• UIC
• CS @ UIC
• UIC Graduate Student Council -- Graduate student government @ UIC and is a source for funding for travel awards.
• UIC Graduate College -- a source for funding for travel awards.
• UIC Women in Science and Engineering -- mentoring opportunities, organizes outreach events, organizes seminars + workshops and offers travel awards for women.
• UIC Graduate Employees Organization -- union representing teaching + graduate assistants at UIC.

Computer Science/Engineering Entities in the Chicagoland Area:

• ACM Chicago Chapter
• IEEE Women in Engineering Chicago Chapter
• IEEE Chicago Chapter

Graduate School Survival Guides:

• http://compbio.cs.uic.edu/~tanya/mentoring/MentoringResources.htm
• http://www.cs.unc.edu/~azuma/hitch4.html
• http://www.cs.umd.edu/~oleary/gradstudy/gradstudy.html

Writing Resources:

• http ://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/mleone/web/how-to.html

Humor:

• http://www.phdcomics.com