Performing with a Jazz Legend

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Photo: S.K. Vemmer The UIC Jazz Ensemble shares the stage with Grammy-winning trumpeter Randy Brecker Feb. 19 at the UIC Jazz Festival. “Randy Brecker is a true jazz icon,” says jazz ensemble director Andy Baker. More on page 3. Performing with a jazz legend

Jenny Hoobler asks: where are Victor Mateevitsi sees future of Gallery 400’s ‘Ghost Nature’ Women’s basketball team female leaders in South Africa? technology in Google Glass reminds us of our role on Earth sweeps Valparaiso More on page 2 More on page 5 More on page 9 More on page 12 2 UIC NEWS I www.uicnews.uic.edu I FEBRUARY 12, 2014

profile Send profile ideas to Gary Wisby, [email protected] Jenny Hoobler asks: where are female leaders in South Africa?

By Gary Wisby

In South Africa, a country with constitutional guarantees of gender equity, why aren’t there more women leaders? That’s the question that interests Jenny Hoobler, associate professor of management studies in the College of Business Administration. It’s taken her to South Africa three times, starting with a 2011-12 sabbatical from UIC on a Fulbright research award, and most recently for two weeks over winter break. On that visit she presented evidence from her research, done with UIC doctoral students Courtney Masterson and Eric Michel, at an African Academy of Management conference in neighboring Botswana. When South Africa became a democratic nation in 1994, ending apartheid, prohibitions against gender discrimination were written into its constitution. “They started ahead,” Hoobler said, meaning ahead of the United States. “Still only 4 percent of U.S. CEOs are female, and women make 87 cents on the dollar that men make. “So we don’t have it figured out here by any means.” But in the case of South Africa, “what if a country starts out 100 miles down the road from us?,” she asked. “We’ve been trying for the ERA since the 1960s — corporate leaders Photo: Joshua Clark are tired of hearing these arguments.” Jenny Hoobler examines why there aren’t more women in leadership positions in South Africa, a country with constitutional guarantees of Hoobler said she was “interested in seeing if things were gender equality. “They started ahead,” says Hoobler, associate professor of management studies. “Progress has been stagnant.” different there [South Africa], if opportunities for women have really improved greatly since ’94.” “The abuse isn’t physical, but verbal — ridiculing you, The student, Abeba Mengistu, will spend next summer at She found that gains have been “mainly for white women.” undermining you, not giving you credit where credit is due,” UIC so Hoobler can do statistical analysis for her study. For blacks and “coloreds” (Indian or mixed race), she said, Hoobler said. “This brings up things you would never think of,” she said. “progress has been stagnant, while white women have in- At any one point, 14 percent of workplaces have an abusive “Things like access to convenience foods — you can make a creased their representation in leadership in corporations.” supervisor, she said. quick dinner versus spending four hours making dinner for Hoobler was co-author of a 2009 groundbreaking article “If it is physical, we know it’s against the law,” she said. “But your family — or the quality of roads for your commute. on the glass ceiling for women, published in the Academy of for people who are emotionally abusive, it’s a much grayer “It’s amazing to me the limitations — Internet access for Management Journal, with Sandy Wayne, professor of man- area. two hours a day, and being assigned two ballpoint pens at the agement, and Grace Lemmon, then a doctoral student. “Intentional emotional distress is harder to prove — it’s ‘he beginning of the semester for her role as lecturer. “It was a seminal article, and I’m proud of it,” she said. The said, she said.’” “Yet she is creating a world-class dissertation.” piece was a finalist for the Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Since no boss will report on his or her own bad behavior, Hoobler grew up in Gridley, a small town north of best work and family research, sponsored by the Alliance of evidence must come from the employee. Bloomington. She earned a bachelor’s degree at the Urbana- Work-Life Progress. “When you have a bad boss, there are higher instances of Champaign campus, an MBA at Springfield, and a Ph.D. from Hoobler also studies another aspect of management that links to anxiety, depression, interest in leaving a company, University of Kentucky. is best described by the title of the recent movie “Horrible higher work-family conflicts,” Hoobler said. She taught at Northern Illinois University for three years Bosses.” “I even have some initial data showing that victimized before joining UIC nine years ago. Her term is “abusive supervision.” workers are more prone to PTSD (post-traumatic stress dis- Her leisure-time activities are running and cooking. “Everyone has their story,” she said. “Inevitably at a dinner order).” She’s married to Ryan Kilpatrick, director of communica- party, the conversation turns to someone’s bad boss experi- Hoobler, who has advised women working on master’s tions for the nonprofit Center for Neighborhood Technology. ence.” degrees at the University of Pretoria, is currently dissertation They live in Little Italy with their dog, Indie. Research shows that most people have an abusive boss chair for a student in Ethiopia who is doing the first study of “She’s 12,” Hoobler said. “She’s as old as my career.” sometime in their careers. work-family interactions in that country. [email protected]

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“The play is filled with conflicts, with strong wants, “I don’t think it dropped below freezing the whole “It’s good for minimum-wage workers; it’s good for and with a family that fights hard but also loves each time I was there.” other workers; it’s good for the economy; it isn’t a other hard. It fits my personality.” drag on employers. There is no research that has Peter Doran, professor of earth and environmental ever identified a negative job impact from raising Yasen Peyankov, head of the acting program in the sciences, on his recent visit to Antarctica, Feb. 8 the minimum wage.” School of Theatre & Music, on the play “Russian Chicago Tribune Transport,” his directorial debut at Steppenwolf Theatre Robert Bruno, professor and director of the Labor Company, Feb. 6 Chicago Sun-Times Education Program, on raising the national minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 per hour, Feb. 4 St. Louis Post-Dispatch FEBRUARY 12, 2014 I UIC NEWS I www.uicnews.uic.edu 3

