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The Flames braved the freezing temperatures for the 2025 MLK Day of Service, volunteering at Stone Temple Baptist Church and Limes Smiles for Miles. United in Dr. King's legacy, UIC came together to make an impact through community care and service ❤️

Continue learning about Dr. King's dreams of justice at the 2nd Annual Student Leadership Conference on Saturday, Jan. 25. Register today at go.uic.edu/MLKConference.

Coach K is on the way!

Join UIC Chancellor Marie Lynn Miranda on Thursday, Feb. 20, at 4 p.m in the Dorin Forum for Chair Chats!

As coach of Duke University’s men’s basketball team from 1980 to 2022, Mike “Coach K” Krzyzewski is one of the most accomplished basketball coaches in history, with the most NCAA Division I victories, most Final Fours and most Olympic gold medals as head coach. He also is co-founder of the Coach K Center on Leadership and Ethics and a professor of leadership practice at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business. Coach K will join Chancellor Miranda to share lessons of leadership and success.

Chair Chats is open to the UIC community and broader public, but registration is required.

To learn more and register for Chair Chats, visit https://chancellor.uic.edu/events-2/chair-chats/chair-chats-with-mike-coach-k-krzyzewski/

Due to the predicted frigid temperatures and wind chills that may reach minus 30 degrees, the UIC campus will reduce in-person operations Tuesday, Jan. 21. Clinical and essential services will continue as scheduled. Temperatures are expected to improve by Wednesday and normal operations will resume Jan. 22.

On-site classes and labs scheduled for Tuesday should move online, if feasible. Students should watch their email for communications from their instructors and/or refer to the course syllabus for more information.

See the full UIC alert here https://emergency.uic.edu/

Coach K is on the way!

Join UIC Chancellor Marie Lynn Miranda on Thursday, Feb. 20, from 4 p.m in the Dorin Forum for Chair Chats!

Mike “Coach K” Krzyzewski will join Chancellor Miranda to share lessons of leadership and success. Chair Chats is open to the UIC community and broader public, but registration is required.

🔗 Register:

Chair Chats with Mike “Coach K” Krzyzewski | Office of the Chancellor | University of Illinois Chicago Chair Chats with Mike “Coach K” Krzyzewski Featuring Mike Coach K Krzyzewski Heading link Copy link For this edition of Chair Chats, Mike Krzyzewski joins Chancellor Marie Lynn Miranda to share lessons of leadership and success.  As coach of Duke University’s men’s basketball team from 198...

Swipe through ⬅️ to learn how UIC Business students have teamed up with eight companies as consultants to assist them in maintaining B Corp Certification, a sustainability seal attesting they meet high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability.

Read the full story on UIC today here https://today.uic.edu/class-partners-students-with-companies-for-sustainability-certification/

Time for your next adventure 🎓 Congratulations, grads!

Be sure to follow UIC Alumni and keep in touch ❤️

For its work to boost student voter participation, UIC was named a 2024 Most Engaged Campus for College Student Voting by the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge.

UIC also won ALL IN's 2024 Highly Established Action Plan Seal. ALL IN said UIC's action plan to promote civic engagement was one of the best in the U.S.

Check out the 2024 UIC Civic Action Plan at go.uic.edu/uicvotes

Save the date for Chair Chats with UIC Chancellor Marie Lynn Miranda featuring Mike “Coach K” Krzyzewski, winningest men’s college basketball coach with record-setting NCAA and Olympics victories 🏀

Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025
4 p.m.
Isadore and Sadie Dorin Forum
More details to come

A decade of making a difference ❤️
The Pop-Up Pantry has been a lifeline for thousands of students since opening 10 years ago, providing essentials like food, toiletries and even baby supplies. With 100,000 visits and counting, this campus resource provides nutrition that fuels academic success.

Over the years the pantry has developed several partnerships to help fight food insecurity, including with UIC Alumni Curtis Granderson, former UIC Flames All-America outfielder and three-time MLB All-Star and his foundation, Grand Giving.

Read the full story here on UIC Today https://today.uic.edu/uic-pop-up-pantry-celebrates-10-years-of-nourishing-students/

The Climate Commitment Action Plan (CCAP 2024) has been completed and posted and will serve as the University of Illinois Chicago’s roadmap to achieving a just climate future for the campus, city and beyond. Developed through an equitable and inclusive process, the plan aligns with the university’s Strategic Priorities and leverages its unique position to drive climate action.

Planning, Sustainability and Project Management (PSPM) plays a central role in advancing these commitments, coordinating efforts by tracking data, assessing progress, disseminating information and providing guidance under the direction of the Chancellor’s Committee on Sustainability and Energy.

PSPM encourages each of you to read the plan and participate in UIC’s sustainability work.

You can view CCAP 2024 by visiting: go.uic.edu/climate

There's snow place like UIC ❄️

The future of UIC Athletics is here 🔥
Say hello to Andrea Williams, UIC’s new athletic director designate! https://youtu.be/LhE4-r7rick

Meet Andrea Williams, UIC’s new athletics director | University of Illinois Chicago Andrea Williams talks about her vision for UIC athletics, her time with the Utah Jazz and what college sports has meant to her.

Appreciating the fall colors before autumn slips away into a moment in time 🍂

Treating your family to the UIC experience >>>

Thank you to all who made unforgettable, and see you at the next one ❤️

Sparky wants YOU to vote 🗳️❤️💙

Any permanent resident of Chicago can do so on campus on Election Day from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., in Room 613 of the SCE Tower.

Celebrating Día de los Mu***os? The marigolds you see at festivities throughout Chicago may be ones grown right here at UIC! 🏵️💀

Through a partnership between the UIC Greenhouse and the Field Museum’s Keller Science Action Center with Tiahui Chicago, about 1,000 marigolds were grown, ceremonially blessed, harvested and given to a range of community organizations. The flowers play a leading role in the Mexican day of remembrance and are used to decorate ofrendas, or altars, that people create to remember their departed family and friends.

Read the full story here https://today.uic.edu/uic-greenhouse-and-field-museum-prepare-for-day-of-the-dead-celebrations/

Get fired up to welcome UIC’s new director of athletics, Andrea Williams! 🔥

Andrea Williams joins UIC officially Nov. 16, but you can help give her a warm Flames welcome at a news conference Monday, Nov. 4, at 11:30 a.m., in the Illinois Room at Student Center East.

Williams is a proven leader in athletic administration with 25 years of experience in collegiate and professional sports, most recently working as the chief experience officer for the Utah Jazz.

https://today.uic.edu/uic-names-andrea-williams-director-of-intercollegiate-athletics/