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LEO NJONGMETA MAKES THE WORLD A SAFER PLACE

AND THE WINNER IS: UIC FILM SCHOLARS PICK OSCAR FAVES

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For the community of the University of Illinois at Chicago

February 18

2015VOLUME 34 / NUMBER 21uicnews.uic.edu

CIRCLEBACK

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PROFILEsend profile ideas to Gary Wisby, gwisby@uic.edu

Leo Njongmeta is helping make the world safer from deadly pathogens by spreading his expertise to developing countries.

A senior biological safety specialist in the Environmental Health and Safety Office, he’s a mentor in the International Biological Threat Reduction Program at Sandia National Laboratories, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

“Sandia Labs is one of the institutions that gets funds from the U.S. State De-partment to execute global bio-risk man-agement programs,” Njongmeta said.

“Sandia Labs trains the trainers. They recruit experienced U.S.-based biosafety professionals to partner with safety pro-fessionals in developing countries.

“The goal is to reduce risk to research personnel and the environment from biological infectious agents.”

He’s one of six Americans in the pro-gram. There are two from Colorado State University and one each from Yale, the University of Minnesota and the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases in Maryland. All at-tended an orientation meeting Jan. 16–22 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

Njongmeta was paired with a safety professional from Morocco, and the oth-ers with their opposite numbers from Egypt, Yemen, Jordan and Algeria.

“We mentor on what infectious agents they would handle, identify the risk of people getting exposed, and devise safety programs so they could work with the hazards and not get hurt or allow the hazards to escape into the environment,” he said.

The scenarios they considered includ-ed accidents involving a pathogen like rabies virus, anthrax or HIV, released through poor safety practices or mal-

functioning equipment.In what Njongmeta called the worst-

case scenario, someone could steal an infectious agent for use with malicious intent. Such agents can be legitimately acquired only for research purposes.

“Without going through proper chan-nels, it raises a red flag,” he said.

More on security: those working with U.S. government-regulated infectious agents must be checked for trustworthi-ness, reliability and credibility. Key cards must be swiped to get into high-risk labs. Security cameras must be maintained.

Emergency response plans are essen-tial to deal with crises ranging from a needle stick to a fire to a tornado.

“We have these in place here,” Njong-meta said. “But in most of these develop-ing countries, the plans are just not there.”

He will stay in touch with his Moroc-can counterpart via Skype, phone and email.

“At some point he might come over here and see how the biosafety program is run at UIC,” Njongmeta said. “There is also the possibility of me going out

there to train them in an emergency response plan we are developing for them.”

At UIC, he does risk assessments for research facilities on biological agents ranging from salmonella to HIV to TB.

“For those working with potentially infectious biological materials, I look at the risks and make recommendations on best safety practices and controls to protect these researchers,” he said.

With a background of 15 years in infectious disease research, “I leverage my experience to be able to make risk assessments as well as provide the nec-essary safety training.”

Work with biological agents is highly regulated and Njongmeta makes sure research at UIC complies with require-ments of government and funding agencies.

He was involved in the Ebola crisis training of health care workers in the use of personal protective equipment and management of wastes generated in treating a potential Ebola patient.

“The plan is to safely and securely

“I just didn’t get the feeling that this would actually change their behavior.”

Kim Moon, lecturer in managerial studies, on her students’ response to a new RTA market-ing campaign promoting mass transit to Mil-lennials, Feb. 9 RedEye

“Stay away from eating numerous slices at a time, and pizza laden with salty and fatty toppings.”

Advice from Lisa Powell, professor of health policy and administration, on the nutritional impact of pizza on children and adolescents, Feb. 12 Time

By Gary Wisby — gwisby@uic.edu

transport the wastes to a site to be ren-dered inactive by autoclaving, to make sure any infectious agent gets killed be-fore disposal,” he said.

Njongmeta, who joined UIC in 2011, grew up in the West African nation of Cameroon. He earned a bachelor of sci-ence with honors from Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife in Nigeria, a master’s degree from University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and a Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool, England.

He enjoys playing soccer, dancing (fa-vorite music ranges from Afro beats to Latin rhythms and Makossa music from Cameroon) and learning about other cultures.

The father of two Boy Scouts — Ndal-lah, 15, and Maema, 14 — he’s an assis-tant scoutmaster, active in the men’s group at his church and a Community Emergency Response Team member for Buffalo Grove.

His wife, Nenge, has a Ph.D. in food science and technology; she’s a business quality leader at Kraft Foods. They live in Buffalo Grove.

“Looking at the clip, there’s just a real emo-tional impact. You get to see the scale of what happened.”

Jeff Nichols, Ph.D. candidate in history, on the rare film footage of the Eastland disaster he found during his dissertation research, Feb. 12 Washington Post

Leo Njongmeta, senior biological safety specialist in the Environmental Health and Safety Office, is a mentor in the International Biological Threat Reduction Program, which “trains the trainers,” he says. — Photo: Roberta Dupuis-Devlin

Making the world a safer place

LEONJONGMETA

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OSCAR PREVIEWWhat film will take home the Best Pic-

ture award at this Sunday’s 87th Academy Awards?

UIC faculty member Sara Hall predicts the Oscar will go to “Birdman.”

