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Photo: S.K. Vemmer Carly Harte and Andrea Heath check each other’s new look after their heads were shaved in a fundraiser for St. ’s Foundation Thursday. The roommates drove from Milwaukee to Children’s Hospital University of Illinois for the event, which benefits pediatric cancer research at UIC and elsewhere. More on page 3; watch the video atyoutube.com/uicmedia Bald and bold for St. Baldrick’s

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Composer Steve Everett finds the Honoring UIC’s Researchers of Cai O’Connell’s once-in-a-lifetime Women’s basketball gets ready to right notes the Year Olympics assignment break the record More on page 2 More on page 7 More on page 11 More on page 16 2 UIC NEWS I www.uicnews.uic.edu I FEBRUARY 26, 2014

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By Gary Wisby Princeton and a guest composer at Eastman School of Music, Conservatoire National Supérieur de Mu- Epilepsy. sique de Paris, Conservatoire de Musique de Genève The chemical origins of life. in Switzerland, Rotterdam Conservatory of Music A young prostitute who lived in and Utrecht School of the Arts in the Netherlands. New Orleans’ notorious Storyville His compositions have been performed in Paris, 100 years ago. Amsterdam, Singapore, Seoul, , Cologne, These are some of the inspirations for Steve Ever- Tokyo and New York City (including Lincoln Center ett’s work in sound and music. and Carnegie Hall). Everett, new dean of the College of Architecture, A native of Atlanta, he has a bachelor’s and two Design and the Arts, is a prolific composer whose master’s degrees — in music theory and trumpet works have been performed in 27 different countries performance — from Florida State University, and throughout Europe, Asia and North America. he earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the He came to UIC last summer from Emory Uni- Urbana-Champaign campus. versity in Atlanta, where he presented more than 200 Everett started out as a math major, with the idea works of contemporary music as conductor of Tha- of becoming an architect or engineer, but his love myris New Music Ensemble. for the trumpet, double bass and Javanese gamelan “A lot of what I do is algorithmic composition” intervened. with the help of a computer, said Everett, professor of “In my second year of college, every day I was music. playing one of the three for five, six hours,” he said. “I don’t have to decide the next note. It’s based on “And every day I noticed that my music got larger the parameters I put in. I build a structural model, and my calculus less, so I changed my major to and the computer helps me realize the piece based on music.” that structure.” Everett taught at Kennesaw State University, near He recently finished “First Life,” commissioned by Atlanta, for 13 years. the Center for Chemical Evolution to commemorate At Emory, where he spent 25 years, he started a the emergence of the first microorganisms, 3.5 billion computer music studio, chaired the music depart- years ago. ment and served as interim director of the Fox “The question is, how did that happen? How did Center for Humanistic Inquiry, chair of the faculty it move from inorganic chemistry to organic chemis- council and president of the university senate. try?” Everett said. He also played trumpet for the Atlanta Sym- “I was asked to produce a musical performance to phony. help explain that — something that would be true to Along the way, he has studied indigenous music the science but also be a performance that had aes- in Bali, Java and India. thetic qualities and be educational.” Everett’s appointment as UIC dean became of- He took a biochemical research data stream and Photo credit: Muhammad Nafisur Rahman ficial Aug. 1. He lives in Streeterville, while his wife, routed it into a keyboard. Steve Everett, dean of the College of Architecture, Design and the Arts, uses a computer Yayoi, who does music analysis, remains in Atlanta, “I listened to pitches, with the data determining to help create his musical compositions. “I build a structural model, and the computer where she is finishing a research project and putting where the notes are,” he said. helps me realize the piece based on that structure,” he says. their house on the market. The result was a 75-minute composition with a When she rejoins Everett, she’ll teach in the de- string quartet, narration, live audio processing, surround- frey Loeb, of the department of neurology and rehabilita- partment of theatre and music. sound diffusion and live motion-capture video projection. tion in the College of Medicine. “As a composer, I’m always looking for ideas as the impe- Another Everett composition is “Ophelia’s Gaze,” a cham- It involves EEG mapping of rats’ brains to study epileptic tus for creating some kind of patterns of sounds to generate,” ber opera based on Bellocq’s Ophelia, by Natasha Trethewey, seizures. he said. U.S. poet laureate and Emory professor. “We’re looking at the impact of sound triggers,” Everett “So I read a fair amount of poetry and look at a lot of “The poems are based on imagined thoughts and percep- said. paintings. I’m looking for any kind of source that might reso- tions of a young prostitute in New Orleans,” a mixed-race “We want to understand if sound can be an inhibitor of nate with me at some level.” woman named Ophelia photographed by E.J. Bellocq in 1912 epidemic seizures. Maybe there can be a sonic treatment for Performances of some of Everett’s recent compositions in the red-light district of Storyville. human seizures.” can be viewed on his website, steveeverett.org Everett is also working on a nonmusical project with Jef- Everett has been a visiting professor of composition at [email protected]

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“A large proportion of the customer base of these “We don’t know why this works, but it opens up new “A lot of the people I’ve met in New York have stores is made up of people who are struggling avenues for exploring the generation of hot flashes.” always said true New Yorkers are Mets fans. So I’m economically, including many minority group excited to get a chance to see them all out there.’’ members. These same groups are those increasingly Pauline Maki, professor of psychiatry and psychology, and disproportionately affected by the adverse con- on study that found a common nerve block treatment UIC graduate and Major League Baseball player Curtis sequences of cigarettes and other tobacco products.” for pain may provide relief for women with moderate to Granderson on his move from the New York Yankees severe hot flashes, Feb. 17HealthDay News to the New York Mets, Dec. 10 USA Today Patricia Finn, chair of the department of medicine and president of the American Thoracic Society, urging dollar stores and other discount retailers to follow CVS in ceas- ing sales of tobacco products, Feb. 19 Chicago Tribune FEBRUARY 26, 2014 I UIC NEWS I www.uicnews.uic.edu 3 White House announces $70M grant to UI LABS

By Jeanne Galatzer-Levy and StarLight, an international research and as well as the bi- education communications exchange facil- partisan support UI LABS, an initiative begun more than ity for high-performance networks, are criti- from federal, state two years ago by the University of Illinois cal for the Blue Waters Peta-scale computing and local officials that draws on expertise from its three cam- facility on the Urbana-Champaign campus across the U.S.,” puses, was awarded a $70 million grant from in achieving the necessary speed links and said UI LABS the U.S. Department of Defense to create capacity for digital manufacturing, said interim executive Digital Manufacturing and Design Innova- Mitra Dutta, vice chancellor for research. director Caralynn tion Institute, a research center in Chicago The workforce development part of the Nowinski, who for digital manufacturing technology. project, Dutta said, is largely based on UIC’s earned an MD and UIC’s role in the proposal focuses on its Learning Sciences Research Institute and MBA at UIC. strengths in computer visualization and tech- Project Lead the Way, a summer outreach UI LABS raised nical workforce development. program for high school teachers in the Col- more than $250 President Obama announced the invest- lege of Engineering. million in addi- ment Tuesday as part of his vision to rein- Similar programs may be developed as tional funds in its vigorate U.S. manufacturing by creating new federal agencies push for greater competen- bid for the center, jobs, encouraging economic development cy in new manufacturing techniques among including $16 mil- Photo: Lance Long/Electronic Visualization Laboratory and spurring future innovation. U.S. workers, she said. lion from the State The Electronic Visualization Laboratory, which creates projects like this visualiza- “This is a transformative opportunity to UI LABS brings together industry, of Illinois. tion of the International Space Station, will play a role in the new center. shape the future of American manufactur- academic, government and community “This new digi- ing,” said Warren Holtsberg, chairman of UI partners with more than 500 supporting tal lab has the potential to revolutionize the way Gov. Pat Quinn. LABS. companies and organizations to create the the approaches manufacturing, “This solidifies Chicago’s place as the epi- The institute will apply cutting-edge mo- digital manufacturing institute. and a major effort will be centered in Illinois,” center of the digital manufacturing revolution bile, cloud and high-performance computing Leading industry partners include Gen- said Sen. Dick Durbin. that will create thousands of jobs here and technologies to manufacturing challenges, eral Electric, Rolls-Royce, Procter & Gam- “My favorite words are ‘made in America’ make our city the place where the greatest reducing costs through greater use of tech- ble, Dow, Lockheed Martin and Siemens. and ‘made in Illinois,’ and this partnership will 21st century innovations are born,” said Chi- nology, from robotics to visualization. “We are grateful for the backing of our create high-tech manufacturing jobs across both cago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. UIC’s Electronic Visualization Laboratory many industry and community partners our state and nation for years to come,” said [email protected]