Watch the video Farm bill cuts to food stamps ‘significant’ “UIC Jazz Ensemble” By Christy Levy youtube.com/uicmedia There’s a common misperception about the people who benefit from food stamps, Jazz Ensemble says researcher Angela Odoms-Young. More than 75 percent of households receiving assistance from the federal Sup- to share stage plemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are seniors, people with disabili- with legend ties, or working adults who have children and are trying to make ends meet. “The purpose of SNAP is really to en- By Anne Brooks Ranallo sure that all Americans It’s not every day that the UIC Jazz En- have access to semble gets the chance to perform with a an adequate Listen to the podcast legend. diet,” said news.uic.edu/uicnews The student musicians will share the Odoms- stage Feb. 19 with Grammy-winning trum- Young, assis- peter Randy Becker, who has performed tant professor “SNAP is there for all of us to use when we benefits generates as much as $9 in economic with artists from Frank Sinatra and Steely of kinesiology need it, and we don’t know if we’re going to activity. Dan to Funkadelic and Frank Zappa. and nutrition. become that person who needs it.” “Everybody benefits — agriculture, food The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in the “A lot of Having fewer dollars to spend on food will processing, warehouse and transportation, Illinois Room, Student Center East. Ad- people think Angela Odoms-Young likely mean that families won’t have nutrition and manufacturing and service industries,” mission is $10 for the general public and it’s for people on their minds when they shop, Odoms- she said. $7 for students and seniors. Tickets are who don’t want to work and that’s not an Young said. Families who receive food stamps can available at the door, online at http://bitly. accurate picture. Many SNAP recipients “Low-income families are already dis- also benefit from other federal and state pro- com/1fVvT2P or by calling 312-996-6068. work, and others who are unemployed are proportionately at risk for obesity,” she said. grams, such as the National School Lunch Brecker will also give a free master class casualties of what’s been happening in our “People turn to cheap, energy-dense, highly Program, which provides healthy meals to Feb. 18 at 1 p.m., open to the public as part economy.” processed foods, which are cheaper than schoolchildren, and the Women, Infants and of the Tuesdays-at-One concert series. The But the people who benefit from the healthier foods.” Children (WIC) program, which provides performance will be held in the lower-level program will soon receive less aid, she said. With the decrease in food stamp benefits, food, education and medical referrals for recital hall of the Education, Theatre & The federal farm bill, signed by Presi- people will likely turn to emergency food mothers and children younger than 5. Music, Social Work Building. dent Obama Friday, cut the nation’s food sources such as food pantries or soup kitch- Odoms-Young is working with the Il- “Randy Brecker is a true jazz icon and stamp program by about $800 million a ens, Odoms-Young said. The farm bill did not linois Department of Human Services to one of the most important trumpet play- year. The cuts reduce the monthly food cut funding for emergency food sources, but implement a program in Illinois called WIC ers of the last 50 years,” said jazz ensemble stamp benefit by an average of $90 a month an influx of people needing help would put to 5, which aims to retain participants in the director Andy Baker. for about 1.5 million people across the stress on nonprofit food agencies. Women, Infants and Children program for “Having an artist of this stature working country. “They won’t be able to meet the gap that’s the duration of their eligibility. with our students for two days is a creative The average food stamp benefit is cur- going to need to be met when it comes to “It’s really important, given the SNAP and educational experience that they will rently about $134 per person per month, SNAP cuts,” she said. cuts, that people know about their eligibility,” cherish well beyond their time at UIC.” which amounts to less than $1.50 per per- Individuals aren’t the only ones affected she said. Brecker has been shaping the sound of son per meal, Odoms-Young said. by the farm bill provisions — the cuts will For more information on the Illinois jazz, rhythm-and-blues, rock and fusion “The cuts that we are going to see are have a larger impact on the economy, Odoms- WIC program, visit http://bit.ly/1dahm57 for four going to be significant,” she said. Young said, because every $5 in food stamp [email protected] decades. UIC Jazz Festival His Randy Brecker, trumpet UIC Jazz Ensemble and flugel- 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19, Website outlines proposals in collective bargaining horn per- Student Center East formances $7 students, seniors; The university has created a website, have graced $10 others facultycollectivebargaining.uic.edu, to in- hundreds Tickets at the door or form students, faculty and staff of the status of albums http://bitly.com/1fVvT2P of negotiations and answer questions relat- by artists ing to a possible strike announced Thurs- ranging day by the union representing two faculty from Bruce Springsteen to Art Blakey and collective bargaining units on campus. the Jazz Messengers. His multiple Grammy The union representing full-time faculty Awards include the 2014 Grammy for best at UIC in colleges other than Medicine, large jazz ensemble album for “Night in Dentistry and Pharmacy announced plans Calisia” with Polish composer Wlodek for a two-day work stoppage Feb. 18 and Pawlik and the Kalisz Philharmonic. Jazz 19. Journal praised Brecker’s compositions as UIC United Faculty, which represents “magnificent edifices of aural architecture.” tenured and nontenure-track faculty in Before Brecker performs with UIC’s separate collective bargaining units, filed 18-piece jazz group, music faculty will open a 10-day notice of intent to strike with the the show with a performance by Baker on Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board. trombone, Ernie Adams on drums, Mar- The filing allows, but does not require, quis Hill on trumpet, Stewart Miller on faculty in the bargaining units to strike any Photo: Roberta Dupuis-Devlin bass, Dan Murphy on piano, Zvonimir Tot time after 10 days. The university created a website with information on negotiations with faculty collective bargaining units. on guitar and Cheryl Wilson on vocals. The decision whether to strike is up to The concert is also the finale for the UIC each individual faculty member. moved to federal mediation last November. For updates and more information on High School Jazz Festival. Negotiations between the university Further meetings with the federal media- negotiations visit facultycollectivebargaining. [email protected] and the union began in August 2012 and tor are scheduled for Feb. 14 and 21. uic.edu 4 UIC NEWS I www.uicnews.uic.edu I FEBRUARY 12, 2014