“The academy loves movies about movies, and when they are as smart and tightly wrought as ‘Birdman,’ their chances for a win are very, very good,” said Hall, associ-ate professor of Germanic studies and as-sociate dean in the Honors College.

Other contenders for the award include “Selma,” “American Sniper,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” “Whiplash,” “Boyhood,”

“The Theory of Everything” and “The Imi-tation Game.”

All the Best Picture nominees are simi-lar in their immersive experience, depicting an individual’s place in the continuum of time and space, Hall said.

“There are common elements to all the Best Picture nominees, which tells us something about what audiences and crit-ics are looking for from movies today,” said

By Nicole Cardos — ncardo2@uic.edu

UIC faculty member Sara Hall predicts “Birdman” will win the Oscar. “The academy loves movies about movies, and when they are as smart and tightly wrought as ‘Birdman,’ their chances for a win are very, very good,” she says.

Director Ava DuVernay on the set of “Selma.” Angela Dancey, a lecturer in English, thinks the film has a good chance at Best Picture.

Hall, who chairs the undergraduate minor in moving image arts.

Angela Dancey, a lecturer in English who regularly teaches an introductory film course, would like to see “Selma” take the Oscar home. But she’s not enthused about any of the nominees.

“They all seem very safe,” Dancey said. She’s excited about Wei Hu’s “Butter

Lamp,” nominated in the Best Live Action Short Film category.

“It’s beautiful, funny, moving and politi-cal,” she said. “Everything filmmaking should be, in my opinion.”

Of the films Maryanne Lyons has seen, she hopes “Boyhood” or “The Grand Buda-pest Hotel” wins Best Picture.

“I’m a big fan of both Richard Linklater and Wes Anderson and love just about ev-erything they do,” said Lyons, a lecturer in English who specializes in film and Native American literature.

“‘Boyhood’ was so touching and so inter-esting in the level of commitment that went into its making,” Lyons said. “‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ was so funny and quirky and charming.”

All three UIC film experts say they are disappointed that this year’s Oscar nomi-nees reflect what Dancey called “a very male and very white point-of-view.”

“There’s nothing wrong with men’s sto-ries, but women make up half the popula-

tion,” she said. Lyons mentioned “Wild” and “Selma” as

strong work by women that was over-looked.

“It would be a sign of progress if the academy pushed against the gender imbal-ance in the film industry, rather than re-flecting and reproducing it,” Hall agreed.

Jennifer Reeder, a filmmaker and associ-ate professor of moving image, blames the

“Hollywood machine” for the lack of diver-sity. It’s a process, she speculated, that works on favors among producers.

“I think that leading up to the academy voting, it’s a real machine on some level, and one that doesn’t necessarily include a group of really open-minded, thoughtful people,” Reeder said.

She also believes that American culture

doesn’t favor artistic films. “It’s not so much that the American

audience can’t handle indie films or art films — they absolutely can, they just don’t know it,” Reeder said.

Reeder hasn’t seen many of the nomi-nated films, but she wishes Ana Lily Amirpour’s “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night” — the tale of a teenage female Persian vampire — would receive a Best Picture nod.

“It would be cool if a year from now, we’ll be talking about that film getting a nomination, and all of a sudden, a sort-of-average teenage girl will have a choice between the eighth ‘Twilight’ film, or a film about a teen-skateboarding-vam-pire from Iran,” Reeder said. “I think that would be pretty cool.”

PICKS FOR BEST PICTURE

Sara Hall: “Birdman” Angela Dancey: “Selma” Maryanne Lyons: “Boyhood” or “The Grand Budapest Hotel”

UIC’s picks for Best Picture award

“‘Boyhood’ was so touching,” says Maryanne Lyons, lecturer in English.

Lyons is also a fan of Wes Anderson’s “The Grand Budapest Hotel.” — Photo: Martin Scali

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CAMPUS NEWSsend information about campus news to Sonya Booth, sobooth@uic.edu

Battle of the Bamboo celebrates Filipino cultureBy Justin Mendoza — jmendo28@uic.edu

Watch traditional Filipino dances and learn how the culture is changing Satur-day at Battle of the Bamboo, a competi-tion between Filipino cultural clubs from universities across the Midwest.

Doors open at 4:30 p.m. and the show starts at 5:30 p.m. at the UIC Forum. Admission is free with i-card and $8 for the public.

The theme “Redefine Authenticity” was selected to reflect modern changes to the Filipino culture, according to mem-bers of the sponsoring organizations, Filipinos in Alliance and the Asian American Resource and Cultural Center.

“Culture doesn’t necessarily have to be what my parents say,” said Janella Manalang, a junior in pre-nursing and coordinator of the event. “Change isn’t always a necessarily a bad thing. It can be a positive thing.”

Dances the audience may see include the Magkaugnay, Ati-Atihan Festival dance and the Binasuan.

“The quality is really good,” said Mark Jao, a junior in kinesiology and event co-ordinator.

UIC’s Filipinos in Alliance will not compete because the club is sponsoring

SPREAD THE WARMTHThe African-American Cultural Cen-

ter is leading a family coat drive through Feb. 24.