UIC film up for an Oscar Sunday UI By Jeffron Boynés Hair not there after fundraiser By Sherri McGinnis Gonzalez 200 leading children’s hospitals, universi- The UIC community ties and cancer centers, to find cures and has a special reason to It was emotional, exciting and all for better treatments for childhood cancers. watch the live broadcast of a good cause. The UIC/Rush/Stroger Children’s the 86th Roommates Andrea Heath and Carly Oncology Group, part of the national pro- Sunday. Harte traveled from Wisconsin to shave gram, allows patients from all three hos- A documentary by their heads at the annual St. Baldrick’s pitals to benefit from the knowledge and Edgar Barens, media spe- Foundation event Thursday at Chil- experience of the largest pediatric clinical cialist in the Jane Addams dren’s Hospital University of Illinois. trials group in the world. Center for Social Policy “I sort of fell in love with the charity. Since 2006, St. Baldrick’s has given $1.8 and Research, is up for an It’s super wonderful and a really, really million to UIC to fund the three-hospital Academy Award in the good cause,” Harte said. consortium and support basic science Documentary Short Sub- Each year, volunteers organize thou- research. ject category. sands of head-shaving events across the The partnership with the St. Baldrick’s “Ever since the nomi- country, raising to cure child- Foundation has been tremendous, said nation was announced, hood cancer. Mary Lou Schmidt, chief of pediatric my life has been in a The St. Baldrick’s Foundation funds hematology-oncology. whirlwind,” says Barens of Photo courtesy of HBO the Children’s Oncology Group, a na- “I’m not doing this for myself, I’m A scene from “Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall.” his documentary “Prison tional clinical trials group of more than doing this for the kids,” said Justice Abad, Terminal: The Last Days of think I have always fantasized about but never who gave up a ponytail. Private Jack Hall.” truly thought it would ever happen.” “This is the least I “The feelings that washed over me the mo- Creasie Finney Hairston, professor and could do for them.” ment I saw my name and the title of my film dean of the Jane Addams College of Social UIC’s Omega Delta on the list of nominees was overwhelming and Work and director of the social policy center, Fraternity is sponsoring I must admit I started sobbing with feelings of supported the film’s completion as a center a St. Baldrick’s head- happiness and accomplishment.” project. shaving event at 4 p.m. “Prison Terminal” documents the final Barens says he is grateful for the encour- March 14 at the Stukel days of a terminally ill inmate serving a life agement he has received from his colleagues Towers Events Center . sentence for murder, and the inmates who in the College of Social Work. To sign up, email care for him in the prison hospice program. “As a filmmaker, you lock yourself away in team captain Myles The film draws from exclusive footage a darkroom for years on end toiling away on a O’Hara at mohara5@ shot inside the Iowa State Penitentiary, one of project, leaving your colleagues to wonder just uic.edu or donate at America’s oldest maximum-security prisons. what the heck you’re working on! http://bit.ly/1fRdy5F The attention “Prison Terminal” has re- “So to have such a heartfelt response from To learn more, visit ceived has been “absolutely overwhelming my colleagues has been a truly wonderful ex- Photo: S.K. Vemmer stbaldricks.org and a testament to the urgency of the subject perience and one that stands out for me in this Andrea Heath gives up her hair at Thursday’s fundraiser. [email protected] matter and the emotional power of the film,” pretty magical time.” Barens says. The film debuts March 31 on HBO. For “Clearly, to finally get recognition from the more information, visit prisonterminal.com Watch the video online at youtube.com/uicmedia academy is a dream come true — something I [email protected] 4 UIC NEWS I www.uicnews.uic.edu I FEBRUARY 26, 2014

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Heavy reading Buy “Books by the Pound” through Friday at the UIC Bookstore. UI UIC’s 24th annual Cabaret set for Friday Hardcover books are $2.99 per pound and paperbacks are available for 99 cents. All buy- By Brian Flood ers receive a free UIC Bookstore reusable tote bag. UIC concludes this year’s celebration of The UIC Bookstore, on the first floor of Black History Month Friday with the 24th Student Center East, is open from 8:30 a.m. annual Blues Cabaret, featuring Chicago to 5 p.m. today and Friday, and 8:30 a.m. to 6 blues artist . p.m. Thursday. The opening band is Brother Jacob & His For more information, call 312-413-5500. Blues Crew, featuring Jacob Schulz, a UIC student majoring in urban and public affairs. Making progress? Over a career of more than three decades, Criminal law expert Charles Ogletree Jr. Zora Young’s performances and recordings will present a March 12 lecture on progress as a solo artist have showcased her versatility since the 1964 campaign to register black vot- and mastery of the blues, jazz, country and ers in the Deep South. gospel. Ogletree, professor of law at Harvard Uni- Young, a distant relative of blues legend versity, presents ”Looking Back on Freedom Howlin’ Wolf, has made more than 30 tours Summer: Reflections on Race, Politics and of Europe and appeared as a featured per- Civil Rights Activism” at 3 p.m. in 302 Student former seven times at the Chicago Blues Center East. Festival. His talk is the annual Phillip J. Bowman She has performed with notable artists Zora Young headlines the 24th annual Blues Cabaret Friday at the UIC Forum. Lecture, sponsored by UIC’s Institute for Re- like B.B. King, , , search on Race and Public Policy. The talk is , , Bobby Rush Fest, released his first , “Blues from a soul food buffet. UIC student tickets are part of the UIC Chancellor’s Lecture and Event and Professor Eddie Lusk. Below,” in October. available at the door for $10 (one per i-card). Series and co-sponsored by the UIC Social Schulz, who brought his band to the The Blues Cabaret begins at 7 p.m. in the For more information, call 312-413-5070. Justice Initiative. Windy City Stage at the 2013 Chicago Blues UIC Forum. Admission is $25 and includes [email protected]

Metro strategies Through its Real Time Chicago lecture series, the Great Cities Institute urges metro tenure faculty, but open to all members of the March 10 at http://sldvs.uic.edu March 7 through 9. For more information on Chicago residents to think regionally. UIC community. They will explain the review Award winners will be honored at the the festival, visit www.oneearthfilmfest.org All discussions are free and open to the process, policies and other professional devel- 42nd annual Chancellor’s Student Service and public. Unless otherwise noted, lectures are at opment information. Leadership Awards program April 10 in the Networking night 2 p.m. at the Great Cities Institute, Suite 400, Seminars include: Illinois Room, Student Center East. Meet U of I alumni at the Alumni Connec- College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs. • “Junior Faculty,” 1 to 2:30 p.m. April 11, tions After Five networking event Thursday. Upcoming talks include: 603 Student Center East Civic cinema The event takes place from 5 to 7 p.m. in • March 14: “Affordable Housing in Afflu- • “Promotion and Tenure Seminar for UIC will host two preview screenings next the Orange and Blue room, Illini Center, 200 ent Communities” Underrepresented Faculty,” 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. week of documentaries at the third annual S. Wacker Drive. • April 4: “Confronting Homelessness in April 18, 603 Student Center East One Earth Film Festival. Cost for alumni is $20 at the door, $30 oth- the Suburbs” • “Promotion and Tenure Seminar for Post The Latino Cultural Center hosts a screen- ers. Register at http://bit.ly/NLULm2 • April 18: “I-90 Expansion Project” Mid-Probation Pre-Tenure Faculty,” noon to 1 ing of “The New Environmentalists” March 5. • May 7: “Regional Economic Development p.m. May 2, 401 University Hall. Rosa Cabrera, director of the Latino Cultural Need a job? 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Photo: Joshua Clark Martha Daviglus, director of the Institute for Minority Health Research, shares findings at a campus press conference Monday from the Hispanic Community Health Study.