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Have green ideas? Student organizations and individual students have until Feb. 21 to submit preliminary UIEvery-other-day diet book among Amazon’s Top 10 proposals seeking funds for campus projects related to sustainability, energy efficiency By Jeanne Galatzer-Levy and conservation or renewable energy, including composting, landscaping and trans- A new year brings resolutions — and a portation. new book by UIC researcher Krista Varady, A total of about $30,000 will be awarded The Every-Other-Day Diet, was among Ama- by the Green Fee Advisory Board, which zon’s top 10 in the U.S. during its first week includes students, faculty and staff. The fund- of release. ing comes from the UIC Green Fee paid by Varady, associate professor of kinesiology undergraduate, graduate and professional and nutrition, based her book on solid re- students. search on diet, nutrition and heart health. For more information, visit http://bit. “The point was to create a diet people ly/1o8sV10 can stick with,” she told the Chicago Tribune. Her interest in findings ways for Science and religion people to lose weight and improve their The Institute for the Humanities and UIC heart health led her to a strategy of modified Jewish-Muslim Initiative will host a confer- every-other-day fasting. On her diet, people ence March 10 exploring the role of science in eat one meal of about 500 calories on the religion. “fast” day and anything they want the next “Science in Judaism and Islam” takes place day. from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Institute for the Varady’s research showed that on her Humanities, lower level, Stevenson Hall. diet, cholesterol and blood pressure improve, For a complete schedule, visit people don’t have difficulty exercising and, Photo: Roberta Dupuis-Devlin huminst.las.uic.edu/ifth perhaps most important, most seem to find “The point was to create a diet people can stick with,” says UIC researcher Krista Varady. the regimen easy to maintain. Modernizing O’Hare Nor did they make up for the calories lost weight and keep it off. In Britain, where her book was in the top Find out details of the $7 billion O’Hare on the fast day. Her every-other-day regime is generating 30, coverage includes the Times Magazine, International Airport modernization project Varady said it’s important to have many media interest, including articles in the Chi- the morning TV program “BBC Breakfast” at a lecture Feb. 20. weight loss options, since no one diet has cago Tribune, the Chicago talk show “Windy and the Telegraph. FAA project manager Christina Drouet proved superior in helping people lose City Live” and The Atlantic magazine. [email protected] presents “The O’Hare Modernization and Chicago Airspace Project” from noon to 1 p.m. at the Great Cities Institute, 400 CUPPA Hall. The lecture is sponsored by the Urban Transportation Center. Better way to travel? ment on the days of licensing exam, March 22 to 5 p.m. June 5 in the Illinois Room, Student For more information, visit utc.uic.edu How could transit around campus be im- and 23. Center East. proved? Patients with all missing teeth are not ac- Deadline to submit proposals is Feb. 19 to Chancellor search Share your ideas through UIC’s Multi- cepted. [email protected] or the Women’s Leadership and Nominations are due Monday for mem- modal Transportation Plan survey about Must be 18 years old or older and cannot Resource Center, MC 363. bers of the UIC community to serve on a transportation around UIC at http://svy. be allergic to latex. For more information, visit http://bitly. search committee to find UIC’s next chancel- mk/1e0CJRK com/Ky2fam lor. Members of the UIC community can share Celebrating Herstory The advisory committee will include 16 their comments today at two workshops: 4 to The 20th annual Women’s Leadership Need help? members: seven faculty members, an under- 5:30 p.m., Thompson Rooms, Student Center Symposium, “HERSTORY: Celebrating Our Not sure how to use computer software? graduate student, a graduate or professional West, or 6:30 to 8 p.m., 329 Student Center Past and Soaring into the Future,” is seeking Ask Lynda. student, two deans or directors, an academic East. presenters to give workshop sessions on lead- Lynda.com, a collection of online tutorials, professional, a civil service staff member, an For more information, visit cmap.illinois. ership development. is free for UIC students and employees. For alumna or alumnus, a representative from the gov/lta/uic The symposium will be held from 8 a.m. information, visit lynda.com/member University of Illinois Foundation and a member of the Chicago community. Self-defense skills Brief letters of nomination should be sent The Chancellor’s Committee on the Status via email to Elizabeth Dooley, clerk of the of Women will host a self-defense class Feb. UIC Faculty Senate, at [email protected] 20. UIC Chancellor Paula Allen-Meares’ con- The “I Am Self Defense” workshop takes tract expires in January 2015. place from 4 to 6 p.m. in the School of Public Health gymnasium. Economic jackpot? RSVP at http://bit.ly/1cmNzpl A lecture Feb. 21 examines the implica- tions of expanding casino development to Free dental screenings help bolster the state economy. Free screenings by College of Dentistry “Casinos as Tools for Economic Develop- students will be offered 9 a.m. to noon Satur- ment in Suburban Chicago” takes place from day in the college’s clinics. No appointments 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the Great Cities Institute, 400 are necessary. CUPPA Hall. Students are preparing for their licensing Speakers are Ryan Gallagher and Michael exams. Wenz, assistant professors of economics at Screening includes a free limited dental Northeastern Illinois University. exam and x-rays, if indicated. For information, email [email protected] Certain patients will be selected for treat- FEBRUARY 12, 2014 I UIC NEWS I www.uicnews.uic.edu 5 Seeing future of technology in test of Google Glass

