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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

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Cheryl Nakata predicts we’ll be drinking more Romanian wine More on page 2

INSIDE: Profile / Quotable 2 | Campus News 4 | Calendar 8 | Student Voice 9 | Police 10 | People 10-11 | Sports 12

Oscar bid for documentary by social work faculty member More on page 3

New visitors center welcomes students, parents to campus More on page 6

Photo: Roberta Dupuis-Devlin

UIC biologists Charles Flower, left, and Christopher Whelan, right, check ash trees near the Science and Engineering South building infected by the emerald ash borer. Since the insect, which came from Asia, was first found in the U.S. in 2002, it has killed 30 million trees in the northeastern U.S. and Canada. Whelan and Flower believe there’s a natural solution — woodpeckers find the insect a tasty treat. More on page 5.

Swimming, diving dominate the competition More on page 12

Saving the trees: it’s for the birds

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“You get caught up in the suspense. It’s almost like, we can’t prevent being affected by sound.”

Deborah Stratman, associate professor of art, on her documentary short “Hacked Circuit,” shown at the Sun-dance Film Festival this week, Jan. 17 DNAinfo.com

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“It’s becoming more and more common, especially in the middle-school age, for these kids to be commit-ting these violent acts.”

Sheela Raja, clinical psychologist and assistant professor of pediatric dentistry, on the increased number of school shootings by middle schoolers, Jan. 15 CNN

Cheryl Nakata helps Romanian wine make a name for itself By Gary Wisby

Romania is one of the world’s leading producers of wine, but you’ve probably never tasted any.

That’s likely to change, says Cheryl Na-kata, professor of marketing and interna-

tional business and head of managerial studies in the College of Business Administration.

A couple of summers ago, she visited the eastern European country to study its winemaking industry and make recom-mendations for improvement.

The main reason no Romanian vintages are on the shelf at your liquor store: about 90 percent of Romanian wine is con-sumed domestically, Nakata said.

In other words, Romanians — many of whom make their own wine at home — drink the vast majority of their coun-try’s wine.

Much of the remainder is shipped as raw material to Ger-many and other countries to be mixed with their wine.

Thus, although Romania is the 12th largest producer of wine in the world, Nakata said, very little of the stuff is sold outside its borders.

Accompanied on her research visit by Romanian-Amer-ican UIC student Otilia Flandro — who acted as interpreter and chronicled the trip as an Honors College project — Na-kata interviewed 13 managers and owners of seven wine com-panies, plus five Romanian wine industry experts.

She found that “the largest producers largely ignore the international market because they have a lock on the domestic market.

“They’re picking the low-hanging fruit, or grapes.”But more far-sighted producers want to export their prod-

uct.“This is, in part, a desire for legitimacy,” Nakata said. “If

you take pride in your work, you want others to recognize it as exceptional, too.”

Romanian wines are often compared to those produced in the French region of Bordeaux; the Dealu Mare region in Romania is at the same latitude.

The Romanian wine producers use native grapes, “or they mix these with French grapes — take Cabernet Sauvignon and mix it with Feteasca Neagra,” Nakata explained.

Of the barriers to export, the biggest is cultural.A bottle of wine is synonymous with the region where it is

produced, she said.“With California, you think about sunshine, open land,

something that’s hip and modern and young.”But Romania has what Nakata calls an “image liability.”“Romania is part of the European Union, but not a wel-

come member,” Nakata said.

“There’s an east-west divide. Western Europe has economic and cultural dominance. If you’re in Eastern Europe, you feel a step below and a century behind.

“Western Europeans think of Ceausescu, who ruled as an autocrat for decades [until 1989] — of a country that’s poor and backward, politically and economically unstable. They also think of the Gypsies, or Romas, a nomadic culture that spread across Europe and is perceived by some as criminal and backward,” she said.

“It makes for an intriguing marketing challenge.”Another barrier to export is cost.“Romania can’t make wine of high quality and low produc-

tion cost,” Nakata said.“Their vineyards are small, so they don’t have economies

of scale, they don’t have the same technology [as competing winemakers], and the cost of labor is high.”

Experts from Australia, France and the U.S. are teach-ing the country’s winemakers how to grow grapes and blend wines, she said.

Romanians were making wine before the Romans, but it was all forgotten during 50 years of communism.

“A whole generation of wine knowledge was lost,” Nakata

said. “They made whatever was sweet and cheap, and added sugar to mask imperfections.”

Nakata was born in California and raised in Hawaii. She earned a bachelor’s degree at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and an MBA at Northwestern University.

She worked in market research for Kraft and General Mills before moving to China to work in an international joint venture. Returning to Chicago, she started a marketing consultancy for international business and enrolled in UIC’s doctoral program in marketing and international business. She joined the faculty after finishing her Ph.D. in 1997.

“The wine industry is intrinsically fascinating,” said Na-kata, who lives in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood.

“It epitomizes all of the tensions of globalization, married to the fact of wine as a physical product.

“Grape juice is grape juice, but there’s a difference between a $5,000 bottle of wine and a $5 bottle. It has a lot to do with the people who make it and where the grapes are grown.

“Look out for Romanian wines,” she said. “Maybe they’ll be the next big hit, like Australian or Chil-

ean wines.”gwisby@uic.edu

Photo: Roberta Dupuis-Devlin

Business professor Cheryl Nakata traveled to Romania to make recommendations for improving its winemaking industry. “There’s a difference between a $5,000 bottle of wine and a $5 bottle,” she says. “It has a lot to do with the people who make it and where the grapes are grown.”

“LGBT people, people of color, the poor; tobacco preys on stigma, and too often we pay with our lives.”

Alicia Matthews, associate professor of health systems sci-ence, College of Nursing, on the high rate of smoking among LGBT people, Jan. 16 Buzzfeed.com

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By Jeffron Boynés

UIC filmmaker Edgar Barens was at the Irvine International Film Festival in Califor-nia Thursday when he received the news.

His film, “Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall,” winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Irvine festival, had been nominated for an Academy Award in the Documentary Short Subject category.

