FACULTY NEWS

David Wise

In Wolf Spiders, the Way to a Woman’s Heart is Through her Stomach

"Females that have fed on a male have more offspring than females that have not dined on their potential mate," says David Wise. In fact, the higher the number of males in the population, the more likely the females were to feed on the males. READ ON

Alejandro L. Madrid

Latin American and Latino Studies Professor Takes His Fulbright Fellowship to the Dance Floor

"It is interesting that in both Cuban and Mexican societies, danzón is closely linked to notions of local belonging; what makes it even more interesting to me is that in both cases there is a kind of purification of the genre in relation to its music styles as well as how the body should move to the beat of the music," says Alejandro L. Madrid. READ ON

STUDENT NEWS

John Michels

Anthropology Doctoral Student John Michels Explores the Byways that have been Bypassed

"The entire highlands are being four-laned," says John Michels regarding the Almaguin Highlands of Ontario, Canada. The most recent to be bypassed was Trout Creek. The results were pretty devastating—the one gas station there was closed. You hear people say, ‘You don’t want to end up like Trout Creek.’" READ ON

STAFF NEWS

Francesca Gaiba

For Francesca Gaiba, New Pursuits Make the Proverbial Icing on the Cake

Francesca Gaiba—associate director of the Office of Social Science Research, pastry chef, volunteer, ex-dancer, artist—is never bored. She insists upon keeping her life simple so that she has time to pursue the things she loves doing. "The keyword for me is beauty," she says. READ ON

IN MEMORIAM

Oliver Atkin

Number Theory and Cryptography Expert Remembered for his Deep Engagement with Mathematics and Music

Oliver Atkin was an expert in Number Theory, one of the oldest branches of pure mathematics, and was a pioneer in the application of computers to number theory. He worked in many areas, but some of his most famous work concerned some simple problems. READ ON

Elliot Judd

Linguist Guided the UIC TESOL Master’s Program and his Hundreds of Students for 30 Years

For all his dedication to the institution of TESOL, Elliot Judd was, at heart, a teacher, utterly devoted to his students. At UIC alone, he mentored close to a thousand students. He instilled in these new teachers a respect for that knowledge, authority, and influence, which has come to characterize the profession. And they, in turn, have all passed on what they learned from him to thousands of their students. READ ON