The center is collecting new or clean, gently worn coats and jackets for Family Rescue, a domestic abuse shelter in South Chicago, and A Little Bit of Heaven, a homeless shelter in Chicago’s Roseland neighborhood.

Donation boxes are located in the cen-ter’s gallery, 207 Addams Hall, the Un-dergraduate Success Center, 111 Stevenson Hall, and the CHANCE of-fice, 2080 Student Services Building.

SENATE ADVISORY COMMITTEENominations are due March 20 for

eight seats on the campus Faculty Advi-sory Committee, which considers faculty grievances and serves as a communica-tion channel between academic staff and administration.

The committee is selected by tenured and tenure-track faculty through ballot election.

The committee also conducts hearings and make recommendations on faculty cases involving severe sanctions short of dismissal.

The committee is composed of nine tenured faculty members with a 75 per-cent or more appointment who do not hold an administrative position. Terms are for three years, with no more than two faculty members from a college serv-

ing at one time. Apply online at uic.edu/depts/senate/

FACNominatingForm2015.pdf For more information, call the Office of

the Senate, 312-996-2926.

MAKE YOUR LAB GREEN“Environmental impacts of using toxic

chemicals in conducting laboratory re-search” is the topic of the first meeting Feb. 24 of the Green Labs Committee, orga-nized by the Office of Sustainability.

Speakers are Michael Gonzalez, Na-tional Risk Management Research Lab, Environmental Protection Agency, and George Schupp, deputy director, Environ-mental Protection Agency Chicago Re-gional Laboratory.

The meeting begins at 10 a.m. in the Moss Auditorium, College of Medicine Research Building.

COPYRIGHT AND YOUStudents, faculty, and staff use copy-

righted materials obtained online for scholarship, research and university busi-ness, but understanding how to use con-tent legally can be a challenge.

Michael Harte, University Legal Coun-sel, and Pia Hunter and Sandy DeGroote, University Library, will discuss best prac-tices for using copyrighted text, images and media at noon Feb. 26 in 1-470 Daley Library.

“Copyright, the Internet and You” is co-sponsored by the University Library,

University Legal Counsel and Digital Communications.

The session will be presented live on Blackboard Collaborate, go.uic.edu/ copyrightbrownbag

For copyright questions, email copyright@uic.edu

DISCOVERY FUNDDeadline is March 6 for letters of

proposal for the Chancellor’s Discovery Fund for Multidisciplinary Research.

The funding program supports new multidisciplinary partnerships between young researchers at UIC to create proj-ects for outside funding.

Awards range from $30,000 to $40,000 over two years.

Application deadline is March 23 and the funding begins in June.

For more information visit research.uic.edu/funding or email RDS@uic.edu

RESEARCH METHODSThe Survey Research Laboratory is

hosting webinars on methodology this semester.

All seminars are held begin at noon. Registration is required; visit bit.ly/1EutQCx

Topics include: sampling hard-to-reach populations, today; nonresponse bias assessment, Feb. 25; ethics in survey research, March 4; questionnaire design clinic, March 11; and agree-disagree re-sponse formats, March 18.

INTERNATIONAL AWARDSDeadline is Friday to apply for awards

from the Office of International Affairs to encourage international program develop-ment.

Six awards are available and all UIC academic units can apply. Proposals typi-cally involve presentations or discussions with an international aspect, either in Chi-cago or abroad. For more information, visit oia.uic.edu

FREE DENTAL SCREENINGFree dental screenings are available Sat-

urday by dental students taking their li-censing exam.

Screenings are 9 a.m. to noon at the College of Dentistry.

Patients must be 18 years or older and have one form of ID and current list of medications. Patients who don’t speak En-glish must bring an interpreter. Patients cannot be allergic to latex.

COMMUNITY ACTIONDeadline is March 7 to apply for the

Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy’s policy and social engagement fel-lowship.

The fellowship, up to $10,000 per year, is given to faculty members who work with community organizations on projects relat-ed to race, ethnicity and policy. All adjunct, clinical, research, tenure-track, tenured and visiting faculty members are eligible.

To apply, visit irrpp.uic.edu

Battle of the Bamboo showcases Filipino cultural dances. “We hope this helps the Filipino community grow stronger,” says Janella Manalang, junior in pre-nursing and event coordinator for Filipinos in Alliance.

the event. “We are the ones hosting the show,” Manalang said.

“There would be some bias because we choose the judges and the rubric on how the judges would tally up the score. It’s a tradition.”

Spectators can expect to see the “wow factor” in theatrical stunts performed in

the dances, Jao said. “I just really want the crowd to feel

like the show keeps getting better and better,” Manalang said. “We hope this helps the Filipino community grow stronger.”

For more information, visit fiauic.org/botb2015

BATTLE OF THE BAMBOOFeb. 21, UIC ForumFree with i-card, $8 others

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By Anne Brooks Ranallo — aranallo@uic.edu

The UIC Theatre production of “The Piano Lesson” by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson opens Friday.

The play, part of Wilson’s 20th Centu-ry Cycle — 10 works about African American families set in his native Pitts-burgh — is directed by Derrick Sanders, assistant professor of theatre, with UIC student actors.