The film, scheduled to air March 31 on HBO, uses exclusive footage from inside the Iowa State Penitentiary to tell the story of a terminally ill inmate who spends the final days of his life sentence in a hospice unit staffed by prisoner volunteers.

“I am thrilled to have received the Oscar nomination,” says Barens, documentary spe-cialist in the Jane Addams Center for Social Policy and Research.

“Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought ‘Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall’ would go this far.

“I think it’s testament to the compassion, the determination and the human spirit es-

sential in making a prison hospice program function and blossom — especially in an environment not normally conducive to the celebration of humanity.”

Barens lived and worked as producer and cameraman for six months inside the peni-tentiary. Given unprecedented access to the entire prison, he shot more than 300 hours of footage for the documentary, which is just under 40 minutes long.

The film is one of several projects under-way at the center, which is directed by Creasie Finney Hairston, dean of the Jane Addams College of Social Work.

Barens has made three other documenta-ries related to prison life, including “Angola Prison Hospice: Opening the Door,” which Iowa State Penitentiary used as a training video to start its own hospice.

HBO’s “Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall” will be released in theaters March 2, ahead of the Academy Awards, with other Oscar-nominated short films.

Barens travels to Hollywood for the Oscar nominees luncheon next month.

jboynes@uic.edu

By Humaa Siddiqi

Do you need something delicious to eat without emptying your wallet?

With the city as our backyard, the possibilities are endless.

UIC News student writers vis-ited several budget-friendly options around campus. Check them out at youtube.com/uicmedia

The restaurants surrounding UIC are incredibly diverse — much like university itself. From Vietnamese rolls to Indian-Pakistani biryani dish-es, the restaurants offer a wide variety.

We stopped in at these seven eater-ies:

• Hana Sushi, 1311 W. Taylor St. –

Pipeline replacement underway after heat outage on east side

A film by Edgar Barens, documentary specialist in the Jane Addams Center for Social Policy and Research, is nominated for an Academy Award in the Documentary Short Subject category.

By Christy Levy

A rupture to a high-temperature water line Thursday morning caused heat outages in most east side buildings through the after-noon, but all service was back to normal by Saturday.

A section of pipeline failed about 15 feet underground near the west side of Student Center East, causing a geyser of water to shoot up from underground.

The pipeline is about 30 years old, said Mark Donovan, vice chancellor for adminis-trative services.

“Over the course of time, these pipes oc-casionally fail,” Donovan said. “Because it’s

Hungry for good, cheap food? Japanese, Chinese and Thai food and lunch specials

• Ghareeb Nawaz, 807 W. Halsted St. – Indian-Pakistani vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes

• Taco Burrito King, 811 W. Jackson Blvd. – family owned Mexican specialties

• Lotus Café, 719 W. Maxwell St. – Vietnamese dishes, UIC alumni owners

• Scafuri Bakery, 1337 W. Taylor St., a long-time fixture in Little Italy, recently reopened

• M2 Café, 850 W. Jackson Blvd., ca-tering to the busy UIC student needing a quick to-go bite.

• Flirty Cupcakes, 1030 W. Taylor St. – caffeine and cupcakes.

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UIC News writer Humaa Siddiqi checks out Scafuri Bakery on Taylor Street.

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under such high pressure and hot, water liter-ally shot through the ground up into the air.”

Heat and hot water had returned to most east campus buildings by Thursday afternoon but evening classes were canceled as a precau-tion, Donovan said.

Some students living in the Commons residence halls were affected by the outage. Many had heat and hot water by Thursday evening but some areas of the residence halls were without heat and hot water until Satur-day afternoon, Donovan said.

Students were directed to use showers in areas of the building that had hot water and temporary heaters were set up in areas that were without heat, he said.

“By and large, the students were accom-modated with whatever they needed,” Dono-van said.

“They could go down the hall and take a shower. It got a little colder toward Friday night but we didn’t have to evacuate.”

Crews put a temporary repair in place but will replace several hundred feet of pipeline this week, Donovan said.

“Over the next couple of days, you’re going to see some major excavating going on be-cause we examined the condition of the pipe and it’s in very poor condition,” he said.

“It won’t disturb classes or cause any shut-downs.”

christyb@uic.edu

Photo: S. K. Vemmer

Students trudge through the cold. A pipe rupture caused heat outages Thursday.

UIC filmmaker up for Oscar

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Send campus news to Sonya Booth, sobooth@uic.educampus news

Need to update license?The mobile Illinois Secretary of State office

will be on campus today from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Student Center East concourse. Students and employees can renew their driver’s license or state ID, buy vehicle license plate stickers, register to be an organ or tissue donor, and buy specialty UIC license plates to support student scholarships.

Better way to travel?How could transit around campus be im-

proved? Share your ideas through UIC’s Multimodal

Transportation Plan survey about transportation around UIC at http://uic.metroquest.com

For more information, visit http://www.cmap.illinois.gov/lta/uic

Read all about itThe January issue of APAC News is online at

http://uicapac.blogspot.com/Articles discuss the pension law, an upcom-

ing town hall meeting, online shopping dis-counts, and more.

HIV Breakfast ClubThe Midwest AIDS Training and Education

Center presents a free program, “Toward the Elimination of Sexual HIV Transmission: Inte-grating Sexual and Reproductive Health Care,” Feb. 5 at the Marriott UIC/Medical District.

The program, 7:30 to 9 a.m., will feature guest speaker Shannon Weber, director of the Perinatal HIV Hotline/National HIV/AIDS Clinicians’ Consultation Center and coordinator of the Bay Area Perinatal AIDS Center.

Continuing education credit is available for physicians and nurses.

Registration is required by Feb. 3 at http://bit.ly/CHBCFeb2014

For more information, contact 312-996-4429 or aliciamc@uic.edu

Celebrating HerstoryThe 20th annual Women’s Leadership Sym-

posium, “HERSTORY: Celebrating Our Past and Soaring into the Future,” is seeking presenters to give workshop sessions on leadership develop-ment.

The symposium will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 5 in the Illinois Room, Student Center East.

Past topics have included mentoring, conflict resolution, technology, financial planning and networking.

