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Friday
December 4, 1998 |
- Great
Cities Winter Forum
Lectures and panel discussion on a relevant urban issue organized by
UIC's Great Cities initiative.
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Great Cities Institute
(Joanne Corpus) |
| January 19 - 12, 1999 |
- Tim Rollins and the Studio Air Collaboration: Artist in Resident
Project.
This project brought together high school age urban youth from the program
"Studio Air" from the South Side of Chicago to create works of
art and to foster and encourage their creative talents working with the
internationally renowned artist Tim Rollins.
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College of Architecture and the
Arts
Gallery 400, Alumni
Hall, 400 S. Peoria
(Karen Indeck --for more information, call 312-996-6114 or e-mail gall400@uic.edu. |
Saturday
February 6, 1999 |
- Exploring Human Origins
"The Role of Neandertal in the Origin of Modern Humans"
with presentations by Larry Keeley (Old World Archaeology), Jim Phillips
(Old World Archaeology), Jack Prost (Evolutionary Theory), Lewis Sadler
(Facial Imaging) and Sloan Williams (Ancient DNA). A roundtable discussion
followed.
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Dept. of Anthropology
(For more information, please contact L. Keeley at 312-413-3586) |
Tuesday
March 30, 1999 |
- Women: Health Issues for the Millennium
One-day workshop provided a valuable opportunity to hear about cutting-edge
research conducted on t topic of women's healthl as to hear key speaker's
perspectives on international, national, state, and local women's health
issues.
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College of Health & Human
Development Sciences
(For more information, contact Tracy Wolfe at 312-996-4310) |
Wednesday
March 31, 1999 |
- Trends in Pharmacy:
Medicines of the Past and Future
Exhibition and lectures described the important historic role played
by the UIC College of Pharmacy in the development of medicines; current
research and future trends were discussed. The event included information
on how to develop a garden of medicinal plants.
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College of Pharmacy
(For more information, contact John Russell at 312-413-1038) |
Wednesday,
March 31, 1999 |
- Oral Health 2000
Where we are in oral health issues and the projections for the future.
Upcoming technology presented in lay terminology. Tours of the College
of Dentistry were available by appointment.
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College of Dentistry
(For more information, contact Sharon Mistele at 312-996-1040) |
April 1- 8, 1999
James R. Thompson Center
100 W Randolph |
- PreventionVille, USA
Exhibit designed by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to
communicate the significance of public health in our daily lives.
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School of Public Health
(For more information, contact Shaffdeen Amuwo at 312-996-6626) |
Saturday
April 24, 1999 |
- The Changing Earth
Lectures and exhibits discussed a variety of current environmental
topics, including: "Is Global Warming Real? A Geological Perspective;
Extinction of Animal and Plant Species Meteorite Impact v.x. Industrialization.
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Dept. of Earth and Environmental
Sciences
(For more information, contact A. Koster Van Groos at 312-996-8678) |
Saturday
April 24, 1999 |
- UIC Science, Engineering, Medicine Open
House
Emphasis on recent scientific discoveries and UIC's impact for the
new millennium; tour of research labs.
A welcome by Provost Elizabeth Hoffman was followed by presentations
in four areas:
The Changing Earth
- Atoms at work
- Tours were offered of UIC's state-of-the-art physics laboratories
Chemistry in Action: Lee Marek, frequent guest on the
David Letterman Show, performed demonstrations.
From Molecules to Organisms
Tours of the virtual reality CAVE
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Colleges of LAS, Engineering and Medicine
(For more information, contact Howard Buhse at 312-996-2997) |
Saturday
April 24, 1999 |
- Atoms at Work
A tour of UIC's state of the art research labs for visualizing atoms
in semiconductor crystals using electron microscopy, lasers, and night
vision camera.
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Dept. of Physics
(For more information, contact Siva Sivananthan at 312-996-5092) |
Saturday
April 24, 1999 |
- From Molecules to Organisms
Visualization of biological data-modeling of molecules, magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI), electron microscopy, and virtual reality.