By Sharon Parmet Among Chicago findings: • nearly half of participants ages 45-64 Results from the largest health study of at high risk for diabetes Hispanics/Latinos in the U.S. conducted • one in three participants with diabetes to date found that many are at high risk for unaware they had it health problems like diabetes and hyperten- sion. • about 57 percent ages 18-64 lacked health insurance The National Institutes of Health released findings Monday from the first phase of its ongoing Hispanic Community Health Study/ lesterol, high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes Study of Latinos. or smoking. The multi-city epidemiological study, • The percentage who have obesity was which included 4,136 participants from high among all Hispanic/Latino groups but Chicago, collected information on the health was lowest among participants of South issues, risk factors, and lifestyle habits that American origin. impact the Hispanic and Latino population. • Few younger participants had diabetes, “This is information that people can use but almost half of participants ages 65-74 to help them make better health choices,” said had the disease. About half of the men and Martha Daviglus, director of UIC’s Institute women with diabetes had the disease under for Minority Health Research and principal control. investigator for the Chicago portion of the • Men were more likely than women to eat study. enough fruits and vegetables each day. “We now know, for example, that one- • Hispanic/Latina women, especially those third of the participants have pre-diabetes,” ages 45-64, were more likely to report symp- Daviglus said. “By educating and informing toms of depression than men. our participants and Hispanics/Latinos ev- Among the Chicago findings: erywhere through the sharing of these new • Nearly half of participants ages 45-64 data, people can begin to make educated were at high risk for diabetes. choices about their health.” • One in three participants with diabetes Data was collected between 2008 and were unaware that they had the disease. 2011 from 16,415 adults, ages 18-74, who • Women were more likely than men to lived in Chicago, San Diego, Miami or the know they had high blood pressure. Bronx and self-identified as being of Central • About 40 percent of participants ages American, Cuban, Dominican, Mexican, 18-44 were obese. Puerto Rican or South American back- • About 57 percent of Chicago participants ground. ages 18-64 lacked health insurance, trailing “This study is so important because the only Miami, where 71 percent were without Hispanic/Latino population is the fastest coverage. growing population in the U.S., and we need • On average, women ages 45-64 spent to know and document their health problems only nine minutes each day in recreational to better serve their health care needs going physical activity. forward,” Daviglus said. “This study is the Each participant underwent extensive foundation for those efforts.” health examinations to assess lifestyle-related Sharing the findings with the study par- risk factors for cardiovascular, pulmonary, ticipants and the public has been a major goal liver, kidney and other diseases. They also had from the beginning, Daviglus said. The non- sleep, dental and hearing evaluations. profit National Alliance for Hispanic Health The participants provided demographic, produced a booklet for participants that sum- socioeconomic and cultural information that marizes the results and highlights the data for could influence disease risk. each city. They were followed for up to four years Some national findings include: by yearly phone calls or home visits to assess • Eighty percent of men and 71 percent changes in their health and to document any of women had at least one adverse risk factor medical events, such as hospitalizations. for cardiovascular disease, such as high cho- [email protected] 6 UIC NEWS I www.uicnews.uic.edu I FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Photo: Roberta Dupuis-Devlin University trustees will consider a proposal next week to reorganize UI Health by early 2015. Trustees consider reorganization

By Tom Hardy Her replacement is expected to be named University Relations by fall; officials hope to give the new chan- cellor a voice in the vice chancellor’s hiring A reorganization plan that unites the Uni- because the two administrators would work versity of Illinois Hospital and clinics with together closely to guide clinical and academic the health science colleges would be imple- programs that comprise more than 60 percent mented by early 2015 under a proposal con- of UIC’s $2 billion budget. sidered next week by the university’s Board Easter recommended the new organiza- of Trustees. tional structure after months of study that In November, trustees endorsed the included discussions among administrators, concept of aligning UIC’s health-related aca- faculty and staff; a day-long board retreat that demic and clinical enterprises under a single brought in experts from around the country; umbrella. and input from the Huron Group, a global The board asked President Bob Easter to management consulting company. develop implementation plans that included The reorganization has support from the details such as lines of authority, job descrip- deans of the seven health science colleges, tions and other organizational issues. campus committees appointed by Allen- Final plans for the proposed reorganiza- Meares, the UIC Senate Executive Committee tion, reviewed Monday by the board’s Uni- and the University Senates Conference, which versity Healthcare System Committee, will includes senate leaders from the three cam- go to the board at its March 6 meeting on the puses. Urbana-Champaign campus. “This is the right move at the right time, “The new organizational structure would and will position the University of Illinois as a pool our vast clinical and academic resources leader in health care,” said Jerry Bauman, in- in pursuit of critical, life-changing goals — terim vice president for health affairs. advancing patient care, teaching and research “The proposed reorganization structure discovery to serve the rapidly changing is very sensitive to aligning the academic and health care needs of our state and our nation,” clinical missions of our colleges while at the Easter said. same time maintaining a sense of community Under the proposed plan, a new vice as a comprehensive university.” chancellor for health affairs would direct all Officials say the new alignment would clinical and health-related academic pro- make the university’s health care enterprise grams and report to the UIC chancellor. more efficient amid rapid changes in the na- Currently, college deans report to the UIC tion’s health care landscape, from new medical provost, while the Chicago hospital and clin- technologies and insurance regulations to the ics are administered by a university-level vice implementation of the Affordable Care Act. president for health affairs, a position that “Clinical and academic enterprises have would be eliminated when a vice chancellor functioned independently, each with their is hired. own strategies and priorities,” Ghosh said. The proposal calls for the president to “The proposed reorganization would put continue leadership and oversight in health everyone on the same page, with common affairs by meeting regularly with the new vice goals and a single person responsible for en- chancellor, chancellor and provost, and the suring that we achieve them.” university’s chief financial officer. The new vice chancellor would be respon- A search to fill the new position would sible for working with clinical and academic begin later this year and a vice chancel- staff to develop a comprehensive health care lor could be hired by early 2015, said Avijit strategy for the university, establishing goals Ghosh, senior adviser to the president who for each unit and working with administrators helped develop the reorganization plan. to implement them. The search would be delayed slightly to The vice chancellor would facilitate collab- coordinate with the search that will begin oration with other units at UIC and the cam- this spring to replace Chancellor Paula Allen- puses at Urbana-Champaign and Springfield. Meares when her term ends in January 2015. [email protected] FEBRUARY 26, 2014 I UIC NEWS I www.uicnews.uic.edu 7

The Researcher of the Year award recognizes 10 UIC scientists who are advancing knowledge in their fields. The Distinguished Researcher Award honors Researchers five researchers with a record of outstanding achievement. The Rising Star Award of the Year honors early career researchers who show promise as future leaders.

