Ramon Gutierrez is the College's newest 100 Hour Undergraduate Research Initiative awardee, studying strategies to build culturally relevant science instruction.
Alumna Gabrielle Lyon created a non-profit providing access to STEM education for Black and Latino teens, including searching for dinosaur fossils in Montana and investigating the wonders of Yellowstone.
College student Daniel Rocha is using an undergraduate research award to build skills teaching culturally relevant writing, just as an inspirational teacher did for him.
The College's Marisha Humphries was featured on Chicago Tonight breaking down the emotional effects on Jackie Robinson West's youth players amidst the little league controversy.
The UIC Center for Literacy commemorated the MLK holiday by collecting toiletries and winter attire for Chicago families in need and engaging homeless families in literacy activities at city shelters.
Is stealing ever acceptable? To student-teacher Evan Taylor, this is not just a question of morality but a question of the intersection of math and students' lived experiences.
Professor Aria Razfar and doctoral student Joe Rumenapp's new book advocates teachers building bilingual education to honor students' native languages.
MESA student Jennifer Darling is researching how measures of student growth are influencing the school principal evaluation process at schools across the state of Illinois.