The following is an excerpt from UIS Director of Athletics Laura Liesman. The column appeared in The State Journal-Register on August 14, 2022.

Although the calendar says that summer is still here for another month, the 2022-23 athletic year is already underway as our UIS student-athletes began returning to campus at the beginning of the month.

Greetings!

Our August COVID-19 briefing is at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 12. We will provide an overview of Fall 2022 guidelines related to COVID-19, discuss the upcoming reopening of our SHIELD testing center, and answer questions.  

Everyone is welcome to attend, and the briefing is recorded to watch at a later date.

A Cook County judge vacated the wrongful murder conviction of longtime UIS Illinois Innocence Project (IIP) client Marilyn Mulero and dismissed all charges against her. Mulero, a victim of notorious former Chicago Detective Reynaldo Guevara, spent nearly three decades in prison for a 1992 murder she did not commit.

8.8.22 

Hello, UIS—

I can hardly believe that next week marks the beginning of fall semester with move-in and the first day of classes. I look forward to seeing many of you back on campus and to the success of the semester with more normalcy than we’ve had in years. Be sure to check out the university calendar to see a list of all the events happening in the first several weeks of fall.

New Information 

Fall COVID-19 Update 

With the beginning of another academic year upon us, UIS faculty, staff, and students have access to new learning opportunities through our partnership with Academic Impressions.