Basic Life Sciences Clinical Sciences

Joanna Burdette Anne Julienne Rutherford Rising Star Distinguished Researcher Rising Star

Anne George’s research could one day bring a new way of filling dental cavities. George, professor of oral biology and Allan G. Brodie endowed professor in the College of Dentistry, is studying how proteins can regenerate dentin, a calcified tissue of the body that is one of the four major components of teeth. George has been instrumental in cloning the dentin ma- trix protein genes from animal models. Her studies are directly aimed at dentin mineralization because of its uniformity and metabolic simplicity relative to bone. Dentists today traditionally use amalgam or other artifi- cial compounds to fill cavities. Instead, George said, dentists can fill the cavity with the dentin matrix protein 1, which binds calcium. After covering the site with polymer resin, new tissue would grow within a few weeks, allowing the dentin to regenerate. The dentin matrix protein 1 gene cannot only regenerate dentin, it can be used as a signaling molecule that converts Photo: Roberta Dupuis-Devlin stem cells into osteoblasts to help repair bone fractures Photo: Mark Mershon Joanna Burdette: at the forefront of research to discover where more quickly. Julienne Rutherford: “The health of adults is rooted in developmental tumors begin that lead to ovarian cancer. George is interested in the science of biomimetics and events that occur early in life, even as far back as the fetal period.” tissue engineering, areas she calls “fascinating.” “Understanding nature’s design principles and ultimately Ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer-related Julienne Rutherford believes the marmoset monkey may mimicking the process may provide new approaches to death among women and the deadliest of gynecologic cancers. hold the key to reducing stillbirths in human mothers. synthesize biomaterials with unique properties for various Preventing ovarian cancer may one day be possible — and The squirrel-sized marmoset, which achieves sexual matu- applications,” she said. if it is, Joanna Burdette may be at the forefront. rity at 15 months, often has multiple births, usually twins and George’s laboratory focuses on protein-based scaffolds, Before the cancer can be treated, researchers must find triplets. naturally derived biomaterial scaffolds that provide cell- where the tumors begin. Burdette, associate professor of Adult females who were born into triplet litters get preg- interacting elements. medicinal chemistry and pharmacognosy in the College of nant as often as twin females, but they lose three times as George hopes such research will lead to the repair and Pharmacy, is conducting research to discover how cells of the many fetuses — with nearly half the losses during labor and regeneration of bone and teeth. Fallopian tubes are transformed into ovarian cancer. delivery, said Rutherford, assistant professor of women, child “One of the most confounding issues of ovarian cancer is and family health science in the College of Nursing. the concept that the epithelial subtype responsible for the dis- In her latest study, funded by an RO1 grant from the Na- ease is still not completely known,” Burdette said. tional Institutes of Health, Rutherford will track the growth Using three-dimensional cell cultures developed in her lab, and development of the female marmoset reproductive sys- Burdette investigates how cells become cancerous and whether tem from birth to first pregnancy spanning three generations: molecules produced in the ovary are part of the process. the pregnant females carrying daughters; the daughters them- Ovulation and the Fallopian tube’s location near the ovary selves; and the offspring those daughters produce. may contribute to ovarian cancer, she said, by spurring cell “The health of adults is rooted in developmental events growth, stimulating cell-signaling pathways in response to that occur early in life, even as far back as the fetal period,” pituitary hormones and by damaging the DNA. Rutherford said. “Our research will determine how the womb Burdette, who completed her Ph.D. at UIC and a postdoc- in which a female develops affects the womb she will provide toral fellowship at Northwestern University, has published to her own offspring.” more than 40 papers and received 17 grants since joining UIC. In the four years since she began her tenure-track appoint- She was a UIC National Institutes of Health BIRCWH ment at UIC, Rutherford has produced 14 peer-reviewed (Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s journal articles and book chapters. She co-edited the book, Health) scholar and received the Tilberis Early Career Award Building Babies: Primate Development in Proximate and Ulti- from the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. mate Perspective. She serves on the Committee for Experimental Medicine Rutherford was a BIRCWH (Building Interdisciplinary of the Gynecologic Oncology Group and the Publication Core Research Careers in Women’s Health) scholar. She received a Committee of the Endocrine Society. Leadership Fellowship from the American Anthropological Burdette’s research is funded by the American Cancer Photo: Jeff Dahlgren Association and the American Society of Primatologists’ in- Society, the U.S. Department of Defense, the Ovarian Cancer Anne George: examining how proteins can regenerate dentin, augural Legacy Award for her contributions as an early career Research Fund and the National Cancer Institute. a tissue of the body that is a major component of teeth. researcher. 8 UIC NEWS I www.uicnews.uic.edu I FEBRUARY 26, 2014 Researchers of the Year

to have better health outcomes and lower health care costs have been translated into French, German, Greek and Swed- Clinical Sciences over the next nine months, compared to patients whose doc- ish. tors didn’t pick up on the cues. While working on her dissertation at Columbia University, People often think physicians fail to pick up on contextual she published (Land)Fill Istanbul, a whimsical illustrated tale Alan Schwartz cues because they don’t spend enough time with patients, in which the city slowly sinks underwater because of ill-ad- Saul Weiner Schwartz said. vised policies, leaving only historians behind. Its English text “But we found when listening to the undercover recordings is translated line-by-line into Turkish. Distinguished Researchers that doctors who picked up on the contextual information A translation is not a secondhand copy, emphasized Akcan, associate professor and director of graduate studies in art his- tory in the College of Architecture, Design and the Arts. “I define translation as the transformation that happens during transportation — of images, ideas, people, objects, technologies, information. “I think the history of architecture could be written by tracing the circulation of these and seeing how they get trans- formed in different locations,” Akcan said. As an example, she cites the idea of the garden city, with belts of parkland or farmland that offer a connection with nature. It began with an 1898 book by English theorist Ebene- zer Howard, who incorporated ideas from his time spent in America. Translations made the book influential in Germany, then in during its modernization. Each culture trans- formed the garden city theory in some ways. “So it connects Germany and Turkey in a unique way, but one is not a reflection of the other,” she said. Akcan is working on a book with the working title Open Architecture and the Non-Citizen about the 1980s urban re- Photos: Joshua Clark & Roberta Dupuis-Devlin newal of Kreuzberg, a Turkish immigrant neighborhood in Alan Schwartz (left) and Saul Weiner: looking for answers to why physicians fail to ask for, notice or act on contextual information — “things Berlin. A building exhibition there, called IBA, featured design that don’t have to do with the body, but are part of a patient’s life” — in medical interviews with patients. competitions for public housing and schools that attracted influential architects from all over Europe and North America. Context is important — ask researchers Alan Schwartz, were able to diagnose and prescribe treatment for patients just “I’m treating IBA as a microcosm of the architectural dis- professor and associate head of medical education, and Saul as quickly because they didn’t keep searching for biomedical course of the ’70s and ’80s, because so much diverse architec- Weiner, professor of medicine, pediatrics and medical educa- reasons for the patient’s visit that might not even exist,” Weiner tural intelligence was put into that neighborhood during those tion, and vice provost for planning and programs. said. 10 years,” she said. The two are studying how physicians fail to ask for, notice Schwartz and Weiner are using the protocol to help Hines “I’m also treating it as a moment in the history of public or act on contextual information in medical interviews with VA and Jesse Brown VA medical centers physicians improve housing. And the third focus is on immigration policies and patients. their effectiveness. architecture, because there were some discriminatory housing “These contextual pieces of information — the things that “It’s like having a mystery shopper in your store helps you regulations implanted through that project. don’t have to do with the body, but are part of a patient’s life, see things you could do better,” Weiner said. “I’m also theorizing open architecture as a translation of like their financial situation, competing responsibilities, or They are using the technique with UI Health residents the ethics of hospitality, as it’s been discussed as a way of open- even changes in family dynamics — could completely change doing internal medicine rotations at the Jesse Brown VA Hos- ing oneself to a stranger.” a care plan if the doctor only knew,” said Weiner, deputy direc- pital. tor of the UIC-affiliated VA Center of Innovation for Complex “Picking up on how a patient’s life circumstances impact Chronic Care. health requires a change to thinking about patients beyond For example, if a patient’s diabetes is worsening, a doctor their bodies,” Weiner said. might prescribe a second medication to get blood glucose levels back in check. If the doctor doesn’t know that the pa- tient can’t afford the original drug, adding another medication Art, Architecture & won’t help. Schwartz and Weiner conducted a groundbreaking study the Humanities using professional actors who posed as patients and brought hidden audio recorders to doctor visits. Each “patient” had a scripted health issue and dropped Esra Akcan contextual clues during the visit, like recent unemployment. The recordings were transcribed and scored according to Rising Star whether the doctors probed about the hints actors dropped, or let them go. They found that about 50 percent of the time, doctors didn’t probe for more information after a contextual Esra Akcan says that visual concepts, including those that clue was dropped. inspire architecture, are translated from one language to an- In a second study, Weiner and Schwartz had real patients other just as verbal concepts are. take hidden recorders into their visits with physicians. She speaks from experience. Photo: Roberta Dupuis-Devlin Esra Akcan: visual concepts translate like words. “I define translation They found that when the doctors asked for or picked up Akcan has written extensively on architecture in her native as the transformation that happens during transportation.” on contextual information, the patients were much more likely Turkey, where she earned her architecture degree. Her articles FEBRUARY 26, 2014 I UIC NEWS I www.uicnews.uic.edu 9

