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  • Hilda López-Arce Scholarship for Latinx Students – Application Deadline: April 26

  • Join the Office of Career Services for a Salary Negotiation Workshop (3/6)

  • The Research Symposium & UIC Impact Day Program is now Live!

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    Take the DHD 400 DCC Survey!

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    Escape: The Midnight Express (2/19)

  • HCAB presents the First Town Hall on Tuesday, March 17th!

  • Pre-Law Society Executive Board Membership Applications Due Tues. 3/25

    Are you looking for valuable leadership experience? Do you want to be a part of team? If yes, then look no further! 

    Applications to join The Pre-Law Society at UIC Executive Board are now available to all UIC students, for the 2014-2015 academic year. You do not need to be "Pre-Law" to apply for an Executive Board position! 

    All students interested in running for any position must complete the online application by 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 25, 2014. All late submissions will automatically be disqualified. 

    Application Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1gPpb-gV1pAlublTLfOXXYLBdDRER0ZC7abeM3Su8LI4/viewform  

    For more details, click on this post.

  • Burnham Hall Tutoring Center

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    PHMN's E-Board Application Extended! - 4/15 @ Midnight!

  • Donate by Design Craft and Bake Sale, Wed. 10/15

    Handmade, one-of-a-kind crafts and freshly baked treats from members of Donate by Design! Proceeds go to supporting DbD and the UIC students, faculty, and staff that benefit from the services Campus Advocacy Network (CAN) provides. CAN helps survivors of domestic violence, rape, stalking, and hate crimes.

    Wednesday, 10/15, 1 - 4:30 pm, Burnham Hall Lobby

    Questions?  Contact Alison Chen at aschen3@uic.edu

  • Career Services Walk-In Hours in Burnham Hall, Wed. 1/18 and 1/26

    Questions about your resume, cover letter, or personal statement?

    Cindy Graham, Assistant Director of Career Services, will host walk-in hours in Burnham Hall!  Stop by to ask her any question you may have about resumes, cover letters, personal statements, and graduate school or careers.

    Wednesday, Jan. 18
    2:30 - 3:30 pm
    109A Burnham Hall

    Thursday, Jan. 26
    11:00 am - 12:00 pm
    109A Burnham Hall

    Can't make it to these hours but have questions?  Stop by the Office of Career Services during drop-in advising: http://careerservices.uic.edu/hours_location.shtml  

  • Call for Submissions: Real Talk Series - Spring 2016

    The Campus Advocacy Network (can.uic.edu) is inviting undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff to participate in the Spring 2016 REAL TALK series. You do not have to be currently matriculated as a UIC student. This is an open call. REAL TALK is a yearlong series and will be held from 12:30 pm – 1:30 pmon the 3rd Thursday of every month. Date can be negotiated with presenter.

    Submissions must fall within the spectrum of emerging research, social justice, advocacy, activism, and interpersonal violence. Submissions should incite critical dialogues about emerging research, social equity, and justice – while aiming to advance dialogues of power, privilege, and oppression.

    Eligible participants may present a working paper, illustrated paper, interactive short paper, or poster presentation, and panel discussion. Presentations should describe purpose, methods (if applicable), conclusion of research, clear connections between the culprits of interpersonal violence and social injustice.

    Presenters will have 45 minutes to present, and 10 minutes for a Q&A session.

    SUBMISSIONS
    Full Name:
    Email:
    Phone number:
    Year / Major:
    Subject / Topic
    50-100 Word Abstract:
    Preferred month of presentation:

    Please make submissions to Daniel K. Cairo at dcairo2@uic.edu by January 22nd.

  • Fearless Undocumented Alliance (FUA) Fundraising Event, “Fearless Lanes,” Thurs. 3/30

  • Apply for Aahana's Executive Board - Application due 9/20!

  • Graphic Designer Needed for OneWorld!

  • Join BHTC this Fall!

  • Upcoming Sexual Assault Crisis Interevention Training at Pillars

  • L@S GANAS Mentoring Program

  • LAS Pop-Up Advising is back!

  • Unite for Sight Mini-Medical School Seminar, Register by 3/7

    Unite for Sight is inviting a doctor to host a two-hour Mini Medical-School. Dr. Rubin will come speak to students at UIC about medical school and also engage us in many activities that he has planned. After Dr. Rubin quickly talks about the admissions process and other related topics to medical school, he will guide students through different stations he has planned, such as having ear and eye modules to see different ear and eye conditions, taking a persons heart rate, listening for heart discrepancies, taking blood pressure, etc.

    For these two hours, students can ask their honest questions about medicine and participate in hands-on activities, usually studied in the second year of medical school. Light refreshments will be provided. There is an entrance fee of $5 to attend this event. All of the money from this event will go to doctors working in other countries to perform preventable blindness surgeries and none of the proceeds will be kept for the use of our own chapter.