By Matt O’Connor Glass is currently available only through the Glass Explorer Program to those testing Smartphones, smart watches and now the $1,500 product. A retail version is expect- smart glasses? ed to be released later this year at a cheaper That’s right, Google Glass is the latest in- price. novation in smartwear that transforms the For now, the technology is still in its early way we communicate. phase with developers like Mateevitsi work- Google Glass is essentially a hands-free ing on projects to expand its uses. Mateevitsi smartphone that uses voice recognition and signed up online to test the product. a touchpad system to let the person wearing “When the first iPhone appeared, you the glasses browse apps, shoot video, receive could only make calls and send text messages, directions, and more — without reaching for but eventually they added an app store and a phone. apps,” he said. “It’s something new,” said Victor Matee- “I think it’s all about the apps right now, vitsi, doctoral student in computer science. just writing the correct apps that will make “People are still exploring what you can do this an experience that you would like to with it. The processing power is not great, you h av e .” need heavy video real-time image processing, The Google Glass experience may drasti- like object recognition is really difficult, but cally alter the way we interact with our envi- Photo: Lance Long you know it’s going to happen eventually.” ronment, Mateevitsi said. UIC doctoral student Victor Mateevitsi is testing Google Glass, a hands-free smartphone that lets the user The frameless, lightweight glasses have Imagine walking through a store look- browse apps, shoot video and receive directions. “People are exploring what you can do with it,” he says. a number of useful features, including the ing for a product. Google Glass instinctively ability to direct your eyes at a website, sign or brings up a pop-up with pricing at other lems and critics. rating. A California woman was issued a other material with text and translate it into stores, he said. “There definitely are privacy questions, ticket in October for driving while wear- another language in seconds. A recent up- Or walking into a house decorated in white which as a society we need to find answers ing Google Glass, but was cleared because grade prompts a wink from your right eye to and, with Glass, visualize what the counter- to,” Mateevitsi said. “Because what happens if of insufficient proof that they were turned capture a picture. tops would look like in marble or the walls I’m wearing Google Glass and I’m recording on. Simply say, “OK, Glass, share to Facebook,” blue. you, but you don’t know about it?” “Think about in the future — the more and you’ve shared something in a matter of “There is a lot of potential for augmented The Five Points Cafe in Seattle already we use the technology, the more we aug- seconds. reality apps,” Mateevitsi said, “when the reality placed a ban on Google Glass, citing privacy ment our world and the more we can “It’s a different way of communicating with is augmented with information that is virtual as a concern. A Columbus, Ohio, man was make,” Mateevitsi said. the data that is online and communicating and computed on the Glass.” questioned by Homeland Security after he OK, Glass. What’s next? with the world around you,” Mateevitsi said. These advancements are not without prob- was suspected of recording a movie for pi- [email protected] 6 UIC NEWS I www.uicnews.uic.edu I FEBRUARY 12, 2014 FEBRUARY 12, 2014 I UIC NEWS I www.uicnews.uic.edu 7

Exposure to BPA linked to prostate cancer later in life

By Sharon Parmet lives, increases the risk for prostate cancer in human prostate tissue,” Prins said. UIC researchers have found more evi- “The findings of adverse effects of BPA in dence that fetal exposure to a chemical found human tissue are highly relevant and should in water bottles, soup cans and other com- encourage agencies like the Food and Drug mon products can increase the risk for pros- Administration to re-evaluate their policies tate cancer later in life. in the near future.” Bisphenol A, or BPA, is used to soften Prins investigated the effect of BPA on plastics. Steering clear of the chemical is human cells by implanting human prostate nearly impossible, says Gail Prins, professor stem cells taken from deceased young adult of urology and physiology and lead author men into mice. Prostate stem cells are long- of the paper pub- lived. They arise during early fetal develop- lished online in ment and produce and maintain a man’s the journal Endo- prostate tissue throughout his life. crinology. To mimic exposure to BPA during “Previous embryonic development, for two weeks studies have following implantation the mice were fed shown that peo- BPA — in amounts in line with those seen ple who avoided in pregnant American women — as the cells all contact with produced humanized prostate tissue. plastics or other “The amount of BPA we fed the mice was BPA-containing Gail Prins equivalent to levels ingested by the average objects for up to a person,” Prins said. “We didn’t feed them Exposure to BPA, a chemical found in plastic items such as water bottles, can increase the risk for month or more still had BPA in their urine,” exorbitantly high doses.” prostate cancer, says researcher Gail Prins. BPA, which softens plastics, is “very hard to avoid,” she says. said Prins, director of the UIC andrology After the tissue was allowed to mature laboratory. for one month, the mice were given estrogen lesions or cancer. Bin Shi, Dan-Ping Hu and Shyama Majum- “Which means they must have come into to mimic the naturally rising estrogen levels “We believe that BPA actually reprograms dar, College of Medicine; Gunnan Li, Ke contact with BPA in the last 24 to 48 hours, seen in aging men. This rise in estrogen later the stem cells to be more sensitive to estro- Huang and Richard Van Breemen, College since it clears the body rather quickly. in life is one of the known drivers of prostate gen throughout life, leading to a life-long of Pharmacy; Cheryl Lyn Walker, Institute “It’s very hard to avoid,” she added. cancer. increased susceptibility to diseases including of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M Exposure of the fetus to BPA in utero is Tissue was collected after two to four cancer,” Prins said. University, and Shuk-Mei Ho, University of of particular concern. The chemical, which months and analyzed for prostate disease. Co-authors of the study are Jason Nelles, Cincinnati. mimics the hormone estrogen, has been Prins found that a third of tissue samples Andre Kajdacsy-Balla, Wen-Yang Hu, Guang- [email protected] linked to several kinds of cancer, including taken from mice fed BPA had either pre- prostate cancer, in rodent models. The new cancerous lesions or prostate cancer, com- findings show that human prostate tissue is pared to only 12 percent in a control group. also susceptible. If the prostate stem cells were exposed to “Our research provides the first direct BPA before implantation and again as they evidence that exposure to BPA during devel- produced prostate tissue in the mice, 45 per- opment, at the levels we see in our day-to-day cent of the tissue samples had pre-cancerous UIC to launch yearlong, accelerated MBA program