Deadline to submit proposals is Feb. 19 to wlrc@uic.edu or the Women’s Leadership and Resource Center, MC 363.

For more information, visit http://bitly.com/Ky2fam

Future of Mile SquareThe campus community is invited to a “mini-

rounds” on the Mile Square Health Center Jan. 28, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., in UI Hospital confer-ence room 1130.

“The Role of the Federally Qualified Health Center in Primary and Preventive Care” will be presented by Mile Square medical director Kam-

eron Matthews and Audrey Stillerman, medical director of the Office of Community Engage-ment School Health Center Program.

Check it outBe sure to check out UIC’s new science blog,

UIC Science. The Tumblr blog features every-thing and anything science at UIC including biology, chemistry, engineering, medicine and more.

Add http://uicscience.tumblr.com/ to your bookmarks!

Impact of pension lawLearn how the changes to the state pension

system could impact employees now and after retirement at a presentation Jan. 29.

The event, sponsored by the Academic Professional Advisory Committee and State Universities Annuitants Association, takes place from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Thompson Room A, Student Center West.

Speakers include Jeff Houch, legislative liai-son for the State Universities Retirement System, and Brenda Russell, president of the UIC chapter of the State Universities Annuitants Association.

Register at https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/4045729

Research grantsLetters of intent are due Feb. 6 for the Chan-

cellor’s Discovery Fund for Multidisciplinary Research.

The pilot grant program was established to foster multidisciplinary collaboration, nurture

By Anne Brooks Ranallo

Spring semester’s Tuesdays-at-One concert series offers free jazz, modern and classical music in lunchtime performances open to the campus community and the public.

The concerts are scheduled for 1 to 1:50 p.m. on most Tuesdays in Recital Hall L060 on the lower level of the Education, Theatre, Music and Social Work Building.

• Feb. 4: “The Life and Love of Robert and Clara Schumann.” Peter and Kathleen Van De Graaff, bass-baritone and soprano, dramatize the life of composer Robert Schumann

• Feb. 11: Cavatina Duo. Eugenia Mo-liner, flute, and Denis Azabagic, guitar

• Feb. 18: Randy Brecker. Master class by Grammy-winning trumpeter and flugelhornist in jazz, R&B, and fusion

• Feb. 25: UIC Faculty Chamber Ensemble. Quartets for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano by Viennese romantic Walter Rabl and American composer Peter Schickele

• March 4: Jim Gailloreto’s Jazz String Quintet with vocalist Cheryl Wilson

• March 11: UIC Baroque Band

• March 18: UIC Jazz Ensemble• April 1: GVSU New Music Ensemble.

Grand Valley State University’s ensemble plays new music and 20th century landmarks

• April 8: John Floeter & Friends. The principal bassist for the Chicago Sinfonietta, plays classical, jazz, folk, and musical theater

• April 15: UIC Jazz Combos• April 22: Sebastian Huydts, piano.

Hear free lunchtime concerts at ‘Tuesdays-at-One’

Classical music by the composer and direc-tor of keyboard studies at Columbia College

• April 29: Lincoln Trio. Chamber and contemporary music by Desiree Ruhstrat, violin, David Cunliffe, cello, and Marta Aznavoorian, piano.

For more information, visit theatreandmusic.uic.edu

aranallo@uic.edu

the research careers of early stage investigators and leverage extramural funding.

The two-year awards will be granted for up to $40,000 for principal investigators in the humanities. Researchers in other disciplines are eligible for awards of up to $30,000, with an ad-ditional $10,000 with a 1:1 cash cost share from their department or college.

Applications are due Feb. 21. For more information, visit research.uic.edu/

funding/discovery

IT ForumProposals are due Feb. 10 for technology-

related presentations at the 2014 UIC IT Profes-sionals Forum.

The event is set for April 23 at the UIC Forum.

Presentations are 45-minute sessions that could include interactive discussions, question/answer sessions or demonstrations. Presenta-tions that connect information technologies to teaching and learning, research, clinical and ad-ministrative/business uses at UIC are welcome.

For more information, email itproforum@uic.edu or visit itproforum.uic.edu/

Share your cultureHelp UIC celebrate its diversity by contribut-

ing to the UIC World Fair, scheduled for March.Individuals, organizations and departments

can give performances, host cultural workshops and more. Submissions are due Jan. 31 at http://bit.ly/1d8uCXf

The UIC World’s Fair takes place from 3 to 7 p.m. March 13 at the Student Recreation Facility. The event is sponsored by Campus Programs, Campus Recreation and the Office of International Services.

For more information, email cgrogan@uic.edu

Vacation, sick leave payouts

UIC employees can defer vacation and compensable sick leave payouts to their 403(b) and 457 retirement accounts when they retire or leave the university.

For instructions, call the Benefits Services office at 312-996-6471 on or before 60 days before the last day of employment.

The benefits office is located on the first floor of the Marshfield Building. For more information visit NESSIE, the university’s HR website, at https://nessie.uihr.uillinois.edu

Need help?Not sure how to use computer software?

Ask Lynda.Lynda.com, a collection of online tutorial

programs available free to UIC students and employees, offers more than 1,000 video tuto-rials on software topics such as Adobe, Apple, and Microsoft products; web publishing; video and audio editing; operating systems and more.

For more information, visit www.lynda.com/member

Cavatina Duo, featuring Eugenia Moliner on flute and Denis Azabagic on guitar, performs Feb. 11.

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By Jeanne Galatzer-Levy

Since the emerald ash borer was first dis-covered in southeast Michigan in 2002, the Asian invader has been responsible for the death of 30 million trees in the northeastern U.S. and Canada.

The noxious pest has already attacked Chicago, where 17 percent of the street trees — about 85,000 — are ash, with an estimated 300,000 more ash trees on private property.

What can stop the onslaught of the vora-cious insect?

UIC researchers have an idea: woodpeck-ers.

“Woodpeckers may not be able to snuff them out, but they may be able to control them,” said Christopher Whelan, an avian ecologist with the Illinois Natural History Survey, UIC adjunct assistant professor of biology and coauthor of a recent report pub-lished online in the journal Forest Ecology and Management.

