With a transformational gift from the Retzky estate, UIC College of Pharmacy quadrupled its merit-based scholarship pool and doubled down on its commitment to equity and clinical excellence. It also became the Herbert M. and Carol H. Retzky College of Pharmacy to honor the couple’s lasting impact.

Rashid Johnson’s “Broken Men” series articulates the anxiety of the modern world. University of Illinois Board of Trustees Chairman Don Edwards and his wife, Anne, have purchased one artwork from the series and agreed to display it permanently at UIC’s Academic and Residential Complex.

Constantine “Dean” Mihas BS ’88, together with his family, has established the Mihas Endowed Professorship in Finance in the College of Business. This $1 million gift will acknowledge and support the research activity of an exceptional faculty member.

With a transformational gift from the Retzky estate, UIC College of Pharmacy quadrupled its merit-based scholarship pool and doubled down on its commitment to equity and clinical excellence. It also became the Herbert M. and Carol H. Retzky College of Pharmacy to honor the couple’s lasting impact.

Herb Paaren BS ’71, MS ’73, PhD ’76, a synthetic organic chemist and pharmaceutical manufacturing company principal and co-founder, gave $2 million gift for the construction the forthcoming Drug Discovery and Cancer Research Pavilion at UIC.

Bob Atkins, Don Atkins and Peggy Stuckey created the Robert A. Atkins Memorial Courtyard at the College of Medicine and the Robert A. Atkins Lectureship in Surgical Innovation in Clinical Practice in the Department of Surgery with a gift in honor of their late father Robert Atkins’ BS ’44, MD ’45.