Enzo Moretti

Off the Court

UIC alumni, as Enzo Moretti tells it on the shows. Each story was checked against its source.

• Carol Moseley Braunfirst Black woman U.S. senator

  Carol Moseley Braun. Class of 1969. Lawyer, politician, and the first African-American woman ever elected to the United States Senate. Chicago, she started right here.

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• Sheila TlouBotswana health minister, HIV specialist

  Sheila Tlou left U I C in 1990 and became Botswana's Minister of Health, a nursing educator, and a specialist in H I V and women's health. That, my friends, is a flame that travels.

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• Tony PodestaWashington superlobbyist

  Tony Podesta, class of 67. Prominent Washington lobbyist. Clients included Google, Wells Fargo, General Electric and Boeing. He left his own firm in October 2017, and by 2021 Huawei had reportedly hired him. We taught him political science. The rest was extra credit.

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• Bernard Shawlongtime CNN anchor

  Bernard Shaw studied here from 1963 to 1968, then anchored C N N from its launch in 1980 until he retired in 2001. Twenty-one years in the chair. I am only getting warmed up.

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• Mike Nawrockico-creator of VeggieTales

  Mike Nawrocki took his degree here in 1992, then co-created, wrote and directed VeggieTales. Yes, the talking vegetables. Chicago contains multitudes.

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