By Jeff Boynés Cohorts will benefit from a large enrollment of students from Asian countries, The Liautaud Graduate School of Busi- who bring a crosscultural perspective on ness is offering an accelerated MBA degree some of the world’s fastest growing econo- program, beginning mies. in May. “This program will March 15 is the ap- Students in the plication deadline for the 12-month, full-time prepare students to financial markets and risk program will choose seize today’s most management track that between two tracks: begins in May. financial markets exciting opportunities.” June 15 is the appli- and risk manage- cation deadline for the ment, or international management. strategic and international business man- “This program will prepare students to agement track, which begins in August. seize today’s most exciting opportunities More information is available online at and position themselves competitively in business.uic.edu/cmba. Candidates apply the global market,” said Shari Holmer Lewis, through the Liautaud Graduate School of assistant dean of the College of Business Business. Administration. For more information about the pro- The program is cohort-based, so stu- gram, contact Caroline La Torre, director dents start and stay together in the program of recruiting and enrollment, at latorre2@ through graduation, helping form lasting uic.edu or 312-996-4573. business and professional relationships. [email protected] 8 UIC NEWS I www.uicnews.uic.edu I FEBRUARY 12, 2014

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President Clinton acquitted UIC Jazz Festival

Feb. 12, 1999: President S M T W T F S Bill Clinton is acquitted on Feb. 19 two articles of impeach- Trumpeter Randy ment — perjury and ob- Brecker with UIC 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 struction of justice — after Jazz Ensemble. 7:30 a five-week impeachment p.m. Illinois Room, 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 trial. SCE. Tickets $7 23 24 25 26 27 28 For the perjury charge, for students and 45 Democrats and 10 Re- seniors, $10 general publicans voted not guilty public. Available at but the Senate voted 50-50 the door, theatreand on the charge of obstruc- music.uic.edu or tion of justice. 312-996-6068 Randy Brecker

Feb. 21 BLACK HISTORY MONTH EXHIBITS “Casinos as Tools for Economic Development Feb. 12 Through March 1 in Suburban Chicago” Ryan Gallagher and Michael Wenz, assistant professors of eco- “Ghost Nature” “History of Racism in Popular Music” nomics, Northeastern Illinois University. 2 p.m. Great Cities Insti- Performance and discussion with acoustic hip hop band Scratch Group exhibition based around the strangeness of the natural tute, 400 CUPPA Hall Track. 1-2:30 p.m. Illinois Room, SCE. 312-413-5070 world. Curated by Caroline Picard. Gallery 400, ADH. Exhibit hours, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tues.-Fri.; noon-6 p.m. Sat. 312-996-6114 SPECIAL EVENTS Through May 9 Feb. 13 “Chicagoaxaca” Exhibition sponsored by the Social Justice Initiative at UIC. Internship and Part-Time Job Fair 1-4 p.m., Tues., Thurs. and Fri. Pop Up JUST Art Center, 729 W. Maxwell St. 312-355-5922 For all majors. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Illinois Room, SCE. 312-996-3130

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Free Dental Screenings Scratch Track performs for Black History Month. For patients ages 18 and older. 9 a.m.-noon, Dentistry. No appointment necessary

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“Hope in My Heart: The May Ayim Story” “Tuesdays-at-One” Film screening and discussion. Kimberly Alecia Singletary, Randy Brecker. Master class by Grammy-winning trumpeter and Northwestern University doctoral student. 12:15 p.m. 1501 UH flugelhornist in jazz, R&B and fusion. 1 p.m. L060 EPASW Work on display in “Chicagoaxaca,” open through May 9. Feb. 21 WORKSHOPS “Clybourne Park” LECTURES/SEMINARS Opening night of Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning show Feb. 16 by Bruce Norris. 7:30 p.m. UIC Theatre, 1044 W. Harrison St. Tickets: $11 UIC students, $12 other students, $14 UIC faculty/ Feb. 19 “How to Find Full Text” staff, $16 general public. 312-996-2939 “The Gender Gap in Patent Law and Copyrights” Online library workshop. 7-7:30 p.m. http://library.uic.edu Feb. 26 and 27 Anne Elizabeth Moore, author, Fulbright scholar and a UN Press Feb. 19 Fellow. Sponsored by Women in Science and Engineering. Noon- Identity Backpack Workshop 1 p.m. Latino Cultural Center, LC B2. [email protected] “Streamlining Group Work Using RefWorks Guided conversations about personal identity. Noon – 2 p.m. White Oak Room, Student Center East Feb. 20 and GoogleDocs” Online library workshop. 2-3 p.m. http://library.uic.edu “O’Hare Modernization and Chicago Airspace Project” Christina Drouet, FAA project manager. Sponsored by the Urban Transportation Center. Noon-1 p.m. 400 CUPPA Hall

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Have your voice heard on campus

By Michael Queroz

The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) ac- tively serves as the voice for the undergraduate class. Here’s the latest news from USG:

Membership opportunities Looking for a leadership position on campus? Start by running for office in this year’s USG student elections. Members represent the undergraduate class by being advocates for change and improvement through formal communications with university administration and Il- linois elected officials. Positions available include president, vice president, and assembly member. To receive more information, visit the Dean of Stu- dents website at deanofstudents.uic.edu Want to be a member now? USG is accepting spring 2014 interim assembly member applications. Application deadline is Feb. 28. Photo: Timothy Nguyen For more information, visit the USG website at Gallery 400 intern Francesca Banks takes a look at artwork from the “Ghost Nature” exhibit, on display through March 1. www.uic-usg.org and click on the “Documents” section.

