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STEM WEEK FALL 2025

November 3rd-7th, 2025

All members of the UIC Community are welcome to attend STEM Week events. RSVPs are appreciated and may be required for some events! Updates for individual sessions will be made here continuously, and shared with those who RSVP. Check back through the week for new events

 

MONDAY, November 3

3:15 PM - 5:00 PM [Expo - Student Center East, Illinois Room]
Health Careers Resource Fair
Discover the world of health careers at our Careers in Health event! Learn from professionals and UIC alumni who are currently making a significant impact in their organizations. There will also be a resource fair with organizations sharing research, volunteer, internship and graduate school information. https://career.las.uic.edu/events/careersinhealth/

Register at go.uic.edu/HealthCareers

 

TUESDAY, November 4

3:30pm-4:30pm [Discussion – 3069 SELE]

Ciencia y Educación en la Comunidad. Join with L@s GANAS to talk real-world issues, community action, environmental health, advocacy work, and career pathways. Featuring: Dr. Daniel Morales-Doyle, Associate Professor of Science Education at UIC. Dr. Morales-Doyle’s work explores: How science education can act as a catalyst for justice and sustainability; The sociopolitical dimensions of science curriculum and teacher training; How future STEM leaders can build equitable and sustainable communities

Learn how STEM students can:

🔬 Explore careers in environmental science

🌎 Get involved in community-based environmental organizations

🤝 Bridge science with advocacy and education

RSVP for the Discussion at: go.uic.edu/LGSTEM

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To inform your discussion... You're also encouraged to join in one of the "Toxic Tour" series – guided walking/bus tours to explore environmental justice issues in three of Chicago's Southeast Side. Learn how these communities have been disproportionately impacted by industrial pollution due to decades of discriminatory zoning practices. Pick-up location: UIC Student Center East, Halsted & Polk. Bus seating is limited.

     McKinley Park with N4EJ: Date: Sat. Nov. 1, 2025 Time: 2pm to 4:40pm

     Southeast Side with SETF: Date: Sat. Nov. 8, 2025. Time: 12pm to 4pm

RSVP For Toxic Tours - November 1st or November 8th

 

WEDNESDAY, November 5

11AM-3PM [Graduate School Fair - SCE Illinois Room]

Grad School Fair hosted by Office of Career Services. Representatives from a variety of local and national schools will be on hand to provide information on their graduate and professional programs in natural sciences, business, health care, engineering, humanities, arts, and social sciences, as well as professional programs in medicine, law, dentistry, and pharmacy. Attend and learn about a range of graduate and professional degree programs from a wide range of academic institutions.

Register at: go.uic.edu/GradFair25

 

 

THURSDAY, November 6

12PM-12:50PM [Workshop - Room 2750 UH - 27th floor University Hall]

How to Get a Paid Summer Research Opportunity - Strategies from the Undergraduate Research Hub. RSVP at go.uic.edu/getresearch

FRIDAY, November 7

1PM-3PM [Field Trip – Art Institute of Chicago. Meet at ARC]

Art Institute Field Trip with guided tour hosted by a UIC Urban Health Program staff member, art aficionado, and docent. RSVP and bring your UIC ID and transit card. Meeting at 1pm, on the ground floor of ARC, to take CTA Blue Line together to downtown Chicago. the trip will conclude by 3PM at the Art Institute.

RSVP Required/Space Limited: go.uic.edu/ArtInstituteVisit

 

 

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If you require accommodations to attend an event, or if your department, student org, or campus unit has an event taking place during STEM Week that you would like to be shared with the STEM Community on this page, contact Kristy Kambanis (kristyk@uic.edu)