Intranasal herpes infection may produce neurobehavioral symptoms, UIC study...
UIC researchers Hemant Borase, Deepak Shukla, Tibor Valyi-Nagy and Chandrashekhar Patil. (Photo: Deepak Shukla) Herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) is commonly known for causing blisters and sores. But in...
View ArticleUIC Nursing ranked No. 1 among Midwest schools for NIH funding
The UIC College of Nursing was ranked No. 1 in the Midwest for National Institutes of Health funding in 2024 and topped $10 million in funding for the year, according to the Blue Ridge Institute for...
View ArticleSymposium for parenting students: From Surviving to Thriving
On Thursday, March 20, the University of Illinois Chicago will host a symposium to bring together parenting students, staff, faculty, researchers and community organizations in Chicago and the state...
View ArticleStudents launch free online platform to connect study buddies
Left to right: UIC students Michael Charles, Fawwaz Abayomi, Albert Huynh and Shpetim Useini work on their Akknoledge website. (Photo: Martin Hernandez/UIC) When Albert Huynh and Michael Charles...
View ArticleUpcoming campuswide office space data collection
Dear faculty and staff, In the coming weeks, the university will be conducting a campuswide data collection effort to identify employee office locations. College and unit leaders will use the data to...
View ArticleUIC Society of Automotive Engineers showcases student-built cars at Chicago...
UIC Society of Automotive Engineers showcases student-built Cars at the Chicago Auto Show in 2025. The Society of Automotive Engineers at UIC made a strong impression at the 2025 Chicago Auto Show in...
View ArticleChancellor’s Student Success Initiative spring 2025 update
Dear colleagues, We are pleased to share important updates on the work being advanced through the Chancellor’s Student Success Initiative. The Chancellor’s Student Success Initiative was launched last...
View ArticleUIC professor, students build model of world’s longest suspension bridge
Graduate student Salvator Marrocco (left to right), engineering professor Farhad Ansari, instrument and measurement technician Todd Taylor and doctoral student Chengwei Wang work on the suspension...
View ArticleNursing alum, textbook author makes gift to renovate auditorium
UIC alum and textbook author Carolyn Jarvis has made a gift to the College of Nursing to renovate the college’s auditorium, its largest lecture space. (Photo: Illinois Wesleyan University) They may...
View ArticleUIC Graduate College students participate in 3-minute thesis competition
How do you condense months’ worth of research into three minutes? UIC graduate students showed how, by participating in the UIC Graduate College’s 2025 Three Minute Thesis competition in February and...
View ArticleAnatomy lab? There’s an app for that, created by UIC faculty and students
For centuries, in-person anatomy labs have been essential for teaching students of health and medicine. By observing dissection first-hand, they can see and understand the human body down to its...
View ArticleAre you retiring or separating from the university?
UIC employees may be eligible to defer a portion of their vacation leave payout to their university 403(b) and/or 457 plan retirement accounts when retiring or separating from the university. To defer...
View ArticleUIC parent-students will soon get a study place of their own
Students, faculty and staff with children can take advantage of a new study room that will open in late-March on the west side of campus. (Photo: Jenny Fontaine/UIC) Tucked into a corner in the...
View ArticleFor Pi Day, Chancellor Miranda serves up slices
To celebrate Pi Day, March 14 (or 3/14), UIC Chancellor Marie Lynn Miranda invited the UIC community to come enjoy a slice of pie and other sweets at events at the Daley Library on the east side of...
View ArticleActor Halle Berry partners with UIC researcher Pauline Maki to address...
UIC researcher Pauline Maki embraces actor and women’s health advocate Halle Berry on March 13 at the University Club of Chicago. They have partnered to highlight the need to advance care, research...
View ArticleBe heard and be part of the solution
Dear student, You recently received an email asking you to complete a survey about sexual misconduct and the experiences of students at UIC. If you have already completed the survey, we thank you. If...
View ArticleNursing professor explores women’s mental health in special issue
Shannon Simonovich, clinical associate professor in the UIC College of Nursing. Clinical associate professor Shannon Simonovich is the lead guest editor on a special issue of the Journal of Obstetric,...
View ArticleSimplify and improve your social media strategy
Dear faculty and staff, The next Circles of Excellence, on April 9, will focus on social media strategy. Social Strategy Simplified: Hands-On Goal Setting, Content Planning and Measurement Made Easy...
View ArticleNominate faculty for the USG Open Educational Resources Leadership Award
Dear faculty, staff and students, The Undergraduate Student Government, in collaboration with the Office of the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and the University Library, is excited...
View ArticlePhotos: Volunteers shave their heads for St. Baldrick’s fundraiser
Max, a UI Health patient, hugs Gina Volpe, a former hospice worker who cared for children with cancer. Volpe returns to the fundraiser annually to get her head shaved to raise funds for St....
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