Director of Career & Community Programs Erica Swinney Stein is honored by Westside Women in Action

The Gender and Women’s Studies Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago is excited to honor and celebrate the accomplishments and contributions of some of Chicago’s unsung heroines who have made an impact on their communities and our city through creativity, courage, compassion and hard work. Westside Women in Action is a creative partnership, [...]

A new Manufacturing Renaissance Council forms in the Bay Area

A defining strength of the Renaissance Council is our ability to unite an unlikely group of partners around a common objective. Over the last three years, our work in Chicago has attracted the attention of some key national organizations. Recently, three prominent leaders agreed they should take what what we we’re doing in Chicago and [...]