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Congratulations to the 2022 Library Research Award Winners

The UIC Library English 161 Research Awards, initiated in the fall of 2020, recognize excellence in student research that demonstrates best practices in finding, evaluating and synthesizing sources to develop creative and impactful…

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Rodolfo ‘Rudy’ Lozano digital exhibit available online

In anticipation of July 29 marking Rodolfo “Rudy” Lozano Day in Cook County, the University of Illinois Chicago Library is announcing that a digital exhibit celebrating the Pilsen activist, labor organizer and UIC…

UIC student Yi-Chien Wu with her winning still photo in the Image of Research competition. Wu is standing in front of an abstract green shape in the background that resembles wings. Wu is turned to the side and is wearing a purple shirt and black pants and sneakers.

Capturing the beauty of research

UIC’s annual Image of Research competition showcases the diversity of research at UIC — and the beauty within it. Graduate and professional students selected as winners or honorable mention recipients in the competition were celebrated April 29 duri

Group of people, including Rudy Lozano, in business attire surrounding and clapping for the late Chicago Mayor Harold Washington who is standing at a podium speaking.

Library exhibit highlights Latinx activist ‘Rudy’ Lozano

The former activist, community organizer and politician is the subject of a new exhibit at UIC’s Richard J. Daley Library, “A Search for Unity: Rudy Lozano and the Coalition Building in Chicago,” which will run until next fall.

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Kate Carpenter retires

Kate Carpenter retired in Feb. 2022 after 44 years of service as a librarian, 30 of those years at UIC. She was Associate University Librarian for Health Sciences and Associate Dean from 2007 until her retirement.

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