In response to the sharp and sustained rise in anti-Asian harassment, Advancing Justice Chicago is partnering with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Chicago and Hollaback! to offer local interactive online bystander […]
By Evan Phillips Meet Barbara Di Eugenio, Professor of Computer Science. At the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Dr. Di Eugenio leads the Natural Language Processing (NLP) lab engaged
AWIS Chicago Summer Mentoring Circles kicked-off on Thursday, June 24th, 2021
by Shreya Chandrasekar Born to immigrant physician parents and raised in New Jersey, just on the outskirts of Philadelphia, Dr. Anisha Martin recognized her calling for the sciences at a
On Thursday, May 27th, 2021, AWIS-CAC hosted evening of networking and discussion about the past, present, and future of AWIS-CAC! Panelists for the evening included: Former AWIS-CAC President Marion Thurnauer (1987-88)
by Marion Thurnauer, member of AWIS-CAC since its inception and President (1987-88) Backdrop During the last year I came across a file containing documents pertaining to AWIS -CAC (Chicago Area
by J. K. Wenderott When asked about her career path, Laura Ellman, current Illinois State Senator representing District 21, expressed she has been “driven by curiosity.” These are words Ellman
By Shreya Chandrasekar, 2nd year PhD student at the Loyola University Chicago Throughout this pandemic, I have cycled through feeling like the world couldn’t be a larger, more isolated place
On November 18th, 2020 AWIS Chicago celebrated the winners of our 2020 Innovator & Motivator Awards! Innovator Award (Early Career): Dr. Amanda Schalk, for her entrepreneurial trajectory that has resulted