Sanders, a Jefferson Award winner, brings rare insight to Wilson’s play. He began working with Wilson when Sand-ers was a student at the University of Pittsburgh during the late 1990s. In 2007, Sanders made his off-Broadway directing debut at the Signature Theater with Wilson’s “King Hedley II,” at Wil-son’s request.

“While working with August Wilson, I gained a unique perspective in the for-mation of his characters and the ideas embedded in his plays,” Sanders said.

”I received a glimpse of his working process of infusing blues rhythms into the poetry in his plays. I developed a keen understanding of the relationship be-tween African American culture and the themes in the plays, as his characters seek for America to live up to it promise to its citizens.”

In the 20th Century Cycle, a different play portrays the lives of African Ameri-

cans in Pittsburgh’s Hill District in dif-ferent decades.

“The Piano Lesson” represents the Depression-era 1930s. The Charles fami-ly struggles over whether to sell a shared legacy — an antique piano carved to de-pict the faces of their enslaved ancestors — and the secret it holds. Ambition bat-tles with uncertainty and the inexorable pull of the past.

The play will be performed in the UIC Theatre, 1044 W. Harrison St. Perfor-mance times are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and Feb. 26, 27 and 28; 2 p.m. Sunday and Feb. 25 and March 1; and a noon student matinée Feb. 24.

Tickets are $12 students and $17 gen-eral admission at the box office, 312-996-3929, or online at go.uic.edu/pianolesson

Director has inside notes on ‘Piano Lesson’

Derrick Sanders, a protégé of playwright August Wilson, directs the UIC Theatre production of Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson.” — Photo: Ross Taylor

“THE PIANO LESSON”THROUGH MARCH 1

This weekend: Friday & Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, 2 p.m.

$12 students, $17 others

UIC Theatre 1044 W. Harrison St.

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Susan Stevens remembers that day in 1965 when she saw Chicago Circle Campus for the first time.

“It was instant love,” said Stevens, a Chicago journalist and ’67 grad who transferred from the Urbana-Champaign campus to attend college closer to home.

“I’d get off the Halsted Street bus in the morning and I’d see the skyscrapers in the distance and I’d think, ‘Wow, this isn’t cornfields.’”

UIC celebrates the golden anniversary of its beginnings Sunday with “Circle Back ... UIC Forward,” a day of events highlighted by a reenactment of the rib-bon-cutting that opened the city’s first four-year public university, located on a striking modern campus designed by ar-chitect Walter Netsch.

The University of Illinois’ presence in Chicago began in 1946 at Navy Pier. The university leased Navy Pier for the Uni-versity of Illinois Chicago Undergradu-ate Division, a temporary facility to accommodate returning veteran students on the G.I. Bill. Navy Pier students com-pleted their last two undergraduate years at the Urbana campus.

“Navy Pier was probably the most unique institution on earth — the only school that could be sunk by a torpedo,” said Joseph Holtzman, a 1968 grad and Chicago attorney.

“It was called ‘Harvard on the rocks.’ In the middle of the winter when they opened the big overhead doors to unload the ships, it tended to get very cold, a very chill wind going to your locker. But at the same time, because it was a single corridor, five-eighths of a mile long, you saw everybody you knew every day of the week, and it was kind of pleasant to have that small, compact atmosphere.”

Mayor Richard J. Daley pushed for a four-year University of Illinois campus in Chicago and the result, named for the Circle Interchange, officially opened with a ribbon-cutting on Feb. 22, 1965.

Holtzman was there in the back of the crowd, almost late to the event be-cause he volunteered to stand at the frig-id Jackson L stop, directing people to the new campus.

“It did give you a certain sense of pride to know that we had made it, that we had a four-year institution, and I felt very much a pioneer,” he said. “Which is why 50 years later I’m still involved and still active. I felt very much involved in the birth of this campus.”

Arlene Norsym, associate chancellor for alumni relations and vice president of

By Sam Hostettler — samhos@uic.edu

the university alumni association, also transferred from Navy Pier to Circle.

“I was very, very fortunate that this campus opened when it did because I was like so many of the other people Mayor Daley called his constituencies — the product of a blue collar family. There were five of us, and if Circle hadn’t opened, I wouldn’t be going to college,” she said.

Although Norsym was at Circle open-ing day, she missed the ribbon-cutting be-cause she was working at her job as a student employee in the College of Engi-neering.

“Besides, it was 11 degrees outside,” she

Celebrating golden anniversary of the opening of the Chicago Circle Campus

said. “I have seen the photograph many, many times, and I wish I had been there, but I’m looking forward to this reenact-ment.”

Circle’s 100 acres along Harrison and Halsted Streets formed what one graduate calls a “small town in a big city.” In 1982, it merged with the university’s Medical Center campus to become UIC. Today, with more than 28,000 students, UIC is Chicago’s largest university and one of the nation’s most diverse campuses. It is among the top 60 research universities in the U.S. with a $2 billion annual budget and 15 colleges.

