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UIC law prof can continue part of lawsuit regarding reaction to his allegedly racially insensitive test question
Jason Kilborn will be allowed to press his claims that university officials defamed him in a report they issued concerning their investigation into complaints brought by some of Kilborn's Black students, and then forced him into sensitivity training, which he said violated his speech rights -
UIC law prof sues administrators over efforts to railroad him over allegedly racially insensitive test question
UIC School of Law Professor Jason Kilborn says UIC administrators violated his constitutional and legal rights in the way they handled student complaints about an exam question that included an example redacted anti-Black slur -
Texas public health findings question EPA's findings over cancer risk from EtO, as controversy rages in Lake County
Texas state officials say cancer incidence lower than U.S. average in county with EtO emissions 300 times higher than U.S. average -
UIC Greek prof says IL Court of Claims wrongly sidestepped his lawsuit vs school over his firing
A onetime professor of Greek at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is flunking the Illinois Court of Claims for dismissing his lawsuit against the school, in which he alleged school officials fired him as the result of a plot to discredit him and protect the jobs of other professors, saying the court denied him due process by dismissing his case against the school on the grounds he won a verdict against one of the professors in circuit court. -
IL Dems inconsistent on state, federal budget talks? All just political 'game of chicken,' observers say
IIllinois Democrats who spent the last two years chiding state Republicans and Gov. Bruce Rauner for attempting to link "nonbudget" reforms to negotiations over the state budget, also supported Democratic U.S. senators' attempt to shut down the federal government over nonbudget immigration reform proposals. Yet, that's just how the game is played, say observers. -
University of Illinois accused of racial discrimination by Korean professor
A man is suing the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois for alleged racial discrimination. -
Voters OK absorption of Cook County Recorder's duties into Clerk's office, potentially saving millions
This past Election Day, Cook County voters chose to merge the Cook County Clerk’s Office and the Cook County Recorder of Deeds, a move supporters believe will result in cost savings and increased efficiency for taxpayers. -
Former UIC Greek studies professor says colleagues torpedoed tenure application, demands $4 million
A fight over the future of Greek studies instruction at the University of Illinois at Chicago has spilled into a local courtroom, where a professor who was denied tenure and lost his position at the university has alleged three of his former colleagues owe him at least $4 million for allegedly sabotaging his tenure application in a bid to redirect donor money to them and save their own jobs.