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Women's History Month 2022 at UIC

We begin Women’s History Month by acknowledging a few wins—the U.S. women’s soccer team winning their fight for pay equity, the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown to the U.S. Supreme Court, the first African American woman to receive this honor.

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In-person of sorts

Like most universities around the country, UIC is back to in-person instruction. Despite the push to return to pre-pandemic days where every class, meeting, and event required physical attendance, we still have an opportunity to rethink how we occupy

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We're Open!

  The center at 1101 W. Taylor St., Suite 310 will be open Monday through Friday, 10am – 3pm. The campus has a mask and vaccination/booster mandate. Visitors must wear a mask covering…

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Welcome to Spring 2022!

I hope that your holidays were restful. While we are beginning the semester remotely, there are still plenty of opportunities to connect with WLRC. Perhaps your unit or group has partnered with us recently. Or, you are looking for opportunities to co

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Welcome to Spring Semester!

  Welcome (back), UIC Flames! The Women’s Leadership and Resource Center and Campus Advocacy Network are open virtually, 9am-5pm Monday-Friday. We hope to be able to see you in person starting January 24.…

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Gratitude is a Must

2021 has been a year of years. It is hard to find words to describe the extent of the turbulence, trauma, loss, and threats to freedoms that characterized the months that are now behind us. But, we can also find and speak of the moments that are wort

Winter Hours & Support Resources

  The UIC Women’s Leadership and Resource Center and Campus Advocacy Network will be closed Monday, December 20 to Friday, January 7 and will re-open on Monday, January 10, 2022. Finding Support during…

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Winding Down

It is the final week of classes and programming at WLRC. We are still buzzing from the fantastic Speaking/Writing/Being panel discussion that so many of you attended. Thank you for bearing witness and supporting our virtual programming this semester!

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Thinking aloud

We can all feel it coming, and some of us are already doing it: the inevitable sprint to the end of this experimental academic semester. For better and hopefully not for worse, each of us has had to weather this hybrid experience, drawing on whatever