“A UNIVERSITY FOR CHICAGO”youtube.com/uicmedia

“Circle Back...UIC Forward”Sunday, 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m.circleback.uic.edu

“It was instant love,” Susan Stevens says of her first sighting of the Chicago Circle Campus. — Photo: 1966 Circle Campus yearbook

Circle Back, UIC Forward

Joseph Holtzman — Photo: 1968 yearbook

Arlene Martin Norsym— Photo: 1967 yearbook

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The University of Illinois’ presence in Chicago began in 1946 at Navy Pier. “Navy Pier was probably the most unique institution on earth — the only school that could be sunk by a torpedo,” said Joseph Holtzman, a 1968 grad and Chicago attorney. — Photo: Special Collections, Daley Library

“This has always been a great place to be,” said Dick Simpson, professor of po-litical science, who joined the faculty in 1967. “We’re in the middle of a great city, one which has a lot of problems and a lot of possibilities. We’re one of the foremost urban universities in the world.”

More than 300 are registered for Sun-day’s events, which begin at 9:30 a.m. with a “Pier to Here” trolley ride/walk that will take alumni from Navy Pier to campus.

The ribbon-cutting reenactment out-side the Science and Engineering Labo-ratories building will include two original

CircleUIC forward

back

participants who were students at the time: Col. William J. Hawes, then an ROTC cadet, who saved a portion of the ribbon; and Washington, D.C., lob-byist Tony Podesta, then student gov-ernment president.

Other events include tours of Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, the Daley Library, UIC’s diversity centers, the Electronic Visualization Laborato-ry and Stukel Towers residence hall. For a complete schedule, and reminis-cences by alumni, visit circleback.uic.edu

Invited dignitaries include Gov. Bruce Rauner, U of I Board of Trustees chair Ed McMillan, U of I Presi-dent-designate Timothy Killeen, UIC Chancellor-designate Michael Amiridis and former White House chief of staff and commerce secretary William Daley.

“Circle Back … UIC Forward” is an opportunity to remind the city, state and world of the impact that UIC’s faculty and alumni have made over the past 50 years, Norsym said.

“An estimated one in 10 Chicagoans with a college degree is a UIC alum-nus,” she said. “Students come from more than 100 countries, and they can select from among 82 bachelor’s, 93 master’s and 66 doctoral programs. One of every six Illinois physicians, more than 40 percent of the state’s dentists, and one-third of Illinois pharmacists are UIC alumni.

“UIC has come a long way in 50 years. Just imagine what the next 50 will bring.”Dick Simpson, early 1970s Circle Campus under construction. — Photo: Special Collections, Daley Library

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Send information about campus events to Christy Levy, christyb@uic.edu

EXHIBITS

CIRCLE BACK, UIC FORWARD

Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the ribbon-cutting that officially opened the University of Illinois Circle Campus. Featuring a reenactment of the 1965 ribbon-cutting in the original location, between the east and west sides of the Science and Engineering Labs

circleback.uic.edu

FEBRUARY 22

FOR MORE UIC EVENTS, VISIT EVENTS.UIC.EDU

CALENDAR

LECTURES

SPECIAL EVENTS

THROUGH JUNE 30American Negro Exhibition

African American Cultural Center’s show-case of objects, images and texts that ex-plore the legacy of the Chicago’s 1940 American Negro Exposition. Curated by Jacqueline Smith

African American Cultural Center, AH

THROUGH MARCH 7Visibility Machines

Exhibit explores the roles artists Harun Farocki and Trevor Paglen play as observers of the global military industrial complex. Artists examine how military proj-ects have transformed and politicized others’ relation-ship to images and the realities they appear to represent. Curated by Niels Van Tomme

Hours: Tues.–Fri. 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Sat. noon–6 p.m.

FEBRUARY 19

African American Farming Practices

Discussion featuring Carolyn Thomas, director and co-founder of God’s Gang, a nonprofit urban farm training program for youth, and Rev. Albert Sampson, founder of George Washington Carver F.A.R.M.S.

Noon–1:30 p.m. 207 AH

FEBRUARY 25Nonresponse Bias Assessment

Free webinar sponsored by the Survey Research Laboratory on methodology.

Noon Registration required srl.uic.edu

FEBRUARY 23

Behind Uncle Tom’s Cabin: Black Life in the 19th Century

Panelists R.J. Ellis, Katrina Thompson, and Jane Rhodes discuss African American music, writing and experience; Johari Jabir is a discussant and Barbara Ransby (pic-tured) moderates. Reception follows.

5–7 p.m. 1-470 Daley Library

FEBRUARY 20–22, 24–MARCH 1Piano Lesson

UIC Theatre production, directed by Derrick Sanders, assistant pro-fessor of theatre

Feb. 20–21, 26–28, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 22, 25, March 1, 2 p.m. Feb. 24, Noon

UIC Theatre, ETMSW

Tickets $12 students; $17 public

FEBRUARY 24

Dear White People

Film screening and discussion for Black History Month, co-facilitated by the UIC Dialogue Initiative staff

5–8 p.m. / 605 SCE

FEBRUARY 24

Tuesdays-at-One

Top clarinetist Ken Peplowski joins faculty drummer Ernie Adams and special guests. Free performance sponsored by the School of Theatre & Music

1–1:50 p.m. Recital Hall L060 ETMSW

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celeste januszewski, visiting instruc-tor in occupational therapy in the College of Applied Health Sciences, was appoint-ed to the American Occupational Therapy Association’s Mental Health Workgroup.

david avenetti, clinical assistant pro-fessor of pediatric dentistry in the College of Dentistry, was named program director of the college’s pediatric dentistry post-graduate program.

david marquez, associate professor of kinesiology and nutrition in the College of Applied Health Sciences, was an expert panelist in a Nov. 20 community forum hosted by the Latino Community Alzhei-mer’s Outreach and Education Coalition.