“We found we have a native predator that is able to detect and respond to this new rich

food resource,” said Charles Flower, postdoc-toral research associate in biology and first author of the study.

The researchers started their study in 2006, following the insects’ path across Ohio and Michigan “so that we could follow the decline of trees and the impact on the ecosys-

tem,” Flower said.Other exotic invasive species

have run amok in new regions be-cause there are no predators to keep them in check.

The researchers hoped the emer-ald ash borer might meet its match in native predators — bark forag-ing birds like the woodpecker and nuthatch.

This kind of “bio-control” is preferable to other methods of pest control, Flower said.

Chemical treatments are expen-sive and may harm trees and other fauna. Bringing an ash borer preda-tor from its native range in Asia could create new problems, he said.

One way predators respond to a new abundant food source is called functional response. In this case, the woodpeckers alter their behav-ior to find emerald ash borers more efficiently, then consume them more than other prey.

In one woodland area moni-tored for the study, behind a middle school in Delaware, Ohio, school-children did a precise accounting of bug and woodpecker activity.

When emerald ash borer larvae emerge from eggs laid on the tree, they burrow in and eat their way through the phloem layer of the tree, the vascular system that delivers water and nutrients from root to branch.

The insects create characteristic serpentine galleries that cut this vascular system, starv-ing the tree. Eventually mature adults exit the tree to start the process again.

A section of trees behind the school was cut down each year for two years. The stu-dents searched for and painted all the holes they found in the bark of each tree — dif-ferent colors for the woodpecker holes, the emerald ash borer holes and holes made by other insects.

The students tracked the fate of each bug that had been in the tree.

“This was looking at woodpecker foraging at a fine tree-by-tree scale,” said Flower.

Their results proved that woodpeckers

Woodpeckers may be answer to ash borer invasion

were indeed preying on emerald ash bor-ers — eating 85 percent of the emerald ash borer in an infested tree.

Another type of predator response to a new food source is a numerical response: the predators increase either because they were moving into the area or reproducing more successfully.

In a related study, researchers at Cornell tracked the movement of the emerald ash borer from Detroit and around the Great Lakes using a citizen scientist data base, the Project Feeder Watch. They determined that the number of three woodpecker species and the white-breasted nuthatch, the important bark foraging birds in this region, increased as the emerald ash borer increased.

“But that study examined the bird pop-ulation response and didn’t tell you what the birds were doing there,” Flower said.

“With the numerical response they found and the functional response we found, we have really powerful evidence of the poten-tial of the woodpeckers and the nuthatch to have an impact on the population of the emerald ash borer,” Whelan said.

Very little is known about the emerald ash borer’s habits in its native environment or its natural predators, Flower said.

Slowing its course may give researchers time to learn more about how it can be con-trolled, he said.

“Woodpeckers won’t save a tree once it’s infested, but they may save the forest. Or at least save a nearby forest,” Flower said.

Other coauthors for the study were Law-rence Long, Ohio State University; Kathleen Knight and Joanne Rebbeck, U.S. Forest Ser-vice; and Joel Brown and Miquel Gonzalez-Meler, UIC.

jgala@uic.edu

Photo: Roberta Dupuis-Devlin

Biologists Christopher Whelan (left) and Charles Flower study the effectiveness of woodpeckers in stopping the emer-ald ash borer, an invasive species that has killed 30 million trees in the northeastern U.S. and Canada.

Photo: Roberta Dupuis-Devlin

Emerald ash borer damage on a tree near SES.

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By Brian Flood

First impressions often serve as key moments in careers, social life — and the college search process.

With the latter in mind, the Office of Academic and Enrollment Services has opened a new UIC Visitors Center to serve as a hospitable gateway for pro-spective students, parents and applicants who come to campus.

Spread over approximately 3,000 square feet in the Student Services Building, the new center has presenta-tion space for up to 80 people, large waiting areas, two offices for one-on-one admissions counseling, and recruitment and outreach staff to provide group and individualized programs.

“The goal was to provide a place where the campus could be better understood and showcased,” said Kevin Browne, vice provost for academic and enrollment services.

“Visitors will get an admissions presenta-tion and campus overview before they go on tour.”

The Office of Admissions’ move from a small presence in the Student Center East visitors center to its own space in SSB will enhance the daily information session, group visits and other experiences offered to visi-tors, helping them put the campus into con-text, Browne said.

The close proximity to financial aid, reg-istrar and student support offices provides “one-stop shopping” for the center’s guests, Browne said.

The center will host visitor programs targeted to specific segments of students — admitted, prospective and first-year versus transfers — in addition to joint presentations with other campus units.

“Imagine bilingual semesterly admission or financial aid literacy sessions, expanded evening hours on leveraging UIC for success

A warm welcome to campus

Photo: Julie Jaidinger

Dean of students Linda Deanna and Provost Lon Kaufman celebrate the opening of the UIC Visitors Center.

as a transfer student, FAFSA or Common App completion workshops, or displaying student art or an award-winning robotics project,” said Oscar Rodriguez, director of recruitment and outreach, who will oversee the center.

“We will use the space to show prospec-tive students the core of what UIC is and what they could do and become while they are a part of our community.”

Students and parents have a shared inter-est in finding out what an institution offers academically, socially and financially, but students are also looking for a “feeling they fit,” Rodriguez explained.

“They want to discover if they belong on the college campus during the campus visit,” he said.

“The visitors center will be a welcoming space that will help the public connect with UIC.”

The UIC Visitors Center is open 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, and varied hours on Saturdays. For more information call 312-996-4350.

bflood@uic.edu

Photo: Julie Jaidinger

Visitors center staff welcome the public to campus. “The visitors center will be a welcoming space that will help the public connect with UIC,” says Oscar Rodriguez, director of recruitment and outreach.

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By Sam Hostettler

The Harrison Street Bridge over the Dan Ryan Expressway between Halsted and Des Plaines streets will close beginning Feb. 3, as another phase of the Circle Interchange Project be-gins.

The closure is expected to last for 16 months, until May 2015.