    We would love to have students who share an appreciation of the human body to experience a really unique event!

    When: Thursday, March 13. 2 - 3:50 PM.
    Where: SCE, Room 613

    If you would like to attend, RSVP to by March 7! This is NOT a walk-in event. We would like a total head count so that Dr. Rubin knows how to prepare appropriately. Thank you very much.

    RSVP to: Tina Winston twinst2@uic.edu OR Asim Mujahed amujah2@uic.edu

    If you have any further questions about the event, please contact Safa Farid (sfarid4@uic.edu) or Tina Winston (twinst2@uic.edu)

  • U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Info Session, Wed. 9/21

    U.S. Central Intelligence Agency has targeted UIC as a key school to conduct hiring. They will be on campus next week to provide information to our students regarding a variety of opportunities available.

    Recruiters will be providing an Information for all students interested in learning more about working for the CIA. They are looking to hire for a variety of Analyst jobs (All majors are applicable), Data Scientists, Internships, and more!

    WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 21ST

    9AM – 11:30AM

    STUDENT CENTER EAST – Room 713

    Open to undergraduate students AND graduate students!

    Please see the attached flyer.

     

  • Check out the Ampersand's Blog this summer!

    The Ampersand is summer blogging! Check out new posts from our Honors College writers Shannon Keane, Ricardo Ramirez, and other bloggers as they talk about their summer jobs, work abroad, and daily life. Tune in to updates every week!

    https://ampersand.honors.uic.edu/blog/ 

    Questions? Interested with blogging with us? Contact uicampersand@gmail.com  for more information. 

  • Illinois Equal Justice Foundation (IEJF) Internship Opportunity - Communication/English Majors

    The Illinois Equal Justice Foundation (IEJF) is seeking an intern for the upcoming fall semester.  Please see the attached for complete information and how to apply.

  • U and I Care Fact: Resources for Housing and Food Insecurity

  • Chicago Council on Global Affairs internship Information - Including Deadlines

    The Chicago Council on Global Affairs offers undergraduate juniors and seniors, and graduate students the opportunity to learn about our organization and participate in a variety of duties associated with ongoing projects through its internship program. While internship responsibilities vary by team, tasks may include researching, assisting at Council events, writing communications and assisting in the development of promotional materials, audience and outreach development, and administrative duties. Please note that all interns will provide some program support during their internship; with over 150 programs each year, this will add to the internship experience.

    Deadline to apply for their Winter/Spring term will be October 31st.

     

  • Enjoy your 4th of July Holiday!

  • Hispanic Caucus Congressional Internship Program, Apply by 11/4

    The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute is now accepting applications for its 2017 leadership programs. For nearly 40 years, CHCI has forged a critical role to Educate, Empower, and Connect our nation’s future Latino leaders.Each year, CHCI expands the horizons of more than 1,600 young Latino leaders. From high school to graduate students, CHCI works tirelessly to ensure that the workforce of the future reflects the community of today.  

    Congressional Internship Programs: Paid internship programs for college students for Spring, Summer and Fall.

    CHCI is seeking full-time undergraduate students who are interested in participating in the CHCI Congressional Internship Program. Selected individuals will receive an unmatched experience, learning first-hand about our nation’s legislative process while working for a member of Congress and receiving weekly leadership programming from CHCI.

    Learn more:
    Congressional Internships in D.C.
    Scholar-Intern Programs (various fields from media to health care to business)Note: Deadlines vary, please check the website

    2017 Congressional Internship Deadlines:
    Spring: November 4, 2016
    Summer: January 20, 2017
    Fall: April 21, 2017

    Contact info@chci.org with questions.

  • SLDVS Fall Blaze Leadership Experience Application - Due Sept 4, 2017

  • Future of Chicago Lecture & Discussion Series: The Future of Progressive & Latino Politics w/25th Ward Alderman Byron Sicho Lopez (11/4)

  • Drop the Mic (Professional Workshop Series): Developing a Professional Resume – Jan 31

  • 25 Years of German Unity Campus Week and Video Essay/Blog Contest! Nov. 2-6

    This year marks the 25th anniversary of Germany's reunification. On October 3, 1990, East Germany and West Germany reunited—after four decades of division—to form a single nation.

    Please join us for the following special events. All are free and open to the public.

     

    VI. Video Essay/Blog contest: Cold Wars: Old and New

    On the 25th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall last year, Mr. Gorbachev made the following statement: “The world is on the brink of a new Cold War. Some are even saying that it’s already begun.” In light of the current Ukraine crisis, such a statement appears obvious, even inevitable. But Cold Wars are not limited to Europe: the divide between North and South Korea originally grew out of the tense atmosphere that characterized Cold War politics. And in May 2015, China accused the US of fostering a Cold War mentality in a Washington report by the US Department of Defense about China’s lack of transparency.