Palestine conflict. that all the points look the same.” Art, Architecture & The project explores the notion of “peoplehood” and Those symmetries are the key to simplifying equations and the question of whether states should represent or foster a making them solvable. the Humanities people’s identity. Coskun’s insight into this mathematical world has resulted “I also look at the conflict between the Jewish and Pales- in honors like the National Science Foundation CAREER tinian peoples over territory, and see what kinds of claims Award and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Award. Samuel Fleischacker each side makes about each other,” he said. Coskun did his graduate studies at Harvard and a post- Distinguished Researcher “My hope is that we can get a better look at these claims doctoral fellowship at MIT, where he worked with several with a combination of philosophical and historical tools.” faculty now at UIC. “The math department here at UIC is very strong,” he said. “Our department head, Lawrence Ein, is one of the leading Natural Sciences researchers in my field and I knew other members of the fac- ulty, so I was attracted here.” & Engineering When Coskun visited Chicago, he really liked the city. “Chicago was one of the biggest draws,” he said, his enthu- Izzet Coskun siasm undeterred by winter. Rising Star Philip Yu For most of us, it’s a hazy idea — that the world can be Distinguished Researcher described mathematically. That concept is the heart of the work that Izzet Coskun does every day. Coskun, professor of mathematics, statistics and com- puter science in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, is an algebraic geometer. Photo: Roberta Dupuis-Devlin Most of the things we see are defined by polynomials, or Samuel Fleischacker: “The point of philosophy is to stop and try to mathematical equations, Coskun explained. probe what we think, and look for its grounds and its sources.” “For instance if you drop a ball, the way its speed relates to the time it takes to bounce can be expressed as a polyno- mial,” he said. Moral and political philosopher Samuel Fleischacker ex- Examples of the kind of problem where polynomials amines the evolution of ideas to bring clarity to contemporary might be used include understanding the range of move- beliefs. ment of a robot arm or ways to make your credit card secure. “The point of philosophy is to stop and try to probe what “Computer science, evolutionary biology, physics, cryp- we think, and look for its grounds and its sources,” said Fleis- tography — almost everything we do in life is governed by chacker, professor of philosophy in the College of Liberal Arts polynomial equations,” Coskun said. and Sciences. “I study the geometry of spaces that have a lot of symme- “Trying to figure out more clearly what we believe and tries,” he explained. what we should believe. That’s what I really love.” “For instance, a sphere is a fairly symmetric space be- Photo: Roberta Dupuis-Devlin Personal reflection on his Jewish faith inspired Divine cause you can rotate to any point from any other point. Such Philip Yu: studying how personal data captured online impacts the Teaching and the Way of the World, a 2011 book where Fleis- spaces are called homogeneous spaces, which just means user. “Everything is being logged. It’s scary, isn’t it?” chacker explores the philosophy of revealed religion — faiths that regard a certain text or oral teaching as sacred, as au- Every recommendation from Netflix and Amazon, every thoritative over one’s life — and its compatibility with modern optimized ad on Google, depends on data mining — identify- liberal, moral and political views. ing patterns, then using them to extract information from The book has been described by leading scholars as “bril- huge data sets. liant” and “a major contribution to contemporary philosophy “You’re blogging, you’re chatting online, you’re posting of religion.” pictures, even your bank activity, everything is being logged,” “I feel like I get greater clarity about my own beliefs as I do said Philip Yu, distinguished professor of computer science my research,” he said. “I’m hoping if I have achieved that, then and Wexler chair in information technology in the College of I’ll be able to help other people who are in a similar position.” Engineering. Fleischacker, who arrived at UIC in 1999, studied social “It’s scary, isn’t it?” justice and notions of liberty and liberalism, while gaining Still, Yu believes, that captured data can be used for good, acclaim as a leading scholar of philosopher and economist not evil. Adam Smith. For example, when you search for a movie to watch on Among his earlier publications are the award-winning On Netflix, those recommendations can make it easier to find Adam Smith’s ‘Wealth of Nations’: A Philosophical Companion something to watch tonight. (2004), A Short History of Distributive Justice (2004), and The In health care, the promise of data-mining is even greater. Ethics of Culture (1994). Right now, medicine is relatively primitive, Yu said. People His research has led to fellowships at Yale, Princeton, depend on their doctor’s experience to diagnose and treat University of Edinburgh and Stanford’s Center for Advanced Photo: Roberta Dupuis-Devlin their illness, but any one doctor’s experience with that par- Study in the Behavioral Sciences, where he is currently ex- Izzet Coskun: using mathematical concepts to describe the world. ticular illness may be limited. amining a series of philosophical issues raised by the Israel/ “Everything we do in life is governed by polynomial equations.” Continued on page 10 10 UIC NEWS I www.uicnews.uic.edu I FEBRUARY 26, 2014 Researchers of the Year

Continued from page 9 formed about how they talk about language, culture and iden- Imagine looking at the records of millions — even tens of tity, and examine the implications for educational outcomes.” millions — of patients to find people with similar situations, His latest book, Applying Linguistics in the Classroom, pres- and seeing what treatments got the best response, Yu said. ents case studies to engage educators in the topic of language. “This is data-driven medicine,” he said. It starts with the sounds and structure of language, then It may be possible to use big data sets to see patterns that moves to “the pragmatic, meaningful aspects — how people warn us of dangers, preventing tragedies like the Boston make sense of things, their culture,” Razfar said. It ends with Marathon bombing, he said. ideology, or the worldviews embedded within the sounds — “We discover knowledge from the data by finding pat- “issues of status and difference,” he said. terns.” Razfar tweeted during President Obama’s recent State of Large companies like Walmart and Amazon have come to the Union address that all education should be bilingual. understand the enormous competitive edge their data gives “I think it’s in our national interest to be a multilingual them. society,” he said. “If you have scale, you have more information on custom- “There has to be that will to learn about the other. It pre- ers and know how to best serve them,” he said. pares us for the future.” One of the world’s foremost experts on big data, Yu was recruited to UIC from IBM in 2008 for the endowed chair funded by Peter Wexler, bioengineering alumnus and pioneer in computer networking, and his wife, Deborah. Of the change from industry to academia, Yu says, “We all do research, but here we have the opportunity to interact with young students. Photo: Roberta Dupuis-Devlin “When they first come in, they don’t know how to do re- Lisa Powell: examining the impact of public policy on behavior search, but by the time they graduate with their own Ph.D.s outcomes, such as taxes on soft drinks and fast food. they have become mature researchers. It’s good to see the whole process.” have on consumption and body weight. Her work has gained the attention of both public health advocates and the food and beverage industry. Social Sciences Any type of policy that might change behavior and reduce consumption takes business away from industry, said Powell. Her job is “strictly to provide the evidence, not to have a Aria Razfar formative opinion one way or the other,” she said, admitting Rising Star that her research can be controversial. For example, she recently completed a study addressing industry claims that sugar-sweetened beverage taxes lead to Many undergraduates plan to study medicine, then switch job losses. majors, but few veer as far as Aria Razfar did. He went into Her independent, comprehensive analysis using a macro- linguistics. Photo: Roberta Dupuis-Devlin econometric simulation model was the first to show there was “Linguistics is about how language functions in society,” Aria Razfar: “Linguistics is about how language functions in society. no net job loss. said Razfar, associate professor of curriculum and instruction It gives us better control of our own cognition.” Her work is important to understanding the sources of in the College of Education. disparities in obesity and vital in the policy debate on child- “It affects us in all aspects of our lives. It gives us better directed food marketing, said Jack Zwanziger, professor and control of our own cognition. Lisa Powell director of health policy and administration, who nominated “Education has helped me make sense of linguistics, to her for the award. distill ideas into relevant dimensions for teachers,” he said. Distinguished Researcher Over the last three years, Powell has produced 48 publica- Most colleges of education compartmentalize linguistics tions, including peer-reviewed articles in top journals. Her within bilingual teaching, Razfar said, but he considers it es- Health economist Lisa Powell has spent her career examin- work has been funded by multiple grants from the National sential for all teachers. ing the impact of public policy on behavior outcomes. Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and the Rob- “The questions that I’ve always dealt with in schools have Her work bridges economics, policy, public health, dispari- ert Wood Johnson Foundation. been, how do teachers think about the nature, function and ties and community-based research. Her research findings are cited by , purpose of language? And how does it connect to learning, Powell is professor of health policy and administration Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, U.S. News & World Re- how does it connect to their own teaching?” in the School of Public Health and associate director of the port, CNN, NPR and international media. Razfar has received grants totalling $3 million over the last Health Policy Center at the Institute of Health Research and First lady referenced evidence from Pow- three years from the National Science Foundation and the Policy. ell’s research in her September 2013 White House speech on U.S. Department of Education to advance language, math and She joined UIC in 2001, working with Frank Chaloupka, the need to improve the nutritional quality of foods marketed science education, particularly for English learners. professor of economics, to look at youth and health behaviors to children. He recently studied Chicago school principals as they around smoking and alcohol use. “I am very grateful to be working with such a talented discussed the status of African American English and found As obesity began to emerge as a serious public health chal- group of colleagues, post-doctoral fellows and graduate stu- “interesting results.” lenge, she turned her focus to policy instruments for changing dents here at UIC,” Powell said. “They struggled in terms of how to talk about the language behaviors related to food consumption, physical activity and “It is such a privilege to be able to undertake research that when it came to naming the language. African American Eng- obesity. provides much needed evidence on the potential effective- lish, Ebonics, black English — all these terms were used. Be- Her recent research has informed public health policy on ness of various policy instruments aimed at improving public cause it doesn’t have official status, it was a struggle for them the potential impact that taxes on low-nutrient, energy-dense health outcomes.” to talk about it. foods (like sugar-sweetened beverages or fast food) and sub- — Brian Flood, Jeanne Galatzer-Levy, Sherri McGinnis “What we try to do with teachers is get them to be very in- sidies for healthful products (like fruit and vegetables) could Gonzalez, Sam Hostettler, Sharon Parmet, Anne Brooks Ranallo FEBRUARY 26, 2014 I UIC NEWS I www.uicnews.uic.edu 11

