Dr. Colip welcomes Homecoming 2025 guests to the grand opening of Phase 1 of the Primary Eye Care Center. Now, Phase 3 is completed, with a grand opening scheduled during Homecoming 2026. Registration opens soon, so don’t forget to book your room and join us for festivities September 11–13, 2026.

A photo of the ICO courtyard letters will be on display at the National Board of Examiners in Optometry’s brand–new National Center of Clinical Testing in Optometry (NCCTO®).

The Class of 1984 is pictured here celebrating at Homecoming 2024! Registration for Homecoming 2025 is NOW OPEN. Don’t forget to book your room and join us for all the festivities from September 5–7, 2025.

ICO residents represented the College at this year’s Academy in Indianapolis, IN.

Not only do we graduate amazing optometrists, we also have quite a few passionate runners in our mix. Here’s to our many graduates, their love of

pounding the pavement, and many many worn out running shoes.

In the early 1980s the ICO faculty played a baseball game against the Cubs grounds keepers.

Dr. Charles Mullen and Dr. Terry Ernest celebrate the foundation of the ICO/University of Chicago partnership. It's still going strong over 25 years later.

Current students Jasdip Mann, ’24 and Amina Cheema ’24 share a laugh with Richard Rucoba, OD ’49 and his close friend.

Students from the Chicago College of Optometry perform a conga line at one of their dances in 1954.

The faces have changed, but the address remains the same. While digging through our photos, we found this gem. 3241 South Michigan Avenue continues to be our address all these years later. 

The Doonaree Pipe Band has been a highlight of ICO’s Commencement for decades.

ICO's 2020 Commencement was 100% virtual.

Here is one more photo from "the old days," courtesy of R. Mark Hatfield, OD '79, MD.

Dig that far out clinic attire!

Michael Yu, OD ’10, Carol Fan, OD ’09, and Stephanie Kwan, OD ’15, show some ICO pride at a One Sight clinic in Cali, Colombia. Along with other ICO alumni, they cared for 3,350 patients over 5 days. 

Can you guess where in the world this photo was taken?

These misty ruins are located in Machu Picchu, Peru. ICO-Students Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (SVOSH) went on a mission trip to this country for Thanksgiving 2018.