Construction on the Halsted Street Bridge over the Eisen-hower Expressway between Harrison and Van Buren Street begins Feb. 3, with the work phased in to allow one lane of traffic in each direction to remain open at all times.

Access to the UIC-Halsted Blue Line Station from the Hal-sted Street Bridge will be open throughout this phase.

Harrison Street Bridge closes for Circle project

Photo: S. K. Vemmer

Construction continues on the Morgan Street Bridge over the Eisenhower Expressway. The Halsted Street Bridge narrows to two lanes beginning Feb. 3.

The campus community is advised to avoid the intersection of Harrison and Halsted starting Feb. 3, due to the bridge lane closures on Halsted. The Illinois Department of Transporta-tion Detour Plan suggests the use of Van Buren Street as an alternate route.

The campus recommends other alternatives, including ac-cessing Racine Avenue via Roosevelt Road, Jackson Boulevard and Adams, Monroe and Madison streets.

The CTA will re-route bus routes that cross the Harrison Street Bridge.

Changes continue almost daily as progress continues on the $475 million construction project aimed at improving the flow of traffic through the Circle Interchange which links the Dan Ryan Expressway to the south, Eisenhower Expressway to

the west, Congress Parkway to the east and Kennedy Express-way to the north.

The Morgan Street Bridge and I-290 exit ramp were closed in September 2013. The suggested detour is Van Buren to Ra-cine to Harrison.

The entrance and ramp to the platform of the UIC-Halsted Street Blue Line train station will remain closed until the re-construction of the Morgan Street Bridge is complete.

The CTA entrance and exits to the Peoria Street Bridge will remain open until the Morgan Street Bridge is rebuilt and the entrance and ramp to the train station reopen.

For more information, visit uic.edu/uic/about/visit/ circle-interchange.shtml

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By Matt O’Connor

Over the next 12 months, UIC will get a facelift to im-prove transportation safety and convenience on and around campus.

As part of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Plan-ning’s comprehensive regional plan, GO TO 2040, UIC is working with the planning agency and the Active Trans-portation Alliance to increase efficiency and improve in-frastructure for the thousands who move through campus daily.

The UIC Office of Sustainability and Campus Master Plan Implementation Committee are among those involved in the project.

“We thought it would be a great opportunity to work with the campus and engage with the students,” said Lindsay Bayley, the agency’s senior planner.

UIC’s 2010 Master Plan was the starting point for the project, which will unfold in four phases.

The project is nearing the end of its first phase — an existing conditions report, detailing problem areas around campus, with user input through an online survey at uic.metroquest.com

“We’ve been building off several other plans, such as the Chicago Streets for Cycling Plan 2020, to make sure we’re not duplicating things and have the most comprehensive

Plan to improve transportation on, around campus overview,” Bayley said.

The online public survey, which ends Jan. 31, allows users to detail travel priorities, mention desired improvements and leave com-ments.

So far, Bayley said, Harrison Street and Racine Avenue are among the most-cited problem areas, along with unsafe road con-ditions and bike lanes on Taylor Street, pedestrian safety in crossing Harrison and general issues with the CTA’s UIC-Halsted Blue Line stop.

“Hopefully, if they can imple-ment these, transit becomes the first choice, not the last resort,” Bayley said.

Mapping activity workshops will be held on campus next month for those interested in contributing to the plan.

Two public workshops for the plan will be held on cam-pus Feb. 12, 4 to 5:30 p.m. in Student Center West and 6:30 to 8 p.m., Cardinal Room, Student Center East.

“I think it’s interesting to hear people come together, see

what common issues they find, and make changes to make it better,” said Bayley.

For more information on the project, visit cmap.illinois.gov/programs-and-resources/lta/uic

moconn31@uic.edu

An online survey through Jan. 31, lets the campus community pinpoint transportation problems.

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UIC RecExperience Live

Through Jan. 25Jan. 22, 1998: Ted Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber, pleads guilty to a series of bomb-ings committed over 17 years.

He is serving a life sentence with-out the possibil-ity of parole at a Colorado prison.

JANUARY 22 IN HISTORY

Unabomber pleads guilty

Weeklong celebration includes special events, activities. Free admission with i-card to Student Recreation Facility and Sport & Fitness Cen-ter. Main event features food, entertainment, ac-tivities, 4-7 p.m. Jan. 23, SRF. recreation.uic.edu

LECTURES/SEMINARS

Jan. 16

“Making the Most of Your Job Search Communication Tools”U of I Alumni Career Center webinar. 7-8 p.m. Alumni free; others $45. Register at www.uiaacareers.org

Jan. 29

“How Does Financialization Affect Manufacturing Investment?”Susan Christopherson, Cornell University. 3-4:30 p.m. Great Cit-ies Institute, 400 CUPPA Hall. 312-996-8700

“Illinois Pension Reform: How it Impacts You Now and After You Retire”Jeff Houch, legislative liaison, SURS, and Brenda Russell, presi-dent of the UIC chapter of SUAA. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Thompson Room A, SCW. Register at https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/901346

Jan. 30

“American Jewish Politics is Urban Politics”Lila Corwin Berman, Temple University. Sponsored by UIC’s Jewish studies program. 7 p.m. Institute for the Humanities, SH. johnsto1@uic.edu

Feb. 6

“Considering and Negotiating Executive Employment Agreements”U of I Alumni Career Center webinar. 7-8 p.m. Alumni free; others $45. Register at www.uiaacareers.org

SPECIAL EVENTS

Jan. 25, Feb. 1, 15

Free Dental ScreeningsFor patients ages 18 and older. 9 a.m.-noon, Dentistry. No ap-pointment necessary

Feb. 4

“Tuesdays-at-One”“The Life and Love of Robert and Clara Schumann.” Peter and Kathleen Van De Graaff, bass-baritone and soprano, dramatize the life of composer Robert Schumann. 1 p.m. L060 EPASW

WORKSHOPS

Jan. 22

“How to Make a Writing Plan: A Writeout! Workshop”For any graduate student, staff member or faculty member fromany discipline who wants to make progress on a writing project. Led by Michelle Boyd, associate director of the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy and associate professor of African American studies and political science. 1-2:30 p.m. Third floor, CUPPA Hall. RSVP to rvilor1@uic.edu