‘Once-in-a-lifetime experience’ in Sochi Harrison Street Bridge By Matt O’Connor closes to cross-traffic Cai O’Connell may not be an Olympian, but she By Sam Hostettler had a front-row seat to the games at Sochi. “They told me before I came that it would be a As part of the multi-year Circle Interchange Project, the once-in-a-lifetime experience,” said O’Connell, a ju- Harrison Street Bridge over the Dan Ryan Expressway between nior in Russian and political science. Desplaines Street and Halsted Street — originally scheduled to “And I understood that in a different context by close to cross-traffic Feb. 3 — is now set to close March 3. the time I left. To be in the country I study, to be in The CTA will reroute the No. 7 Harrison and No. 60 Blue that place that was built up for one reason — that’s Island/26th bus routes. The No. 8 Halsted bus will not be re- the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.” routed, but some stops will change. O’Connell, who has a strong background in The new temporary westbound bus routings will be via Russian from attending Illinois Math and Science Clinton-Taylor-Halsted-Harrison streets, then via the regular Academy and Cornell College in Iowa, applied for a routes. Temporary eastbound routing will be via Harrison- three-week internship with NBC Universal’s Hospi- Halsted-Jackson streets. tality Guide Program. The temporary bus stop changes are: After three months of interviews — in Russian • southbound Halsted – the CTA Blue Line station stop will and in English — and an anxious month of waiting, be relocated to Van Buren Street. The Harrison Street stop will she landed the internship. Cai O’Connell interned at the Olympics with NBC Universal’s Hospitality Guide move about 150 feet to the south. “It was a little suspenseful, to be honest,” she said. Program. The experience “was fantastic,” says O’Connell, a junior in Russian. • northbound Halsted – the Harrison Street stop will be O’Connell and a fellow Sochi intern, UIC gradu- temporarily removed. Board at Polk or Van Buren streets. ate Brittany James, will talk about their experience as it relates attended events such as ice skating and O’Connell’s favorite — • eastbound Harrison – the Halsted stop will be temporar- to current events in Russia at a March 19 discussion presented the ski jump. ily removed. Board at 900 W. Harrison St. by UIC’s Global Learning Community program. They will “They look like flying squirrels,” she said. • westbound Harrison – the Halsted stop will move 150 feet discuss “Sports, Sexuality and International Politics: Sochi Safety and quality of living were not a problem for west. 2014” from noon to 1 p.m. in 1-470 Daley Library. O’Connell, as some media reported during the games. The route and stop changes are expected to be in place until Working as many as 18 hours a day in Sochi, O’Connell “We were sort of stuck in this secure network,” she said. at least September. helped people travel from venue to venue and provided infor- “Along the Olympic highway, there were big iron fences with On March 10, the Halsted Street Bridge over the Eisen- mation for NBC’s guests about their temporary home. barbed wire along the top — I saw so many things that made hower Expressway between Harrison and Van Buren streets “You’re pretty much a one-stop shop for Olympic informa- me feel secure.” is scheduled to narrow to one lane of traffic in each direction. tion and, for me, a one-stop shop for Russian information as “I think the Olympics was fantastic,” she added. The Harrison/Halsted intersection will remain open. well,” she said. “The day never really ended.” “It meant a lot to showcase the industrialization of Russia, Pace bus No. 755 will revise its schedule in the UIC area. There were perks, as well. O’Connell and other interns which has always been left on the back burner.” For more information, contact [email protected] visited the venues before they were open to the public and [email protected] [email protected] 12 UIC NEWS I www.uicnews.uic.edu I FEBRUARY 26, 2014

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FEBRUARY 26 IN HISTORY HIGHLIGHT FEBRUARY/MARCH

World Trade Center bombed 24th annual Blues Cabaret

Feb. 26, 1993: A S M T W T F S bomb exploded in the Feb. 28 parking garage of the Featuring Zora World Trade Center at Young and blues 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 12:18 p.m., killing six performer and people and injuring UIC student Jacob 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 more than 1,000. Schulz. 7 p.m. UIC 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Four radical Islamic Forum. $25 includes fundamentalists were soul food buffet. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 convicted in 1994 $10 UIC student for their roles in the tickets only avail- bombing and sen- able at door; one tenced to life in prison. Jacob Schulz per student i-card.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH LECTURES/SEMINARS SPECIAL EVENTS

Feb. 27 March 4 Feb. 26 and 27 “Exercise is Medicine” “Tuesdays-at-One” Identity Backpack Workshop Barry Franklin, director of preventative cardiology and cardiac Jim Gailloreto’s Jazz String Quintet with vocalist Cheryl Wilson. 1 Guided conversations about personal identity. Noon–2 p.m. White rehabilitation, William Beaumont Hospital. Sponsored by the p.m. L060 ETMSW Oak Room, SCE College of Applied Health Sciences. 10-11 a.m. 787 CMET. 312-413-1962 March 5

