Our UIC Mock Trial Team advanced to national-level competition for the 21st consecutive year following a great performance this past weekend at the AMTA Joliet Regional Tournament. This is particularly a great feat, because it…
The UIC Department of Political Science is pleased to announce that it will award the following prizes to Political Science Graduate Students this year: The Milton Rakove Memorial Fund Award Two (2) awards-…
WRITE WRITE WRITE – WIN WIN WIN SPRING 2016 POLITICAL SCIENCE UNDERGRADUATE WRITING CONTESTS The UIC Department of Political Science is pleased to announce its annual contests and…
Amy is a graduate student in UIC’s Department of Political Science. Her dissertation entitledGoverning the ungovernable? Street vending in Chicago and Mumbai recently won her, the American Political Science Association’s Norton Long Young Scholar...
Conference to be held on September 22-24, 2016 in Chicago, IL The European Union (EU) is facing an unprecedented crisis as hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants are risking their lives…
Petia Kostadinova and Alexandra Filindra, along with Prof. R. Daniel Keleman from Rutgers University, were recently awarded a prestigious grant from the European Union Studies Association (EUSA). The grant (for $10,000) is to…
Alberto A. Barraza, will be a UIC graduating senior on Mother’s Day weekend, May 2016. Even before his high school graduation, he had his sights set on attending UIC for college. Alberto admits that due to some setbacks, he was not very focused...
May 31, 2016 Dick Simpson, UIC professor of political science, appeared on WTTW-TV’s “Chicago Tonight” for a panel segment about his recent co-authored report on City Council voting patterns. Simpson was joined on the panel…
He earned his BA in Fall of 2011, his Master’s degree in 2014, and he is now studying for doctoral preliminary exams scheduled for Fall 2016. He will ultimately become a UIC trifecta alum!