    What can we learn about ending the Cold War mindset from the reunification of Germany 25 years ago? Is such a mindset inevitable and inescapable? Or might we be able to avoid such a mindset in our foreign policy today? If so, how?

    This video essay/blog contest asks you compare contemporary examples of new Cold Wars with the (apparent) end of the Cold War in Germany 25 year ago and relate what people and countries can do to make a difference today.

     

    Sponsors:

    UIC Germanic Studies

    German Information Center USA

    Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany Washington

    For more information visit:  http://lcsl.uic.edu/germanic/25-years-of-german-unity

  • Wednesdays with HCAB Study Night, 9/30

    This Wednesday 9/30, bring your classmates and study groups to the Honors College Lounge for Study Night! From 5PM-7PM, the BH Lounge will be open for students to get work done. Hope to see you there! Any questions should be directed to Celine Dalde at cdalde2@uic.edu.

  • Fall Internship Opportunities at Chicago Shakespeare Theater - Deadline July 15

  • Speak your Mind about Campus Walkway Safety – Focus Group and Survey, 9/16

    The UIC Office of Sustainability is currently looking for students (undergrad and grad) and anyone from the campus community with sensory or mobility disabilities to participate in a focus group on pedestrian and bicycle circulation at UIC. The study will gather feedback on your experiences and suggestions for improvements. It is being conducted by a consultant in cooperation with the Office of Sustainability and Facilities Management.

    The focus group will be one hour long on Sept. 16. As a thank you, each participant will receive a $25 gift certificate from the UIC bookstore.

    If you wish to participate or would like more information, please send an email to kyoshi3@uic.edu and someone will contact you to confirm your eligibility and schedule you for the focus group. Enrollment will be on a first come, first served basis. 

    OR Take a short (less than 5 minute) survey about your experiences on campus walkways at http://bit.ly/1uGcsmd .

    All questions and comments are welcome.  Thank you!

    Kate Yoshida
    Program Coordinator
    Office of Sustainability
    1140 S. Paulina Street, #150
    Chicago, IL 60612
    kyoshi3@uic.edu 
    ph. 312-355-0089 
    http://www.uic.edu/sustainability/

  • GBM #3 Compounding Lab

  • Six-Month Multimedia and Production Internships at The Moth in NYC, Apply by Fri. 5/1

    The Moth is an acclaimed not-for-profit organization dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling. It is a celebration of both the raconteur, who breathes fire into true tales of ordinary life, and the storytelling novice, who has lived through something extraordinary and yearns to share it. At the center of each performance is, of course, the story – and The Moth’s directors work with each storyteller to find, shape and present it.

    The Moth now has two seasons for which we hire interns: Fall (July-December) and Spring (January-June). Each season we seek one Development Intern, one Multimedia intern and three Production Interns: one to support the national StorySLAM program, the other two to support the New York and touring Mainstage Programs. We are looking for applicants with a strong work ethic, a desire to learn new skills in production and a passion for stories and community building through storytelling.

    All internships will take place in The Moth’s New York City office and applicants must be able to commit to the full six-month session, we do not accept applications for summer-only interns. Interns can self-elect a 20 or 32 hour per week internship. The Moth provides a weekly stipend of $250 for 32 hour/week internships and $175 for 20 hour/week internships.

    The deadline for all Fall (July-December) Internships is Friday, May 1st, 2015.  Learn more and apply at http://themoth.org/about/get-involved.

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    PHSC Graduate Student Panel - 3/30

  • Free Virtual Fair for Prospective Public Health Students, Wed. 7/9 – Thurs. 7/10

    The Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health is hosting a FREE Virtual Fair for prospective students of Public Health, including those interested in dual degrees on July 9 and 10!

    This is an unique opportunity to meet Admission Representatives from more than 35 of the nation's leading CEPH-accredited Public Health Schools & Programs of public health.
    Registered Schools/Programs Listed Here: http://sophas.careereco.net/virtual-fair/chat-with-organizations/ 


    Attend the fair online from anywhere! 
    Register Here: http://sophas.careereco.net/students-alumni/virtual-fair-registration/ 

    What students have said about prior events:

    • "The Virtual Fair was extremely convenient and useful. I was able to communicate with multiple schools of my interest and ask questions. This Virtual Fair also saved me time and traveling fees if I were to visit the schools’ campuses instead.”
    • “I thought the virtual fair was extremely helpful. Chatting with the school representatives helped give me some direction for what I’d like to pursue, as well as some helpful tips/expectations for the application process.”
    • “I feel that this was great concept...It gave me an opportunity to ask questions that may not have been answered on their website and to see other potential students’ questions that I may not have thought to ask.”
    • “It was perfect. I loved the fact that school representatives gave out their e-mail addresses and encouraged us to contact them.”
    • "The whole system was very user friendly.”
  • Graduation Celebration

    Fall Graduation Celebration - Watch Live TOMORROW!