EXHIBITS “Interventions for Race and Education Justice” Education Job Fair Brown bag presentation featuring UIC faculty members Marisha Free for UIC students and alumni; $10 for others. 3-7 p.m. Illinois Through March 1 Humphries, Cassandra McKay-Jackson, Pauline Lipman and Rooms, SCE. Sponsored by the Office of Career Services. Federico Waitoller. Sponsored by the Institute for Research on http://bit.ly/1hfe3sy “Ghost Nature” Race and Public Policy and College of Education. Noon-1:30 p.m. 3233 ETMSW. [email protected] Group exhibition based around One Earth Film Festival Screenings the strangeness of the natural Campus film screenings preview offerings at the One Earth Film world. Curated by Caroline Feb. 28 Festival, March 7-9. “The New Environmentalists,” 3:30 p.m. Picard. Gallery 400, ADH. March 5, Latino Cultural Center. “Trashed,” 5:45 p.m., Gallery Exhibit hours, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Minority Health in the Midwest Conference 400, ADH. www.oneearthfilmfest.org Tues.-Fri.; noon-6 p.m. Sat. Featuring talks from prominent health leaders, workshop ses- 312-996-6114 sions, and poster presentations from students and professionals. March 7 8 a.m.-5 p.m. SCW. http://bit.ly/1eWErdl “Ghost Nature” at Gallery 400. College of Pharmacy Research Day March 3 Students showcase research. 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m., PHARM. Through May 9 http://go.uic.edu/researchday “A Truly European Story: Lithuania in the 21st Century March 11 “Chicagoaxaca” World” Leonidas Donskis, Lithuanian philosopher, political theorist and Exhibition sponsored by the Social Justice Initiative at UIC. “Tuesdays-at-One” 1-4 p.m., Tues., Thurs. and Fri. Pop Up JUST Art Center, 729 W. member of European Parliament. Lecture celebrates the 30th Maxwell St. 312-355-5922 anniversary of the endowed chair in Lithuanian studies. 4 p.m. UIC Baroque Band. 1 p.m. L060 ETMSW Illinois Rooms B and C, SCE. RSVP by Friday to [email protected]

March 7 WORKSHOPS

“Enrolling Pregnant Women: Issues in Clinical Feb. 28 Research” Michelle Kominiarek, assistant professor, maternal fetal medi- “Introduction to Drug Resources” cine in obstetrics and gynecology. 2-3 p.m. CMRB auditorium Online library workshop. Noon-1 p.m. http://library.uic.edu

“Pharmacogenetics: Discovery and Implementation” March 5 Mary V. Relling, chair of pharmaceutical sciences, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. 11:30 a.m. Lunch follows. 134-1 “Evidence Based Medicine Databases” PHARM. [email protected] Work on display in “Chicagoaxaca,” open through May 9. Online library workshop. 3-4 p.m. http://library.uic.edu

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Want to contribute a story? student voice Email Christy Levy, [email protected] Tensions over race rise in ‘Clybourne Park’

By Eva Meier

Sometimes people look at the topics of gentrification and racism as topics that go together. But the technical definition of gentrification on its own is actually based more on the idea of economics and less on race. The dual-act production of “Clybourne Park” gives the audience two parallel, yet incredibly different insights on how people deal with both of these politically sensitive and slightly uncomfortable topics. Jumping through 40 years of history, the play portrays the realities of how each subject has been addressed in the past and present day: awkwardly and precari- ously. The first scene takes the audience to 1959, in the home of Bev and Russ, in the white neighborhood of Clybourne Park. Controversy brews when the neighborhood council finds out that the couple is considering selling their home to a black family. Russ, the UIC Theatre’s “Clybourne Park” surly and 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday, Saturday severely de- 2 p.m. today, Sunday pressed man $11 UIC students, $14 UIC faculty and staff, that he is, flies $16 others off the handle 312-996-2939 at his neigh- bor, Karl, and neighborhood pastor, Jim, for attempting to dissuade him and Photo: Laura Horan Bev from allowing the black family to move to the community. Act One of UIC Theatre’s “Clybourne Park” centers on a white family’s decision to sell their home to an African-American family. Meanwhile, Francine and Albert, the only two black people in a room of borderline racists, are clumsily interrogated about of the events in Act One. This time, the roles were switched. and another sensitive situation addressing racism. their habits and everyday customs to prove how different Steve and Lindsay, a married white couple, were looking to Clybourne Park is not a feel-good type of play. It’s con- whites and blacks are. The most “convincing” argument the purchase the home in Clybourne Park, which had belonged to troversial, loud, slightly inappropriate, and in my opinion, overly persistent Karl comes up with is that black people don’t Bev and Russ 40 years ago. However, as time progresses from completely accurate. No one’s totally comfortable talking ski. Not as convincing as he thought it would be. But up until 1959, the neighborhood had changed, as neighborhoods do. about race and gentrification, and the actors embrace those the end of Act One, absolutely no one outright addresses the Over 40 years, Clybourne Park had become a predominantly moments of uneasiness in stride. elephant in the room: the race factor. black neighborhood and certain community members wor- A note of caution, however, is to be prepared for those Act Two leaps over the next 40 years and brings the audi- ried that having this new couple move into the area would screaming matches. The actors are whispering, talking and ence to the same house in what looks like an alternate universe. kick-start the gentrification process. shouting over each other more often than not. Sitting in the Gone were the furnishings, and there sat a group of eight di- Tensions rise as the day goes on, and what starts out as a second row, it unnerved me to be wrapped up in tension. verse and feisty individuals, who paralleled the characters in relatively calm encounter amongst the group turns into anoth- • Eva Meier is a freshman in English. Reach her at the first act. Act Two, in short, was the modern-day recounting er aggressive screaming match, including racist “jokes,” insults [email protected] Fresh new option for Marketplace on west side

By Nada Abdelrahim juices, smoothies and soups with more 70 ingre- dients. The first Freshii café opened in Toronto Interested in new options for eating on campus this in 2005. semester? Student response to the new café, which Look no further than Marketplace in Student opened Feb. 8, has been positive, said Terence Center West, which houses a new Freshii café and Me- O’Neill, associate director of dining services. tropolis coffee shop. “For campus dining customers, the Freshii For those unfamiliar with Freshii, it has a simple concept was exactly what they have been looking concept: healthy food to eat and energize, especially for for on customer service surveys,” he said. those on the go. O’Neill hopes the changes will give new “Freshii is exactly the type of place I’ve been look- options to students who already dined at the ing for, and the location is the best part,” said under- Marketplace location, as well as attract new cus- grad Ranyah Abdel, who dined at the café recently. tomers. Check out the new eatery during a grand opening Freshii opened alongside a Metropolis coffee celebration from 11:30 to 1:30 p.m. today. The celebra- shop, a local Chicago coffee shop that “will bring tion includes free samples, prizes and more. more variety to the coffee scene that already has Freshii’s unique approach to healthy living empha- Starbucks, Intelligentsia and Café Descartes,” sizes foods you should eat more of instead of focusing O’Neill said. on foods to avoid. • Nada Abdelrahim is a junior in bioengineering. Photo: Timothy Nguyen Freshii features salads, wraps, rice bowls, fresh Reach her at [email protected] A new Freshii café in Student Center West’s Marketplace offers healthy food options. 14 UIC NEWS I www.uicnews.uic.edu I FEBRUARY 26, 2014

New Crossword Puzzle! police

UIC Police emergency: 312-355-5555 warrant at 4:58 a.m. at the Student Single Nonemergency: 312-996-2830 Residence. TDD: 312-413-9323 Feb 19: A man was arrested for criminal trespass at 5:09 p.m. at Student Center East. Feb. 17–23 Feb 20: A man was arrested for possession of cannabis at 4:10 p.m. at the Student Resi- Criminal defacement: 1 dence and Commons Courtyard Building. Criminal trespass: 1 Feb 21: A man was arrested for criminal Counterfeiting document: 1 trespass at 2:19 p.m. at the Student Services Possession of cannabis: 1 Building. Disorderly conduct: 1 A man was arrested for battery at 10:20 Aggravated battery: 1 a.m. at the UIC Police Station, related to an Public peace violation: 1 Feb. 7 incident. Deceptive practice: 1 Theft: 1 Visit the UIC Police crime map, uiccrime- maps.org/map/, and the Chicago Police CLEAR Arrests by UIC Police Map, http://gis.chicagopolice.org Feb 17: A woman was arrested on a

Man arrested in Feb. 8 attempted robbery Police arrested a suspect Feb. 17 in the attempted armed robbery of a UIC student in the 600 block of Roosevelt Road. The student was walking to Best Buy to return a laptop computer Feb. 8 when he was ap- proached by a man who pointed an object and demanded the laptop. Darrine Luckett, 23, of South Sangamon Street, was arrested and charged with attempted armed robbery after the Joint Robbery Task Force of the UIC and Chicago police depart- ments located video surveillance of the crime. A neighborhood canvass and interviews led task force officers to the suspect, who was identified by the victim. Answers in next week’s issue Puzzle by Myles Mellor