Jan. 28

“RefWorks Basics”Online library workshop. 2-3 p.m. http://library.uic.edu

“Using Box”Online library workshop. 10-11 a.m. http://library.uic.edu

Jan. 29

“RefWorks and Health Sciences Databases”Online library workshop. 12:30-1:30 p.m. http://library.uic.edu

Jan. 31

“Anatomy Resources Online”Online library workshop. 11-11:45 a.m. http://library.uic.edu

“PubMed in 30 Minutes”Online library workshop. 10-10:30 a.m. http://library.uic.edu

EXHIBITS

Through Jan. 31

“Traces of Memory: A Contemporary Look at the Jewish Past in Poland”Exhibit organized by the Galicia Jewish Museum in Krakow, including photographs by Chris Schwarz and text by Jonathan Webber that present a picture of the relics of Jewish life and still-present culture in Polish Galicia. First floor, Daley Library. 312-413-0394

Jan. 17-March 1

“Ghost Nature”Group exhibition based around the strangeness of the natural world. Curated by Caroline Picard. Opening reception, 5-8 p.m. Jan. 17. Gallery 400, ADH. Exhibit hours, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tues.-Fri.; noon-6 p.m. Sat. 312-996-6114

Through May 9

“Chicagoaxaca”Exhibition sponsored by the Social Justice Initiative at UIC. 1-4 p.m., Tues., Thurs. and Fri. Pop Up JUST Art Center, 729 W. Maxwell St. 312-355-5922.

For more UIC events, visit www.events.uic.edu

A scene from “Felinanthropy,” a 2007 video by Art Orienté objet among 19 artists displayed in “Ghost Nature” at Gallery 400.

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Helping students find their place on campusBy Nicole Cardos

Students gathered in Student Center East last week to showcase their involvement in student organizations.

While looking for new recruits, student organizations also engaged visitors by talking about their group’s purpose and discussing the exciting opportunities available at UIC.

“It’s always good to see what’s around,” said Michael Torio, a par-ticipant at the Involvement Fair.

“It’s a quick, little reminder of what’s there,” said participant Tricia Dacpano.

The student organizations that were represented offered a range of experiences for students, from singing groups to reli-gious organizations.

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Photos: Nicole Cardos

Clockwise: Juniors Megan Quigley and Maryem Abdulla represent Model United Nations; Mohit Dhande and Sutikshna Veeravalli of Dilinois a capella; Fuego dance group members Julio Morales, Maritza Crespo, Krystal Velazquez, Calvin Stuckey and Jyson Alicea; and UIC Levine Hillel representatives Ali Terkel and Mike Milstein. “It’s always good to see what’s around,” says Involvement Fair participant Michael Torio.

Want to join?Check out a

complete list of UIC student groups at http://bit.ly/K8rAYh

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policeUIC Police emergency: 312-355-5555Nonemergency: 312-996-2830TDD: 312-413-9323

Jan. 13–19

Deceptive practice: 2Criminal trespass: 1Theft: 4Battery: 2Possession of narcotics: 1 Unlawful possession of handgun: 1

Arrests by UIC PoliceJan. 13: A man was arrested for criminal

trespass at 5:31 p.m. at the NMR Labora-tory.

Jan. 15: A man was arrested for battery at 2:45 p.m. at the hospital.

Jan. 16: A man was arrested for pos-session of cannabis at 3:15 p.m. at Stukel Towers.

Jan. 19: A man was arrested for unlaw-ful possession of a handgun at 5:10 p.m. at 1151 S. Wood St.

For more information on police activity, visit the UIC Police crime map, www.uic.edu/depts/police, and the Chicago Police CLEAR Map, http://gis.chicagopolice.org

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UIC NEWS

By Sam Hostettler

Kamal Eldeirawi, assistant professor of health systems science, is one of 12 educators in the country to be named a nurse faculty scholar by the Robert Wood Johnson Foun-dation.

The award is presented to junior faculty who show outstanding promise as future leaders in academic nursing.

Eldeirawi receives a three-year, $350,000 award to promote his academic career and support his research. He will use the grant to extend his research on risk factors for asthma and other respiratory ailments, especially in minority and immigrant populations.

He plans to link previously collected personal data on more than 2,000 Mexican-American children from Chicago with neighborhood information to examine the association of neighborhood social and phys-ical environments with asthma risk.

The goal, he says, is to determine whether these relationships are explained or modified by individual-level characteristics such as immigration status or acculturation.

Asthma affects more than 10 million chil-dren in the U.S., with significant differences among Mexican-Americans. Eldeirawi’s pre-vious research found that Mexican-American children born in the U.S. have more than twice the risk of asthma compared with their Mexican-born peers. Their respiratory- health profile worsens significantly with acculturation and length of residence in the U.S.

Award-winning nursing educator examines risk factors for asthma

Variables examined previously by Eldei-rawi and other researchers do not fully explain these disparities. Recent evidence suggests that both neighborhood and personal vari-ables play a role in asthma.

“This award provides a wonderful op-portunity to advance our understanding of how neighborhood physical and social envi-ronments contribute to the risk of asthma in Mexican-American children and other popu-lations as well,” Eldeirawi said.

“I am ecstatic to be one of the researchers selected.”

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Suspects sought in armed robberyA UIC student was the victim of an off-campus armed robbery at 8 p.m. Jan. 16 in the 2100

block of West Polk Street. As two suspects approached the student from behind, one showed a handgun and demand-

ed the student’s wallet and cellphone. The student gave the suspects cash and the offenders fled on foot.

One suspect was described as a black male, aged 20 to 25, wearing a gray hooded sweat-shirt. The second suspect was described as a black male wearing a black hooded sweatshirt.

Anyone with information should call UIC Police at 312-996-2830.

Photo: Jenyu Wang

Kamal Eldeirawi was named a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation nurse faculty scholar.

Partnership helps Lane Tech students prepare for computer science careersBy Jeanne Galatzer-Levy

Students at Lane Tech College Prep are jumpstarting their future in computer sci-ence in a partnership between the Chicago public high school and the UIC College of Engineering.

