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Hyde Park resident Alicia Evans turned 100 at Dawn A.M.

Eatery earlier this month (with family, friends and Mayor Brandon Johnson in attendance) and celebrated a lifetime of volunteer work that has supported many local organizations.

The Hull-House Museum at UIC hosts Perennial City: Experiments in Urban Gardening until Dec.

15, showing how the settlement spurred urban gardening and led to the city’s first playgrounds through historical photos and contemporary art.

Reid Neuwirth is seeking a permanent home for a collection of artwork by the late Sheila Hori, a longtime Hyde Park resident and member of Chicago’s Imagist movement.

The collection, which includes paintings and drawings, is intended to remain locally for future exhibition and appreciation.

Four UIC faculty members will feature at the American Writers Festival on June 6-7 in downtown Chicago (free for the public) to join discussions on topics ranging from American essays to social change in the Latino community.

Kathryn Chval, dean of the College of Education, is set to become interim provost on July 1 following Provost Karen Colley’s retirement on June 30 + UIC has paused its national search for a permanent provost.

Jean-Luc Ayitou at UIC earned the 2026 New Investigator Award from the American Society for Photobiology in May at the Biennial Meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona.

His research on light-responsive materials aims to improve disease detection and treatment.

UIC graduate Wanlin Shen led her four-person Chicago Campus Convergence team to win first place at the Windy City Case Competition on April 25 at Simpson-Querrey Auditorium at Northwestern University, boosting recognition for the new UIC Advanced Degree Consulting Student Club — a promising force in Chicago’s consulting scene.

A UIC study found that over 90% of participants in 36 out of 71 Phase 3 Alzheimer’s trials were white, raising concerns on how well new treatments serve diverse communities.

Zhuoer Lin urges future trials to include supports such as transportation and translation — measures that can boost diversity.