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Dept. of Biological Sciences
(For more information, contact Howard Buhse at 312-996-2997) |
Thursday
April 29, 1999 |
- Engineering Expo
Exhibition of innovative student designed engineering projects in
the UIC College of Engineering.
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College of Engineering
(For more information, contact David France at 312-996-0520) |
Sunday
May 2, 1999 |
UIContest:
General Knowledge Contest for High School Students and Parents
Chicago and suburban high school student/parent teams registered
to participate in UIContest. This exciting general knowledge contest was
in game show format. Questions on sports, entertainment, history, geography,
science, television, mathematics, literature. Our teams competed for scholarships
to UIC, paid 6-week summer internships in research labs ($1500), and other
prizes. Our winners are from Latin School:
(the first name is the student, second is the parent)
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Dept. of Physics
(For more information, contact Cathy Cifonelli at 312-413-2797) |
Sunday
May 2, 1999 |
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Department of English
(For more information, please contact Lisa
Stolley at 312-413-2228; Virginia Wexman
at 312-413-9461; or Don Marshall at
312-413- 2203). |
Monday
May 17, 1999 |
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Center for Research
on Women & Gender,
Gannon Center for Women
and Leadership, Loyola University Chicago
International Renewal Institute, Inc.
(For more information, contact Alice Dan at 312-413-1924) |
| June14 - 18, 1999 |
- Minority Health Issues
Video conference discussed the disparity in health status that exists
between many disadvantaged groups.
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School of Public Health
(For more information, contact Shaffdeen Amuwo at 312-996-6626) |
| August 5 - 8, 1999 |
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UIC Student Alumni League
(For more information, contact Christopher Mullooly at 312-413-0419) |
Thursday,
September 30, 1999; |
- Designing New Schools for the New Millennium
A public lecture was given by Theodore Sizer, internationally
noted educator and pioneering school designer, and his partner Nancy Faust
Sizer. The couple, co-authors of The Students are Watching: Schools and
the Moral Contract, founded a new public school in Boston. Theodore Sizer
is a former professor of Education at Brown University and founder and
president of the Coalition of Essential Schools.
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Contact: Small Schools
Workshop, College of Education,
(312) 413-8066, ssw@uic.edu |
Thursday,
November 4, 1999 |
- What's New About New Media?
This round table and public forum discussed novel technological,
political, economic, and other aspects of the current generation of media
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Department of Communication
(Rebecca Lind -- email to Rebecca@uic.edu) |
Friday,
December 3, 1999 |
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Great Cities Institute
(For more information, please call the UIC
Office of Continuing Education and Public Service (UIC-OCEPS) at (312)
996-8025 or (800) 453-3728, or e-mail oceps@uic.edu) |
| Five successvie Saturdays -- starting March 4, 2000. |
The Cutting
Edge:A Seminar Series to Increase Public Awareness in Various Academic Disciplines
- March 4: Science: From Aristotle to Galileo - The Rocky Road
to the Scientific Method
Howard Goldberg, Ph.D.
- March 11: Economics: Threats, Dictators and Ultimata
Elizabeth Hoffman, Ph.D.
- March 18: Medicine: How Medicine will be Practiced in the 21st
Century
James Ausman, M.D. Ph.D.
- March 25: Architecture: Buildings, Brain, Brawn
Roberta Feldman, Ph.D.
- April 1: Law and the Constitution: Is Free Speech a Good Idea?
Stanley Fish, Ph.D.
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The Office
of the Provost/Academic Affairs.
For more information, call 312-413-3470. |
Sunday,
April 16, 2000 |
UIC Poetry Contest:
Awards and poetry reading ceremony for winners in the UIC Poetry
Contest for high school students.
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Department of English,
(For more information, please call Chris
Messenger at (312) 413-2227) |
Sunday,
April 16,2000 |
UIContest:
Enjoyable annual general knowledge contest in game show format for
high school students and their parents with very attractive scholarships,
internships and other prizes. We have photos from
the May 1999 contest for your viewing enjoyment.
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Contact: Uday Sukhatme,
Department of Physics,
312-996-3413 |
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