News from USG president Abhinav Reddy ‘Ghost Nature’ reminds us of role on Earth We are seeing a lot of changes in leadership on our campus. We are looking for a new chancellor to start at By Eva Meier UIC by Jan. 2015. We are also searching for a new president of the U of I system, who should be in office by June A peculiar, yet fascinating exhibit at Gallery 400 had me 2015. contemplating our connection to the Earth in a way that I had There are also some changes coming through the Sen- not before. We can’t consider ourselves “guests” on Earth any- ate Committee on Educational Policy. Two new majors more. It’s our home, and is here for us to appreciate, cultivate will be created: bachelor’s in public policy and bachelor’s and innovate as time moves forward. in human development and learning. “Ghost Nature,” an exhibit with contributions from UIC students and other artists, reflects the two-way connection News from USG vice president Earth has with humankind. The exhibit is on display through Mateo Uribe March 1 at Gallery 400, located on the first floor of Art and I will be hosting two USG Commuter Student Town Design Hall, 400 S. Peoria St. Exhibit hours are 10 a.m. to 6 Hall meetings today from 11 a.m. to noon and noon to p.m. Tuesday through Friday and noon to 6 p.m. Saturday. Milan Metthey’s “Love Ducking – Experiment 1.” Metthey is among 1 p.m. at the Commuter Student Resource Center. The With mediums ranging from video clips to raw vegetables, 19 artists displayed in “Ghost Nature” at Gallery 400. event includes free food provided for the participants. the artists convey an underrated, yet significant message: peo- Administrators are invited to come to a session to hear ple don’t simply take from the Earth anymore; we take, then plumbing-dwelling creatures may be, this one happens to be what the students have to say. observe, then modify and enhance. a sculpted replica. Making me physically tense for a moment The artists each took creative and personal license on their was Jenny Kendler’s “Companion for Utopian” piece. Kendler’s Current projects interpretations of the different aspects of the Earth. exhibit is self-explanatory by portraying a very literal version We are currently working on the Oxfam Hunger Ban- One such work is Rebecca Mir Grady’s “Long Distance Re- of our virtually invisible, yet everyday companions. I found quet. At this event, participants will find out what it really lationship with the Ocean,” in which she writes the equivalent this particular piece to be a bit of an anomaly, as I reluctantly feels like to be hungry and about the hunger problems of a love note to the moved closer to the little critter. The beetle symbolized the life some students and the larger community face. ocean itself. You can on Earth that we don’t particularly notice happening every ‘Ghost Nature’ At the beginning of the event, participants will take a literally feel the rela- day, the life that is everywhere. Gallery 400, ticket and depending on what your ticket says, they could tionship Mir Grady has These pieces are just two in the collection of quirky, but Art and Design Hall be eating a small meal or a three-course deluxe meal. with the sea through analogous, room full of videos, sculptures and paintings. Through March 1: 10 a.m. to 6 More details coming soon. her memo — intimate Conceptually, the content of the exhibit is riveting. The fact p.m. Tuesday through Friday; We are beginning to plan RECESS in conjunction and comforting, remi- that the exhibit moved away from the popular topic of the noon to 6 p.m. Saturday with the Student Activities Board. RECESS is an annual niscent of another part worldwide eco-friendly movement was a refreshing spin on UIC tradition where fun events are held in the Lecture of her life, and com- the human-Earth interaction, especially from young artists. Center Plaza. This year’s event will be in April. pletely unrelated to the The exhibit offers a reminder to those who forget that we For more information on USG, visit facebook.com/ cold, hard, urban city where she is now. The piece creatively are part of Earth, too, not just residents for the time being. UICUSG or www.uic-usg.org. Follow USG on Twitter at and personally portrays her relationship with the Earth by pre- Life began on Earth, and though it may not finish here, @UICUSG and email USG at [email protected] senting a piece of herself in her note to the “deep blue.” mankind should always reflect and appreciate the life, beauty • Mike Queroz is chair of the USG Communications & Lounging beside the rest of the exhibits, a lone beetle (yes, and innovation that Earth offers us. Recruitment Committee. Reach him at [email protected] one of those disgusting, speedy little critters) surveys the hap- • Eva Meier is a freshman in English. Reach her at penings at Gallery 400. But never fear, as gross as the little [email protected] 10 UIC NEWS I www.uicnews.uic.edu I FEBRUARY 12, 2014

American Heart Association supports ‘next generation of scientists’ By Sharon Parmet