ACROSS 45. Square 7. Ashes holder 1. Young salmon 47. Che or gen followers 8. Logic game 6. Kisser 48. Item with a ladder 9. “La Scala di ___” 10. Droops 53. Pastoral poems (var.) (Rossini opera) 14. Lowest point 56. Wheels for mom 10. Inscribed stone 15. ___ believer 58. Lest 11. Greek moralist 16. Small gull 63. 1929 novel 12. Artist, with El 17. 1952 novel, with The 66. Cost of living? 13. Sinuous 20. Split 67. Ashtabula’s lake 18. ___ degree 21. Rowboat adjunct 68. Exhaust 19. “48___” 22. Not too brainy 69. Deuce topper 23. Yen 25. ___ Rebellion of 70. Turned blue, maybe 24. Sang like a canary 1857-59 71. Interesting 26. Scores high 26. Twisted 27. Do the trick 30. Hoodlum DOWN 28. Doctor Who villainess, 32. Fuse 1. Prig with The 35. Sniff out 2. French Sudan, today 29. Big bang matter 41. Author of 17 and 63 3. Betting data 31. Beam Across 4. garnish 33. Sixth sense 43. Meager 5. ___ housing 34. Peeper problem 44. Broad view 6. “Harper Valley ___” 36. “Walking on Thin Ice” singer 37. Shrek, e.g. 38. Holiday opener 39. Weak 40. Young falcon 42. Lots 46. Napa Valley area 48. Sting 49. Certain inmate 50. Empty 51. Kind of pool 52. “Give It To You” rapper 54. Illuminated 55. Muzzle 57. Blown away 59. Hombre’s home 60. “Iliad” warrior 61. Blue books? 62. See 64. Go horizontal 65. Directed FEBRUARY 26, 2014 I UIC NEWS I www.uicnews.uic.edu 15 16 UIC NEWS I www.uicnews.uic.edu I FEBRUARY 26, 2014

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Singles play sets tone in tennis win Women’s basketball

By Carly Abate eyes program record

The men’s tennis team (2-4) collected its second win By Brad Taylor of the season Saturday against Chicago at the Five Sea- sons Sports Club in Burr Ridge. The fourth-place women’s basketball team (19-7, 8-5 “We had a strong doubles effort by all three teams, Horizon Leagues) attempts to break the program record setting the tone for singles play,” said head coach Hans in wins Thursday when they play at No. 1 Youngstown Neufeld. State (13-12, 9-3 Horizon League). Alexander Raa started singles competition strong in Tip-off is set for 6 p.m. at the Beeghly Center. the No. 1 position, defeating Sven Kranz, 6-2, 6-3. Carl The 2006-07 squad was 19-13 and made the program’s Hedstrom competed in the No. 2 spot, but fell short to lone trip to the postseason. UIC’s 19-7 overall record is Deepak Sabada, 6-2, 7-6 (8-6). the team’s best mark through 26 games in program his- Isaac Lloveras beat Brian Sun at No. 3 in straight tory. sets, 6-1, 6-4. UIC tied the program record for single-season wins Christopher Cole was strong in the No. 4 position, Feb. 17 with a 79-54 home victory over Milwaukee (7-17, defeating Ankur Bhargava, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2. 3-8 Horizon League). The Flames went on a 30-0 run in At No. 5, Eric Pontow pushed his match to three, the first half to pull away from the Panthers. but ultimately lost to Max Hawkins, 2-6, 6-4, 6-1. Nico- Senior Katie Hannemann scored a game-high 26 las Aguirre couldn’t come away with a win in the No. points to lead the Flames. 6 position, pushing his match with Gordon Zhang to UIC forced a season-high 26 turnovers and scored 26 three but losing, 5-7, 7-5, 1-0 (10-7). points off the Panthers’ miscues. The Flames outrebound- The Flames were 2-1 during doubles play. ed the Panthers, 48-40. Cole and Lloveras teamed up at No. 2 to defeat Through 26 games, UIC has collected 10 more wins Hawkins and Bhargava, 8-6. than the entire 2012-13 campaign (9-21). Based on over- Raa and Nate Campanile competed at No. 3 to all wins, UIC ranks second for the largest turnaround in down Zsolt Szabo and Sun, 8-6. the nation. St. Bonaventure (21-8) and Texas A&M–Cor- Hedstrom and Maurizio Feoli competed in the No. pus Christi (15-11) have improved by 11 wins from last 1 spot and fell to Sabada and Kranz, 8-7. season. The team competes next versus Bradley Sunday, at The strong play of Hannemann and Ruvanna Camp- the Clubs at River City-North. Competition is set to Photo: Steve Woltmann bell has allowed UIC to dominate opponents inside the start at 5 p.m. Isaac Lloveras won his singles match in straight sets Saturday. paint. UIC ranks first in the Horizon League in rebound- ing margin (+7.5) and offensive rebounds (17 per game). Campbell is one of only six players nationally averag- ing at least 16 points, 11 rebounds and shooting more than 50 percent from the field. Women’s tennis team splits contests The Flames head to Cleveland State for a 1 p.m. match Saturday. The regular season ends March 6 when the By Laura White Silvia Tumova, 6-1, 5-7, 7-5, at No. 5 and Lacerda won No. 6, Flames host Detroit at 7 p.m. at the Pavilion. 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4 versus Raquel Gonzales. The women’s tennis team (2-8) came out victorious in its Sharples took her match at No. 3 against Gunuganti to meet Friday against Grand Canyon, 4-3, but fell to Illinois three sets but ultimately fell, 7-5, 5-7, 7-6 (3). Palacios fell to State, 4-3, Sunday. Annoual, 6-2, 6-2, at No. 1, as Kuvakina was retired in her After winning the doubles point, the Flames tallied three match at No. 2 by Prudhomme. wins in singles Friday by senior Jana Knoppe, junior Keti Me- In Sunday’s match, Knoppe and Lacerda won their matches buke and freshman Veronica Lacerda. in singles and the Flames picked up the doubles point with a The first point of the day went to UIC after seniors Mari- pair of wins. ana Palacios and Natalia Kuvakina defeated Priscilla Annoual UIC came out in doubles and took the first point. Knoppe and Tatum Prudhomme, 8-6, at No. 1. and Sharples defeated Emmie Marx and Carolina Abello, 8-6, Senior Kathryn Sharples and Knoppe took an 8-4 win at No. 2, while Lacerda and Mebuke captured an 8-4 win over against Janaki Gunuganti and Frederique Van de Velde at Ashton Nisbet and Heather Nisbet at No. 3. No. 2. Illinois State collected the win at No. 1, as Palacios and Ku- Mebuke and Lacerda’s match at No. 3 went unfinished after vakina fell to Phyllis Tigges and Kadi Ilves, 8-2. the point was de- In singles, Knoppe won her sixth-consecutive match with cided. a straight-set 7-5, 6-3 victory over Abello at No. 3, where she The Flames was positioned for the first time this season. Lacerda beat H. produced three Nisbet, 7-5, 6-2, at No. 4. wins in singles The Flames ultimately defaulted in what would have been to clinch the win the deciding match at No. 6, as they were without a player. over the Ante- Despite the loss, Palacios put up a strong fight at No. 1 lopes. against Tigges, taking her to three sets before dropping a 6-3, Knoppe won 5-7, 10-6 decision. her singles match Sharples, at No. 2, also went to three sets against Marx but versus Van de fell in a 0-6, 6-4, 10-5 final. Mebuke suffered a 6-4, 7-5 loss at Velde, 6-4, 6-4, No. 4 to Ilves. at No. 4. Mebuke The Flames go on a short break before resuming action at Photo: Steve Woltmann Photo: Steve Woltmann came back in her noon March 8 versus Wisconsin at Nielsen Tennis Stadium in Katie Hannemann scored 26 points to beat Milwaukee Feb. 17. Jana Knoppe won her sixth straight set. third set to best Madison.