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Selected conference presentations by Office of the Historian:
  • “25 Years of UIC: The Promises, Pitfalls, and Payoffs of Consolidation.” Conference on Illinois History, Springfield, IL. October 2007.
  • “Out of 2—3: The Attempts to Consolidate Student Government at the University of Illinois at Chicago.” Conference on Illinois History, Springfield, IL. Springfield, IL. October 2007.
  • “From Victory at Sea to UIC: The Wartime Contributions and Legacy of Naval Training School Navy Pier, Chicago.” CAMP Military History Conference, May 2007.
  • “Athletes and the Academy: UIC and the Development of an Urban Athletic Program.” Conference on Illinois History, Springfield, IL. October 2006.
  • “Krebiozen: The Social Context for a Cancer-Cure Tragedy.” Clinical Research Core Curriculum Course, University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago, October 2006.
  • “The Master Plan or System of Systems?  The Emergent ‘Republican’ Models for Higher Education in Illinois and California, 1960-1974.” Conference on Illinois History, Springfield, IL. October 2005.
  • “Victory at Sea: The Wartime Contributions of Naval Training School Navy Pier, Chicago, 1941-1946.” Conference on Illinois History, Springfield, IL. October 2005.
  •  “Chicago and Urban Planning.” Invited lecture and ppt. presentation, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, UIC, October 2003; October 2004.
  • “Minorities and the Urban Mission: African American and Latin American Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, 1965-1975.” Social Science History Association Conference, Chicago, IL, November 2004.
  • “An Urban Mission for an Urban University?  Mayor Daley, President Henry and the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, 1955-1975.” Conference on Illinois History, Springfield, IL. October 2003.
  • “Envisioning an Urban University: President David Henry and the Chicago Campus of the University of Illinois.” History of Education Society, Evanston, IL, October 2003.
  • “’To Be Helpful to Any Child': A Brief History of the Institute for Juvenile Research.” Invited paper delivered before Institute for Juvenile Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, September 2003.
  • “'Fortress Illini’: U of I’s Circle Campus and the Near West Side Neighborhood, 1955-1972.” Conference on Illinois History, Springfield, IL. October 2002.
  • “The Past is Prologue: The Asian American Movement at UIC.” Conference on Illinois History, Springfield, IL. October 2002.
  • “Implementing the ‘Urban Mission’: The Creation of the African American Studies Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago.” Conference on Illinois History, Springfield, IL. October 2002.
  • “Envisioning an Urban University: President David Henry and the Chicago Campus of the University of Illinois.” Wayne State University Conference, “The University and the City: Urban Education and the Liberal Arts.” March 1999.
  • “Fortress Illini: U of I’s Circle Campus and the Harrison and Halsted Neighborhood, 1960-1980.” WSU Conference, March 1999.
  • “Misguided Priorities: Affirmative Action and the Revocation of Priority Registration at the University of Illinois at Chicago.” WSU Conference, March 1999.

Special Projects: Joint Programming, Research, and Consulting

  • Asian American Alumni Survey, joint research project with UIAA, AARCC, & IRRPP, October 2006 – present.
  • FIABC Real Estate Award: supported proposal with historical documentation and image base, 2005.
  • Symposium on the Modern Presidency: implemented program, October 2000. 

Public History, Historical Preservation, & Other Projects

  • Permanent public history exhibit, “University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, 1965-1982” located in 1st Floor Wi-Fi lounge, Student Center East, opened September 2008
  • Permanent public history exhibit , “University of Illinois-Chicago Undergraduate Division at Navy Pier” located in Pier Room, Student Center East, opened February 2006
  • Annual pictorial exhibit for University of Illinois Alumni Awards 2006-present
  • Annual pictorial exhibit for Presidents Award Program, 2005-present
  • Co-curator of exhibit on Mayor Richard J. Daley, Special Collections, Richard J. Daley Library, University of Illinois at Chicago, May 2004. 
  • Traveling temporary exhibit “C-SPAN’s the Presidential Portraits,” November 2000
  • Permanent pictorial exhibit, “Medical Education at UIC” located in Centennial Room, Student Center West, opened September 2000-December 2008
  • Semi-Annual pictorial exhibit, “UIC: A Pictorial History” located in Montgomery Ward Lounge, Student Center East, summer 2000 & 2003
  • Produced video Daley at Decennial for Daley Family at Daley Papers Dedication, UIC Library, May 2002.

Courses Offered and Developed

  • LAS 100: Reading the Cityscape: The Urban Fabric in Historical Perspective
  • LAS 100: The University in the City: UIC and its History
  • GPPA-Honor’s College Course: History and Philosophy of Medicine
  • First-Year Medical Course: A Short History of the UIC College of Medicine
  • M4 Clinical Clerkship: History of Modern Medicine, 1850-2000
 
 
   
 
 

 

   
   
 
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