A check for $1,567,316 is no small change. That’s the amount represented by the big cardboard poster that former American Heart Association chair William Roach Jr. presented to College of Medicine Dean Dimitri Azar Feb. 4 as the heart association recognized the UIC researchers it has funded over the past year. The heart association has supported more than 300 projects at UIC over the past 40 years for a total of about $31 million in Photo: Joshua Clark funding. UIC College of Medicine dean Dimitri Azar joins faculty members Marcelo Bonini, Beata Wolska, J. Michael O’Donnell, E. Doug Lewandowski, R. John Solaro and “I’d like to thank the American Heart Jesus Garcia Martinez and former American Heart Association chair William Roach Feb. 4 to recognize researchers who have funding from the organization. Association for their generous support of cardiology research here at UIC, and also the faculty who nurture and guide the today,” said E. Doug Lewandowski, center cardiology, received a grant from the heart lion Americans each year. young investigators who receive AHA fund- director and professor of physiology and association to seek new therapies for angina, “Funding from the AHA helped me inves- ing,” Azar said. biophysics. currently treated with nitroglycerin. He is tigate new ideas and gather data I can use to The College of Medicine has more than “As the mentor of several AHA fellowship looking for ways to reduce tolerance to the seek additional funding,” Bonini said. 20 laboratories focused on finding cures grant recipients, I can see the direct effect drug, which is prescribed to more than 4 mil- [email protected] for cardiovascular diseases within the UIC these funds have on supporting the early Center for Cardiovascular Research. The stages of the researcher careers of my stu- unit is the only one in the College of Medi- dents,” he said. police cine granted permanent center status by the Ryan Lahey, a medical student in Le- University of Illinois Board of Trustees and wandowski’s lab, received heart association UIC Police emergency: 312-355-5555 for theft at the UIC Police Station, in connec- the Illinois Board of Higher Education. funding to investigate the effects of different Nonemergency: 312-996-2830 tion with a Jan. 28 crime. “Grants from the American Heart As- dietary fats on cardiac performance over the TDD: 312-413-9323 Feb 6: A man was arrested at 3:07 p.m. at sociation help support the next generation course of progressive heart failure. Lahey Student Center East in connection with a Jan. of scientists who will find therapies that presented his findings at the American Heart Feb. 3–9 30 crime. target the biological underpinnings of heart Association annual meeting. Deceptive practice: 3 Feb 7: A man was arrested for battery at disease that we are discovering in the lab Marcelo Bonini, assistant professor of Battery: 3 10:31 a.m. at the hospital, in connection with a Criminal damage: 1 Feb. 3 crime. Theft: 5 Visit the UIC Police crime map, uiccrime- Arrests by UIC Police maps.org/map/, and the Chicago Police CLEAR Feb 3: A woman was arrested at 3:15 p.m. Map, http://gis.chicagopolice.org

Suspect sought in off-campus robbery A UIC student was the victim of an off-campus strong-arm robbery at 10:45 a.m. Saturday in the 600 block of West Roosevelt Road. The suspect approached the student, pointed an object at him and demanded the student’s laptop. The student and offender fought and the suspect dropped a screwdriver from under his shirt. The suspect pushed the student into the snow and struck him with closed fists. The suspect fled in a silver Chevy Tahoe. The student was taken to the hospital for a minor injury to his head. The suspect is described as a black male in his early 20s, 5 feet 7 inches to 5 feet 9 inches tall, 140 to 150 pounds with short hair and a medium complexion. Call UIC Police at 312-996-2830 with information. UIC Police strongly recommend complying with an offender whose intent appears to be taking property or valuables.

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By Jeanne Galatzer-Levy of materials along the nerve axon in squid D-Zero experi- and Sharon Parmet neurons. ment at Fermilab His recent research suggests that holdups and the Compact A neurobiologist and a physicist are the in the transport of materials along the nerve Muon Solenoid latest UIC researchers named fellows of the axon may play an important role in the devel- experiment at American Association for the Advancement opment of neurodegenerative disorders. the Large Had- of Science, the world’s largest general scientif- Brady and his colleagues found that a ron Collider at ic society and publisher of the highly regarded mutant protein associated with inherited ALS CERN — he has peer-reviewed journal Science. caused slowdowns in the transport and deliv- investigated the Scott Brady, professor and head of ery of cellular materials when added to squid strong interac- anatomy and cell biology in the College of neurons. tion that binds Medicine, was cited for his contributions to These slowdowns could cause one end of quarks together the study of cell and molecular biology of the cell to run out of materials it needs and into protons and neurons. lose its synaptic connectivity with neighbor- neutrons. Nikos Varelas, professor of physics in the ing neurons. Without these connections, The Compact College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, was neurons die. Muon Solenoid honored for his work in experimental particle Brady believes that this process may un- experiment physics. derlie the gradually worsening symptoms includes over Photos: Roberta Dupuis-Devlin and Joshua Clark They will be among 388 AAAS fellows associated with adult onset neurodegenera- 3,500 scientists, Medicine faculty member Scott Brady (left) and LAS faculty member Nikos Varelas honored Saturday at the association’s annual tive diseases such as ALS, Alzheimer’s and organized into were named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. meeting in Chicago. Huntington’s disease. groups, attacking Brady’s work has led to the discovery of Brady received a B.S. from Massachusetts different aspects cellular mechanisms associated with neuro- Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in cellular of the experiment from building the detector University of Rochester. After three years as logical disorders that affect millions world- and molecular biology from the University to processing and analyzing the enormous a postdoctoral research associate at Michigan wide, and may help in the development of of Southern California, followed by a post- amount of data. State University, he joined the UIC physics new treatments. doctoral fellowship at Case Western Reserve He was also involved in the search for the faculty in 1997. He has also been a guest sci- He studied how nutrients, proteins and University. He was a faculty member at the Higgs boson new subatomic particles. With entist at Fermilab. signaling molecules, including neurotrans- University of Texas Southwestern Medical his team at UIC, he established that quarks A 2013 University Scholar, he received mitters, get from one end of a neuron — some Center before joining UIC in 2002. behave like fundamental entities down to the the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Out- can reach three feet in length in humans — to Varelas’ research in high-energy particle level of one thousandth of a trillionth the size standing Faculty and Faculty Service Award the other. He helped develop a technique physics focuses on the building blocks of of a human hair. in 2012. combining video and electron microscopy for matter and the forces that bind them together. Varelas received his B.Sc. from the Univer- [email protected] directly observing, in real time, the transport Over the last two decades — as part of the sity of Athens and a Ph.D. in physics from the [email protected] 12 UIC NEWS I www.uicnews.uic.edu I FEBRUARY 12, 2014