The College of Dentistry presented its new Faculty Research Award to anne george, Allan G. Brodie endowed pro-fessor in the Brodie Tooth Development Genetics and Regenerative Medicine Re-search Laboratory and professor of oral biology; and antonia kolikythas, as-sociate professor of oral and maxillofacial

surgery. Both received an engraved crystal award and $500.

darcy benedict, an M.D./Ph.D. program in the College of Medicine, was named a 2014 Pisacano Scholar. The Pisa-cano Leadership Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the American Board of Family Medicine.

heather a. hathaway miranda, a Ph.D. student in policy studies in urban education and a fellow of the Diversifying Faculty in Illinois Fellowship program, was inducted into the Golden Key Interna- tional Honour Society, the world’s largest collegiate honor society. She was recog-nized for maintaining a 4.0/4.0 grade-point average and for her leadership and service. As service director for the Golden Key UIC chapter, she will find volunteer service opportunities for chapter members.

siva sivananthan, distinguished pro-fessor of physics and director of the Microphysics Laboratory, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, received a Life-time Achievement Award from the Sri Lanka Foundation. The award honors the contributions of Sri Lankans to their communities.

APPOINTMENTS

PEOPLE

When you visit the shiny new cars and trucks at this year’s Chicago’s Auto Show, stop to take a look at the future: UIC Mo-torsports, the College of Engineering’s stu-dent chapter of the Society of Automotive Engineers.

It’s not just UIC Motorsports’ two cre-ations – the Baja and Formula cars, located on the south side of the show behind the Subaru booth.

It’s the 130 student members them-selves, who spend long hours building and testing the vehicles for international com-petition.

UIC Motorsports is like a design firm, its members say.

“We do everything from design to proto-type to manufacturing to competing, all within the student body of the group,” said Justin Czok, a senior in electrical engineer-ing and the electrical assistance team leader.

This is the third year at the auto show for UIC Motorsports. The group was asked to participate after engineering student Adam Miszta, chapter president at the time, contacted David Sloan, president of the Chicago Automobile Trade Association and general manager of the Chicago Auto Show.

“The first year there went really well,” said Michelle Sentevski, a senior in me-chanical engineering and the Baja team captain for the 2015 model. “We met a lot of people, and we made the auto show know that it wanted us back.”

The appearance at the auto show is not only important for sponsorship attention,

By Nicole Cardos — ncardo2@uic.edu

Talent drives UIC Motorsports to Chicago Auto Showbut as an opportunity to promote UIC’s chapter, give members the chance to prac-tice public speaking and teach kids who come to the show about engineering.

“And it’s fun to meet industry profes-sionals and other enthusiasts,” Sentevski said.

Sentevski also has a personal agenda.“There need to be more females in engi-

neering,” she said. “So reaching out to high school-age, or even younger, females who haven’t considered it as a career yet because it’s a male-dominated field, is a huge moti-vator for me.”

Each year, UIC Motorsports’ display at the show has become more elaborate.

“We took it from what was just a club having a little spot at the auto show to something that looked professional,” Sentevski said.

Most of those in UIC Motorsports are engineering majors, but Sentevski and Czok said the group welcomes all students.

“We really are open to anybody,” said Czok. “We have that business proposal to prepare for, and sometimes engineers aren’t the greatest to do that.”

The group also needs members to help with social media or photography, added Sentevski.

The chapter participates in Baja and Formula competitions, where teams from across the globe pitch car models to indus-try professionals. The Baja is an off-road vehicle that can endure rugged terrain; the Formula is a track car. The vehicles are judged on business presentation, design,

cost and performance.Members work long hours at the UIC

Machine Shop to create next year’s models, getting hands-on experience.

“The shop gives students a chance to learn the manufacturing,” Sentevski said.

“This really partners well with our class-room education, to teach us manufacturing, design and the business aspect.”

To join UIC Motorsports, apply online at sae.uic.edu or come to a meeting. The Formula team meets Mondays at 5 p.m.

An off-road Baja vehicle designed by UIC Motorsports is displayed at this year’s Chicago Auto Show. The team has exhibited at the show for three years.

and the Baja team on Wednesdays at 5 p.m., both in 1208 Science and Engineer-ing Laboratories West.

The Chicago Auto Show is open through Feb. 22 at McCormick Place, 2301 S. Martin Luther King Dr. Discount tickets are available for $10 at the UIC Bookstore in Student Center East or the UIC Medical Bookstore in Student Center West; limit two tickets per i-card. The bookstores are open weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Samuel Grief is a Lung Health Champion.

He’s earned the title by raising $1,000 for lung disease research while committing to climb 94 floors to the top of the John Hancock Center at Sunday’s Hustle Up the Hancock event.

Grief, associate professor of clinical family medicine, will be among more than 4,000 climbers raising money for the Respiratory Health Association’s research and education programs.

