We presented our two new graduate students with some pizza and laughs. This fresh and warm welcome is sure to motivate them on their PhD...

Picnic @ Tom (Ping) Memorial Park. Yummy snacks and fun card games galore!

Scavenger hunt around downtown Chicago.

Departmental Retreat @ Chicago History Museum

Lab lunch @Athena Varun Kompala Jason Devlin Dara Kiani Carol Jacob Judith Behnsen William Santus

A 2018 lab outing and Kaitlyn's last day in the lab. She will be a great UIC GEMS student!

That's Chicago: Monday snow and 30F, Thursday >72F Some well deserved frozen yogurt for the lab!