiring grads: Cindy Noguera

Just two weeks after giving birth to her son, Cindy Noguera returned to UIC to finish her first semester of sophomore year

Wasan Kumar, a senior majoring in neuroscience in the College of Liberal Arts

April 30, 2021

Inspiring grads: Wasan Kumar

Wasan Kumar has led an illustrious career at UIC, making the most of his time on campus before moving on to medical school at Stanford University on a full-tuition scholarship

April 30, 2021

Inspiring grads: Kayla Pociejewski

Kayla Pociejewski will never forget the first time she stepped on the field.

April 30, 2021

Inspiring grads: Minerva García-Sánchez

Educator fulfills promise to be the first doctor in her family

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