About 30 Lane Tech students are en-rolled in a pilot course that will give them both high school and college credit at the end of the year.

The course, CS 111 (Program Design I), is a collaboration between Dale Reed, clinical professor of computer science, and Daniel Law, chair of computer science at Lane Tech.

Law handles the day-to-day teaching,

collaborating with Reed to create tests and assignments. UIC provides online support from teaching assistants.

“We are excited to see the investment into STEM education at Lane and see com-puter science as a pivotal field in our in-creasingly technological world,” Reed said.

Sixty-three percent of new jobs in the STEM fields (science, technology, engineer-ing and math) are in computer science, Reed told the group on a visit to campus last semester.

“I can’t tell you what kind of jobs you’ll be doing, because things are changing in computer science at an exponential rate,” he told the students.

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Photo: Roberta Dupuis-Devlin

About 30 Lane Tech College Prep students are enrolled in a pilot course in computer science offered by the UIC College of Engineering that will give them high school and college credit.

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EVL leaders plan to tackle ‘big data challenges’By Jeanne Galatzer-Levy

UIC’s Electronic Visualization Laboratory, internationally known for advances in computer visualization, virtual-reality display systems and advanced computer networking, has pro-moted long-time contributors Maxine Brown to director and Andrew Johnson to director of research.

Brown and Johnson played integral roles in key EVL re-search, including the CAVE2 Hybrid Reality Environment, with its immersive 3D simulations, and the SAGE Scalable Adaptive Graphics Environment software, which allows scien-tists to share information over advanced networks around the world.

“The EVL’s unique synergistic culture encourages scientists, artists and humanists to work together to create new tools and techniques otherwise not possible,” Brown said.

“We want to apply EVL’s visualization, computing and networking strengths to the big data challenges of the 21st century.”

“We hope to build on EVL’s rich legacy of collaboration, community building, commercialization and scholarship,” Johnson said. “The interesting things happen when everyone is dynamically interacting.”

Peter Nelson, dean of the College of Engineering, says EVL has a global reputation, “but you don’t have to look beyond the campus to see the impact of its technologies on advancing scientific research.”

The EVL collaborates with faculty and students from many disciplines, including art, communications, design, dentistry, environmental sciences, health informatics, mathematics, neuroscience and rehabilitation.

The College of Engineering is hiring two new computer science faculty this year in the EVL’s areas of concentration.

Brown, an EVL associate director since 1986, will as-sume a strategic role in addition to her current responsibili-ties. Johnson, associate professor in computer science, has been affiliated with EVL since 1995 and will now guide its research, foster interdisciplinary collaborations and mentor students and staff.

“EVL has always been an engine of innovation,” said col-laborator Larry Smarr, founding director of the California

Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technol-ogy (Calit2), a partnership of the University of California’s San Diego and Irvine campuses.

EVL director Jason Leigh left UIC in December for the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He will continue to collaborate with EVL. Its founders, emeritus professors Tom DeFanti and Dan Sandin, also continue to work with the laboratory.

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APPOINTMENTS

Herve Y. Sroussi, associate professor of oral medicine and diagnostic sciences, is the new director for graduate studies in the College of Dentistry, responsible for the Ph.D. program in oral sciences.

Sandy Wayne, professor of managerial studies, was named to the editorial board of the Journal of Management from July 1, 2014, to June 30, 2017.

Michael Miloro, head of oral and max-illofacial surgery, was appointed chief of the UI Hospital dental service. Miloro suc-ceeds Indru Punwani, professor emeritus of pediatric dentistry.

Two College of Medicine faculty members received named professorships at a Dec. 5 cer-emony at the University Club.

The awards were presented by Dimitri Azar, professor of ophthalmology and dean of the College of Medicine.

William Ennis, director of the section of wound healing and tissue repair, was awarded the Catherine and Francis Burzik professorship in wound healing and tissue repair. Catherine Burzik was president, chief executive officer and director of Kinetic Concepts Inc., a medical device com-pany specializing in wound care and regenerative medicine. Ennis, a pioneer in the field of wound care, is president of the American College of Wound Healing and Tissue Repair.

Robert Arensman, professor of clinical pediatric sur-gery, received the Jayant Radhakrishnan professorship in

By Bill Bike

Bill Knight, executive as-sociate dean of the College of Dentistry, was named the college’s interim dean.

He succeeds Bruce Gra-ham, who returns to the fac-ulty. A national search for a new dean is underway.

“The college will not miss a beat thanks to Bill’s immense capabilities,” Graham said.

“This is not the time to rest or be caretakers,” Knight said, citing current college initiatives that include building renovations and curriculum changes.

A member of the faculty since 2001, Knight joined the college as assistant dean for clinical education.

Knight earned a DDS and master’s degree in restorative dentistry from the University of Michigan and a master’s in health care education from the University of Detroit Mercy. He served as a dental officer in the Navy, then had a private practice for 29 years. As a faculty member at the University of Michigan, he received five Instructor of the Year awards. He held academic affairs and clinical affairs leadership roles at the University of Detroit Mercy.

Knight’s research focuses on instructional design and outcomes assessment. He is a fellow of the American Col-lege of Dentists.

Bill Knight

Dentistry names interim deanpediatric surgery.

Radhakrishnan is a professor emeritus of surgery and urology.

Arensman specializes in pediatric surgery, including congenital anomalies and extracorporeal blood oxygen-ation.

AWARDS

Kerry Gawne, an Honors College senior majoring in Germanic studies, was awarded the National German Honor Society Delta Phi Alpha’s senior scholarship for post-graduate study abroad.

The scholarship, awarded to the most outstanding gradu-ating senior in German studies in the United States, will support Gawne’s studies in Berlin. She will examine multi-culturalism, migration and intercultural relations as part of Humboldt University’s joint master’s program in European history.

Gilbert Bassett, professor of finance, won the prize for the best succinct explanation of the Monty Hall Problem in the latest issue of Significance Magazine, published by the Royal Statistical Society and the American Statistical Asso-ciation. The mathematical brain teaser is based on the “Let’s Make A Deal” TV game show hosted by Monty Hall.