“My father died of lung cancer when he was 51,” Grief said. “And my stepfa-ther died of lung cancer as well. Those two stories definitely played a big role in motivating me to do the event.”

Grief has participated in the Hustle Up the Hancock fundraiser every other year since 2006.

He doesn’t do any special training for the event beyond exercising regularly.

“I just go to the UIC gym,” he said. “I go three times a week and run on the

treadmill, do stairs and the elliptical. I’ve been exercising for the last 14 years.”

During the event, waves of climbers begin their ascent every 15 min-utes. The fast-est climbers have the earliest time slots.

Grief, who is scheduled to begin climbing at 7 a.m., has set his goal to climb the 94 floors in less than 20 min-utes. His best time so far has been 20 minutes.

“Spectators are always welcome,” said. “They go up to the Signature Room on the 95th floor and watch all the climbers from there.”

For more information, visit hustleupthehancock.org

By Matthew Pozo— mpozo4@uic.edu

Climbing the Hancock for a cause

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The Urbana-Champaign Senate overwhelmingly approved a proposal Feb. 9 to establish a new engineering- focused college of medicine on that campus.

The University of Illinois Board of Trustees is expected to consider the Urbana-Champaign proposal and a pro-posal from UIC at its March 12 meeting on the Urbana campus.

The UIC proposal would integrate engineering and technology into medi-cal training programs, develop a new bioengineering institute and build upon research to attract more federal funding to the college’s four regional campuses at Chicago, Peoria, Rockford and Urbana- Champaign.

The Urbana-Champaign proposal

Urbana Senate OKs plan for new medical college

includes an affiliation with Carle Health System, a private, 325-bed regional med-ical center in Urbana. Carle has pledged $100 million in the first 10 years, includ-ing $34.5 million for startup costs and an additional $1.5 million annual contri-bution extending beyond that.

The Urbana-Champaign proposal calls for fundraising $135 million in the first eight years, a figure Urbana- Champaign Chancellor Phyllis Wise has said is “highly achievable.” The proposed college would enroll 25 students in its first year, leading up to a class size of 50 within a few years.

Both proposals are being reviewed by University President Bob Easter, who was asked by trustees last year to make a recommendation.

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glary at 9:10 a.m. at the Daley Library.Feb. 13: A man was arrested for battery

at 1:59 a.m. at 1220 W. Taylor St.Feb. 14: A man was arrested for DUI at

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Find the words listed below in all caps in the word bank. Words can be found in any and every direction. Enjoy! — Puzzle: Vana Povrzenic

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Overwhelm yourself with op-portunities (in a positive way). Recognize all that is around you and capitalize on that.

STUDENT VOICEWant to contribute a story? Email Christy Levy, christyb@uic.edu

Ask for help when you need it. Don’t let yourself get to a point where you feel helpless. There are plenty of people out there who can help you.

Buy or rent books for classes — and actually read them! Don’t think you can simply skate by without picking up the book for a class. What’s the point of taking it if you aren’t going to read the required material?

Care for yourself. Are you eating? Drinking water? Sleeping? Relax-ing? Don’t lose sight of what is important. You are a human being (not a studying zombie) and need to treat yourself as such.

By Holly Brenza — hbrenz2@uic.edu

Determine what classes you need to take each semester to stay on track. Don’t just go semester by semester. Make sure you are sitting down and analyzing what needs to be fulfilled so that when the time comes to graduate, you can do so.

Enjoy what you are studying; if you don’t, maybe it’s time to reconsider. Why is your major what it is? If you don’t love what you’re doing or can’t see yourself doing that in 10 years, look at your other options. Consider anything and everything.

Forget the stereotypes and generalizations and do what works for you. Who cares if the library is where your friends think everyone should study? If your room or some other place works for you, study there!

Go to your professor or a study group if you need help. This goes back to letter A. Seek help in whatever way is going to get you the best results.

Hold on to handouts and notes from previ-ous classes. Don’t be caught in the situation where your professor is covering something you touched on in a previous semester, but you don’t have the notes from that. Hold on to what you have so that you can reference it.

Include homework time on your daily schedule. By making time every day, things won’t pile up as high and you won’t feel like you are suffocating.

Join clubs and organizations that interest you. There’s more to earn-ing a degree than just classes. Make the most out of your time and enjoy the UIC experience.

Know your resources on campus. With so many resources available, it’s ridicu-lous not to use them.

Learn as much as you can from as many people as you can. You’re sur-rounded by people who you can learn a thing or two from. Take ad-vantage of that and educate your-self as much as possible.

Motivate yourself at all times. Don’t lose sight of the ultimate goal and don’t get sluggish for more than a few minutes. Stay on track!

Never underestimate your abilities. You can do it, whatever it is. Don’t think you aren’t quali-fied or ready for some-thing. Give it a shot.

Put your phone down and actually study.

Quit selling yourself short — you can do anything you want. I’m not joking. You can do any-thing; it’s just a matter of trying and working your hardest.

Relax (but not all the time). Take moments for yourself where you can do things you love and maintain mental health. It’s import-ant to still be happy.

