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Barry R. Chiswick, UIC distinguished professor of economics,
was interviewed by Swedish Radio recently about the economics of migration.

Click here to read it online!
(machine translated from Swedish)

The Chicago Tribune quotes Robert Johnston, UIC associate professor of
history, in a business section column that examines the weak populist
movement backing financial reform in the wake of the recent Wall Street
bailout.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/chi-thu-burns-column-popul
ismjan14,0,6221801,print.column

 

 

Barry Chiswick, distinguished professor of economics, was recently awarded an
honorary doctor of philosophy degree by the School of Economics and Management,
Lund University, Sweden.

http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/uicnews/articledetail.cgi?id=13233

 

 

Elizabeth Loentz (UIC Assistant Professor of Germanic Studies) recently published a book,
Let Me Continue to Speak the Truth: Bertha Pappenheim as Author and Activist. It was
reviewed by Katharina Gerstenberger (Department of German Studies, University of
Cincinnati),and the review can be found by following the link below:

http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=23963

Also, to click here to buy the book on Amazon.com!

 

 

Rachel Havrelock,assistant professor of English and Jewish Studies at UIC,
co-hosted a new Discovery Channel documentary entitled "Who Was Jesus?" and
contributed to the program's coverage of daily life in first century Palestine, early Christianity,
and the Jewish background of the Gospels and the Jesus movement.

The documentary is set to air in three consecutive one hour segments,
7 – 10 p.m. CDT, premiering on April 5, Palm Sunday. The segments will cover
Jesus' childhood, mission, and last days.

For more information, click here to read the UIC News Release!

Also, Discovery News features a Q&A with Prof. Havrelock about
the historical Jesus and the role of women in early Christianity.

Click the link below to read the interview
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/04/03/historical-jesus.html

 

Elizabeth Loentz, Assistant Professor of Germanic Studies at UIC, will be
moderating a talk between Josip Novakovich and Lena Gorelik entitled
"Culture without Borders: Writing in a Foreign Language" on March 9th,
2009. The details for the talk can be found by clicking here.

She also recently had an article published in HaArentz newspaper in Israel about
her talk there. The article can be found by clicking the link below:

http://www.mouse.co.il/CM.articles_item,1050,209,33350,.aspx

On February 3rd, Barry R. Chiswick, a distinguished professor of Economics,
appeared on "Good Day Chicago" (Fox Chicago News WFLD-TV ch. 32) and
"The Roe Conn Show" (WLS 890-AM) to discuss plans that can help improve
economic performance and jumpstart the economy.

He also was quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle story (Feb. 4) about
the Obama administration's approach to immigration control.

Click here to read the article!

 

Matthew R. Lippman, Professor of Jewish Studies and Criminal Justice at UIC
will be speaking at the Peace Palace in The Hague, The Netherlands at the
'Sixty Years Genocide Convention' on December 7th and 8th, 2008.  The title
of Professor Lippman's paper will be "Development and Drafting of the 1948
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide: The Politics of
Genocide Denial."

 

 

Jewish Studies Program Associate Director Nancy Gebhardt and her student Eugene
Liebenson are featured in the 2008 LAS Annual Fund Drive letter and brochure.
Eugene won the NSEP David L. Boren Undergraduate Scholarship supporting his study at
the Hebrew University in Jerusalem for the fall semester of 2008. In the alumni appeal
letter, Eugene stated that Nancy “pointed me in the right direction and supported my goals.
I have found that faculty and staff in LAS, like Nancy, really look out for students.”
Nancy is very proud of Eugene and of his appreciative comments.

 

 

 

Sandy Sufian, Associate Professor of Medical Education in
UIC's College of Medicine, is giving a presentation entitled:

"Anatomy of a Revolt: Body Images in Political Cartoons of the Arab Revolt, 1936-1939"

on Wednesday, November 12th
at the Hoktoen Institute, 2100 W. Harrison St.
Reception: 5:30pm
Presentation: 6:15pm

Cost: $15.00

For complete information, please click the flyer above!

 

 

Barry R. Chiswick, distinguished professor and head of the economics, was
quoted in a Daily Herald article (May 19) about the anti-illegal
immigration movement.

Read it online:
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=193340&src=4

 

Older Daily Herald articles in which he was quoted (May 1 & 2)
about immigration reform and the May 1 immigration march can be found
by following the links below:

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=182957
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=183702&src=2

 

Matthew Lippman, UIC professor of criminal justice, is quoted in a Daily
Herald article about college campus security:

Click here to read the article!

 

Edna Erez, UIC professor and head of criminology, law,
and justice, was recently quoted in a Chicago Tribune article
that discusses the use of GPS monitoring systems for
those who violate court orders of protection.

Click on the link below to read the article.
(free registration required)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-gpsapr18,0,1675926.story

 

 

The inaugural event of UIC's new Visiting Israel Scholar Program, which
was a talk by Tel Aviv University law professor and UIC visiting Israel
scholar Shlomo Shoham, is covered in a JUF News article and can be
accessed by clicking the link below!

http://www.juf.org/news/local.aspx?id=30706

 

 

Rachel Havrelock, UIC assistant professor of Jewish studies and English, is
profiled in the Arts and Entertainment section of Chicago Jewish News.  The
article details Havrelock's collaboration with her husband and beatbox
artist Yuri Lane to create the acclaimed play "From Trel Aviv To Ramallah."

Click here to read the article!

 

 

Nancy Gebhardt, the Associate Director of the Jewish Studies Program,
wrote an article about Michael Lieb's retirement that was published in the Fall '07
edition of atLAS, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences' quarterly newsletter.

The PDF of the newsletter can be downloaded: here.

Nancy was also quoted in the Campus Beat section of
the November 2007 issue of JUF News, in an article titled:

"Innovative Israel studies programs blossom on Illinois campuses"

Click here to read the article!