  • HCAB: Back-2-School Drive – Feb 26 to March 16

  • Sign up here for a free copy of Dr. Ibram Kendi's book, How to be an Antiracist!

  • Garden Club of America’s Urban Forestry Fellowship, Apply by Fri. 1/31

    The Garden Club of America (GCA) with the support of Casey Trees in Washington, DC, is soliciting applications for its national urban forestry fellowship. GCA has a history of interest in the health of the urban forest and would like to support young scientists in their undergraduate and graduate studies in this field.  The study areas of interest are far reaching, including urban forest management and planning as well as topics in biology, ecology, or human health that will specifically move urban forest science forward. The fellowship is open to both graduate students and advanced undergraduates pursuing degrees in urban forestry, forestry, horticulture, environmental studies or a closely related field at any 4-year college or university degree program in the United States.  Click on the post to view more.

  • Honors College Closed for Winter Break

  • Cutie the Cat’s (and Dean Chang’s) Office Hours in JST, Thursdays 8-9 pm

    Stop by to say hi to Cutie the Cat and Dean Chang during her weekly Faculty-in-Residence Office Hours in JST!  Stop by Dean Chang’s cozy apartment to play with the cat and chat with Dean Chang about your semester.  Thursdays throughout the semester, 8-9 pm, JST C226.  Contact Dean Chang with any questions (huiching@uic.edu). 

  • Field Course in Computational Ecology (including fieldwork in Kenya), Info Session Mon. 10/20

    Announcing Field Computational Ecology course.
    Information meeting Monday, October 20, 6pm in 1127 SEO

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    Field Course in Computational Population Biology
    Spring 2015 (with preparation starting in November 2014)


    Instructors:
    Tanya Berger-Wolf (UIC),
    Daniel Rubenstein (Princeton),
    Iain Couzin (Max Planck Institute)

    A unique highly integrated field course is offered partially in Kenya (at the Mpala Research Centre) where biology and engineering students will work with faculty in both disciplines to learn how to ask questions, frame hypotheses and understand how and why the disciplines and cultures do this differently. The course will begin with background preparation in November-December where students learn the key concepts and approaches from biology, computer science and engineering. The initial interdisciplinary orientation will be followed by a research project in the field. The on-location course January 5-23 will be followed up throughout the semester culminating in a conference of student presentations.

    Fall lectures will cover a range of topics in computer science and ecology:
    *Introduction to population biology and ecology
    *Behavioral ecology and social interactions
    *Computational thinking
    *Data science
    *Network analysis

    The 2012 course is available at
    http://compbio.cs.uic.edu/~tanya/teaching/KenyaCourse.html

    The course is appropriate for upper level undergraduate students.
    --
    Dr. Tanya Berger-Wolf
    Department of Computer Science
    University of Illinois at Chicago
    compbio.cs.uic.edu/~tanya
    tanyabw@uic.edu 

  • Pre-SOMA: Accepting Board Members and New Email Address

  • Become a Member of African Film Society!

  • Dreams for Kids Inc. Seeking (pro bono) WordPress website design assistance

    Looking to build your website design portfolio/skills while helping a great cause? Dreams for Kids is seeking a creative, talented individual to assist us in giving our website a "facelift"!

    Dreams for Kids is a 501(c)3 youth non-profit organization whose mission is to replace charity with opportunity for Chicago youth. Since our establishment in 1989, Dreams for Kids has hosted annual legacy events for underserved youth and their families. In 2015, Dreams for Kids launched its high school leadership program, Dream Leaders. Through this program, Dream Leaders are trained to be critical thinking, empathetic global citizens and agents of positive social change!

    We need your help!

    Seeking a WordPress expert with ample experience designing sites on the WordPress platform.We currently have a website and are looking to change the layout and update our content to have a Dream Leaders Program content focus.Individual MUST be able to attend in-person consultations at our office (Jackson & Halsted in Chicago, IL) as we are looking to get this done quickly! Individual will work directly with Executive Director to implement redesign.

    ** This is an unpaid project but, we will write a stellar recommendation and you are welcome to use your work for your portfolio!**

    Interested candidates please contact: 
    Shannon Claiborne, Executive Director Dreams for Kids Inc. 
    sclaiborne@dreamsforkids.org
    (312)585-4995

  • The background has several medical iconography such as Band-Aids, needles, and virus shapes.

    Society of Future Physicians - Mapping Chicago’s Health Disparities Workshop this Thursday!

  • Colleges Against Cancer 1st GBM and Open Committee Positions (10/2)