UIC receives new chancellor

The new chancellor of UIC was the guest of honor at a community reception Sunday.Dr. Paula Allen-Meares took over the chancellor position in January.

Congressman Danny Davis was among the speakers at the event at the JLM Community Center.

The chancellor came to UIC from the University of Michigan where she was dean of the School of Social Work.

Earlier, she was a professor and dean of the School of Social work at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana.