DEAN'S WELCOME

Dean Dwight A. McBride

Welcome to the launch of e-AtLAS, the electronic newsletter of the UIC College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and companion publication of AtLAS, the LAS Newsletter. READ ON

FACULTY NEWS

Roger Weissberg

Psychology Professor Named to Edutopia Magazine's 2008 “Daring Dozen”

“Remain optimistic, keep generating alternative solutions and plans, work with others, and things usually turn out well.” This advice comes from psychology and education professor Roger Weissberg. READ ON

ALUMNI NEWS

George W. Crabtree

Physics Alumnus George W. Crabtree Elected to National Academy of Sciences

This past spring, George W. Crabtree (PhD LAS, 1974), the director of the Materials Science Division of the Argonne National Laboratory, was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). READ ON

STUDENT NEWS

Andrew Blom

LAS Doctoral Student Earns Prestigious Newcombe Fellowship

Is a nation required to resort to war just because it owns the right to do so? Or, for humanitarian purposes, can the act of war be abstained? In examining, in part, this question, LAS philosophy doctoral student Andrew Blom has reaped more than philosophical debate. READ ON

LAS LIBRARY: NEW ON THE SHELVES

Susan Levine

Professor Offers History Lessons on the American School Lunch

America’s school lunch program is much more than tater tots and pizza. A new book from Susan Levine, professor of history, explores the politics and culture of food surrounding the National School Lunch Program—one of America’s most enduring social welfare programs. READ ON

John Hagedorn

New Book Explores the Global Rise of Gangs

"More than a billion people live in what the United Nations defines as slums. Slums plus poverty plus discrimination plus youth equals gangs," says John Hagedorn, professor of Criminology, Law and Justice, and author of A World of Gangs: Armed Young Men and Gangsta Culture. READ ON