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Women’s basketball sweeps Valpo Men’s tennis collects

By Brad Taylor first win of season

The women’s basketball team (18-6, 7-4 Horizon By Carly Abate League) picked up its seventh Horizon League victory Monday with an 82-73 road win over Valparaiso (3-19, The men’s tennis team (1-4) captured its first win of 1-8 Horizon League). the season Saturday. The Flames were undefeated in sin- Senior Katie Hannemann scored a season-high gles play, losing only one match in doubles to dominate 29 points to lead the Flames to a season sweep of the Western Illinois, 7-0. Crusaders. “We are progressing each week and were excited to see Sophomore Ruvanna Campbell collected her such a supportive crowd at the match,” head coach Hans sixth straight double-double with 14 points and 11 Neufeld said. rebounds. UIC was undefeated throughout singles as Alexander UIC’s 18-6 overall record is the program’s best Raa started the night by downing Christoph Haertel in mark through 24 games in program history. UIC is 7-4 the number one spot, 6-5, 6-4. through 11 conference contests for the first time since Alan Reifer was in No. 2 for the Flames and held the 2009-10 season. strong against Mitch Granger winning in two straight, UIC seeks its eighth Horizon League win Saturday 6-5, 6-4. when the Flames travel to Dayton, Ohio, to take on In the No. 3 position, Carl Hedstrom dominated Max Wright State (17-7, 6-3 Horizon League). Tip-off is set Cederkall, 6-2, 6-2. Isaac Lloveras kept the momentum for 1 p.m. at the Nutter Center. going at No. 4, beating Brandon Meeker in two straight, UIC never trailed in Monday’s game and led by as 6-2, 6-0. many as 20 in the second half. Eric Pontow took No. 5, stopping Chris Bunch, 6-3, The Flames held a 46-32 advantage in points-in- 6-1. the-paint, grabbed 19 offensive rebounds and scored Finishing out singles play strong for the Flames, Chris- 24 second-chance points. topher Cole defeated Brett Furmanski, 6-3, 6-1. Valparaiso cut UIC’s early lead to 19-12 before the In doubles play, Pontow and Lloveras teamed up in Flames went on a 12-0 run to take a 31-12 advantage the No. 1 position, but the duo fell against Haertel and with 9:29 on the clock. Valpo responded with a 22-6 Granger, 6-5. run and trailed by three (37-34) with 1:21 before half- Reifer and Hedstrom dominated at No. 2 when they time. Lexi Miller’s last-second, half-court shot went in stopped Cederkall and Meeker, 6-5. Raa paired with Nate to trim UIC’s halftime lead to 42-37. Campanile to face Bunch and Furmanski in the No. 3 Jessi Wiedemann’s jumper with 16:09 left in the sec- position, closing out doubles strong with a 6-0 win. ond half narrowed the Flames’ advantage to 49-43. But The Flames return to competition Feb. 22 when the UIC went on a 10-0 run to put the game out of reach. team faces Chicago at the Henry Crown Field House. Hannemann was 11-of-13 from the field and 7-of-8 Photo: Timothy Nguyen Match time is to be determined; visit uicflames.com for from the free throw line for her fifth career 20-point Senior Katie Hannemann scored a season-high 29 points Monday. the latest updates. performance. Her previous season high was 19 against Texas Southern (Nov. 30). half. Over the last six contests, Campbell is averaging 21.3 Hannemann had 14 second-half points and was a perfect points, 13.7 rebounds and shooting 56.5 percent from the 6-of-6 from the floor. Over the last seven games, she has floor (52-of-92). converted 60.2 percent of her field-goal attempts (41-of-68). Senior Rachel Story picked up her 20th double-figure Hannemann (908 career points) is the 19th player in program performance with 14 points on 5-of-12 shooting. She tied her history to surpass the 900-career point plateau. career high with seven rebounds. Campbell’s double-double is her league-high 16th of the Sophomores Terri Bender and Imani Moore both contrib- season. She was 5-of-11 from the field and 4-of-5 from the uted nine points. charity stripe in her 23rd double-digit performance. Bender collected three steals to average 3.3 steals over the Campbell had 11 points and six rebounds in the second last six contests.

Women’s gymnastics team hits highest marks

By Laura White first-place score of 9.850. Randall scored a personal-best 9.750 alongside junior Gabrielle May to tie for sixth. The women’s gymnastics team came away with a victory Dion continued to top all competitors with 9.850 on beam and scored a season-high 193.475 to beat Alaska Anchorage for first. Sophomore Kerensa Mitchell registered her first score (190.325) at a tri-meet Sunday. Southeast Missouri took first of the season with 9.650 and freshman Nicole Szabo came at the meet with 194.075. away with a career-high 9.600. The Flames earned first-place finishes in each event and The collection of career-best scores continued to the floor posted several career-best scores. exercise, where Dion tied for first with 9.875, sophomore Gi- On vault, UIC claimed first place with redshirt-junior ulia Hindermann gathered a 9.775 and Randall posted a 9.725. Kimberly Randall’s career-best score of 9.875, followed by Through four events, Dion recorded an impressive 39.375 senior Catherine Dion’s career-best 9.800 to tie for second. in the all-around for a new career high and first place. Junior Freshman Nikki Woodruff collected a personal-best score Citlali Cuevas took a 38.200 for fourth. Photo: Steve Woltmann with 9.650. The Flames host Texas Woman’s in a conference meet at 7 Alexander Raa won his singles and doubles matches Saturday. Dion took the lead on bars and set a career high with her p.m. Friday at the Physical Education Building.