Anna Cui, assistant professor of marketing, received the Best Reviewer Award at the 2013 Product Development and Management Association Research Forum, held in Phoenix in October.

Michael Miloro

Photo: Lance Long

Andrew Johnson, director of research, and Maxine Brown, director of the Electronic Visualization Laboratory, at the CAVE2 3-D environment.

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For more Flames sports, visit www.uicflames.comsports

By Carly Abate

The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams crushed the Crusaders Saturday at the UIC Natatorium.

The men defeated Horizon League opponent Valparaiso, 160-69, and women won, 145-81.

Before the meet, Joel Demuth, Josh Jacobson, Conor Ozog, Brian Sivak, Kristi Carling, Alisa Penkala, Monica Pinkus and Melanie Waszak were honored as part of senior day.

“It’s nice to send them out with victories,” head coach Paul Moniak said.

The men’s squad (4-6, 2-3 Horizon League) showed no weakness. Peter Errichiello, Brayden Amendola, Vince Err-ichiello and Nick Kowaleski won the 400 medley (3:29.47).

Sophomore Ryota Kuwahara wowed in the 1650 freestyle (16:43.20) and 200 butterfly (1:56.85). John Mordach (1:45.99) and Kei Ishimaru (1:46.32) were top finishers in the 200 free.

Demuth was untouchable in the 50 free (21.31), while Vince Errichiello took second in 21.77. Demuth also won the 100 free (46.69), as Kowaleski placed second (47.71).

Sophomore Christian Grobe finished first in the 400 indi-vidual medley (4:11.94). Rodolfo Zuniga flew through the 500 free (4:52.51).

Zach McClernon and Peter Errichiello dominated the 200 backstroke, placing first and second.

Swimming, diving dominate at home

By Brad Taylor

The women’s basketball team (13-4, 2-2 Horizon League) evened its conference record Saturday with a 78-65 road win over Oakland (7-10, 2-2) at the Athlet-ics Center O’rena in Rochester, Mich. The team defeated Detroit, 83-67, Thursday to sweep its road games in Michigan.

The Flames host Cleveland State at 3 p.m. Saturday at the UIC Pavilion.

Rachel Story scored a game-high 25 points against Oakland to lead four Flames in double figures.

UIC’s 13-4 overall record is the program’s best start in the Division I era, which began in 1980.

“The win was a solid team effort in a challenging en-vironment,” head coach Regina Miller said. “Oakland’s gym offers a few challenges for opposing shooters and we struggled the last time we played here in 2011. We shot much better in the first half but Ruvanna and Katie’s effort on the offensive glass allowed us to retain the lead after halftime.”

Ruvanna Campbell grabbed a career-high 21 rebounds to go along with 16 points. Campbell’s performance was her league-leading 10th double-double of the season. Her 21 rebounds are the fifth highest nationally in a single game this season and the fourth best in program history. She collected nine offensive rebounds, including seven in the second half.

Katie Hannemann picked up her fifth double-double this season and the 10th of her career with 15 points and 14 rebounds.

Sophomore guard Terri Bender contributed 11 points, six rebounds, six assists and two steals.

Story was 7-of-12 from the field, including 3-of-6 from beyond the arc, and a 8-of-8 from the free throw line.

UIC out-rebounded Oakland, 57-36, and collected a season-high 24 offensive rebounds.

Women’s basketball sweeps Michigan trip

Sophomore diver Mark Ciesielski stunned on the 3-meter board with a final score of 309.23.

To end the meet, the 400 free relay team of Demuth, Jacob-son, Ozog and Mordach placed first (3:14.06).

The women’s squad (4-6, 2-3 Horizon League) opened strong as Jocelyn Langballe, Gisun Pak, Anne Jacobsen and Katherine Hare sped through the 400 medley relay (4:05.90).

Veronica Gibson and Sara Pardue had the one-two finish in the 1650 free with times of 17:52.20 and 18.55.50. Gibson also took the 500 free (5:16.34).

Kelsey Millin won the 200 free (2:02.46), as Langballe fin-ished close behind (2:04.02).

Pinkus took the 50 free (24.77), while Erin Sivak’s time of 25.83 secured a second-place finish.

Pak finished first in the 400 individual medley (4:49.00) and 200 breast (2:29.14), with Penkala taking second in both.

Langballe and Hare took first (2:11.26) and second (2:17.18) in the 200 back.

Junior diver Whitney Johnson was top scorer on the 1-meter board with a final score of 285.75, an NCAA Zone score, and the 3-meter board (273.30)

Sivak, Millin, Jacobsen and Hare sped through the 400 free relay with a time of 3:42.23.

The teams host the UIC Diving Invitational 10 a.m. Satur-day at the UIC Natatorium.

Photo: Steve Woltmann

Senior Joel Demuth took two events Saturday as the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams beat Valparaiso at home.

Photo: Steve Woltmann

Ruvanna Campbell grabbed a career-high 21 boards Saturday.

By Mike Laninga

The men’s basketball team (5-14, 0-5) used an early 13-2 run in the second half to take the lead against first-place Green Bay (15-3, 5-0) Sunday, but the Phoenix outscored the Flames, 8-1, in the final four minutes to record their 10th straight win, 69-64.

UIC took the lead for more than 14 minutes in the second half before Keifer Sykes’ dunk spurred the Phoenix rally.

The team hosts Cleveland State at 7 p.m. today at the UIC Pavilion.

Freshman Pat Birt paced UIC with 13 points. Senior Jor-

Men’s basketball team falls to No. 1 Green Bay dan Harks added 11 points, including 10 in the second half.

“I was proud of how our guys kept fighting,” UIC Head Coach Howard Moore said. “We came into this game expect-ing to win and you saw that mentality on the court. Think of how easy it would have been for us to fold and let Green Bay walk away with an easy victory.

“There’s something special here with this group and we’re getting closer to realizing its full potential.”

Senior Hayden Humes scored his 115th three-pointer dur-ing the game, needing just one more to crack UIC’s all-time Top 10 leaderboard.