Study for exams in a way that works for you. Whatever that may be, do it. You’ll see a higher grade by doing this.

Take the time to BE on time to class. You might miss something if you show up a few minutes late…you may even miss points or an atten-dance sheet passing around. This way you’ll also get to sit wherever you want.

Understand the value of going to class. Have you figured out the mathemati-cal cost of skipping a class? If not, look it up on-line. Hint: it’s expensive. Beyond the monetary value, think of what you are missing out on in the big picture.

Visit your professors and TAs at their office hours or after class. Build a relationship with them.

Write assignments and exams down in an agenda/planner. How can you forget things when you write them down and check your planner frequently?

X”amine” the syllabus throughout the semester. Checking it once during syllabus week isn’t going to help you very much. Be aware of what is going on in class, and write down important dates in your planner.

Yawn less — get enough sleep whenev-er possible. You’ll get sick less and will be able to focus on school more. Plus, no one likes to feel exhausted.

Zone in on your teacher during class. Why go to class if you aren’t going to pay atten-tion? Give it 100% when you are there.

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Women’s basketball hot on boards vs. Wright StateBy Brad Taylor — bctaylor@uic.edu

Terri Bender scored 12 points and had a team-high seven assists Saturday versus Wright State. The Flames hit the road this week, traveling to Green Bay Saturday. — Photo: Timothy Nguyen

The women’s basketball team (14-10, 4-7 Horizon League) led by as many as eight points in the first half Saturday but allowed Wright State (19-6, 8-3 Horizon League) to score 46 points after halftime in a 74-63 loss at the Pavilion.

The Flames travel to Wisconsin Saturday to play at first-place Green Bay (20-4, 10-1 Horizon League). Tip-off is set for 1 p.m. at the Kress Center.

On Saturday, the Raiders hit 19 second-half free throws and held the Flames to 30 percent shooting after halftime.

UIC grabbed a season-high 56 rebounds, including 24 on the offensive end. The Flames outrebounded Wright State, 56-46.

“We were in a good position to pull away in the first half but they stayed in the game due to our foul trouble,” head coach Regina Miller said. “It is difficult to win games in which we send the opponent to the free throw line 34 times. We did not force enough turnovers and were unable to get our transition game started.”

Ruvanna Campbell, who ranks third nationally with 14.4 rebounds per contest, grabbed 22 rebounds to go along with a game-high 19 points. She has four 20-re-

bound performances this season and six in her UIC career.Campbell has 18 double-doubles this season. She

passed Taylor Foulks (2009-13) for 17th on the all-time scoring list with 1,026 career points.

Terri Bender scored 12 points for her 14th consecutive double-figure performance. She dished out a team-high seven assists and picked up her 68th steal of the season.

Imani Moore played 24 minutes off the bench and set a career high with 12 points. She was 5-of-8 from the field and 2-of-2 from the free throw line.

The first half featured three ties and eight lead changes. The Flames held their largest lead of the contest at 32-24 with 2:04 before halftime. Richelle van der Keijl made two jumpers and UIC’s lead was cut to 33-28 going into the locker room.

Wright State scored the first five points of the second half and went on an 18-8 run to go up, 46-41, with 12:34 remaining. Five straight points from Tay’ler Mingo pushed the Raiders’ lead to 53-44 but the Flames re-sponded, scoring 15 of the next 23 points to narrow the game to 61-59 at 3:07.

UIC missed its final five field goals and the Raiders hit eight free throws down the stretch to seal the road victory.

Flames fall at No. 2 Cleveland State

The men’s basketball team (7-20, 3-9 Horizon League) led No. 2 Cleveland State (16-11, 10-3 Horizon League) by four (34-30) at halftime Sun-day, but the Vikings shot 65 percent in the final period to earn a 67-59 home win.

UIC will play three of its last four regular season games at home, starting at 7 p.m. Thursday against Milwaukee.

Senior Ahman Fells posted his second career double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds. Ju-nior Paris Burns netted 17 points.

UIC took control early with a 14-9 lead by the 14:08 mark after Burns and sophomore Markese McGuire combined for 10 early points. The Vi-kings had back-to-back threes to jump ahead, 17-14.

The Flames went on an 8-0 run, including con-secutive triples from Jay Harris and Fells, to go up, 26-23, with 5:14 left in the period. UIC sank 6-of-6 from the foul line in the final four minutes of the half and headed into break ahead by four (34-30).

The Vikings took over in the second half, going on a 19-7 run to jump ahead, 49-41. CSU reached its largest lead of the game with 5:07 left to play (60-47) after scoring seven straight points.

Three consecutive treys from Fells pulled the Flames to within four (60-56) with 2:22 on the clock. Fells, who drained 5-of-9 from behind the arc, is shooting 63 percent (17-of-27) from deep in the last six games.

Cleveland State scored the next four points and seven of the game’s final 10 points to seal the victory.

Burns has scored 14 or more points in his last seven games and is averaging more than 17 points per contest during that span.

Freshman Tai Odiase contributed six points and three rebounds in 13 minutes of action as Harris added nine points.

SPORTS

Paris Burns scored 17 points Sunday at Cleveland State. — Photo: Steve Woltmann

By Mike Laninga — mlaninga@uic.edu