June 19-23 Fillmore Street partial and full closure information
Dear students, faculty and staff, To facilitate the removal of an MRI machine from the Outpatient Care Center this weekend, an intermittent traffic disruption on Fillmore Street will occur June 19-23....
View ArticleUIC Alcohol and Other Drugs Policy
Dear incoming UIC students, faculty and staff: In accordance with federal guidelines, we provide the following information each semester to inform new students and employees about the UIC Alcohol and...
View ArticleFaculty Awards ceremony set for Feb. 6, 2025
Dear campus community, On Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, we will recognize and celebrate outstanding faculty achievements with a special event, the 2024-25 Faculty Awards Ceremony and Reception. We kindly ask...
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Bedford Falls Foundation gives $2.1M to UIC College of Nursing
William “Bill” Conway Jr. began the Bedford Falls Foundation, which has gifted the UIC College of Nursing $2.1 million. (Photo: Bill Conway Jr.) Student success is the aim of a $2.1 million gift to...
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Documenting the history of Chicago hip-hop
Robert Difazio, left, and Brent Talbot of the UIC music department will lead the Chicago Hip Hop History Project. (Photo: Jenny Fontaine/UIC) Listen to story summary The story of Chicago hip-hop — its...
View ArticleMyths about intermittent fasting, debunked
Listen to story summary In a new article, researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago debunk four common myths about the safety of intermittent fasting. Intermittent fasting has become an...
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Enlisting dads to help improve Black girls’ reproductive health
Listen to story summary The statistics are stark: Nationally, 1 in 4 Black girls between the ages of 14 and 19 will acquire a sexually transmitted infection. In Chicago, STI rates among Black girls...
View ArticleKey signal for activating beige fat holds promise for obesity prevention
University of Illinois Chicago scientists have identified a cellular pathway that changes the most common type of fat, which stores energy, into a less common type, which burns energy. The finding...
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Join Chancellor Miranda for ice cream social
Chancellor Marie Lynn Miranda poses for a selfie with others at the 2023 Ice Cream Social. (Photo: Jenny Fontaine/UIC) Cool off with a sweet treat at the second annual Ice Cream Social with Chancellor...
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WGN installs WeatherBug camera on UIC campus
WGN has installed a WeatherBug camera at UIC, atop University Hall. (Photo: Kealan Burke/AEM) A new partnership between the UIC Strategic Marketing and Communications and WGN, one of Chicago’s top...
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Exploring letterform design through LEGO, the printing press
For decades, LEGO bricks have let people build whatever strikes their imagination, from dinosaurs to spaceships to cityscapes and beyond. In a University of Illinois Chicago classroom, the School of...
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Gallery 400 exhibit ‘The Mask of Prosperity’ explores the deeper meaning of...
Denny Mwaura, UIC Gallery 400 assistant director and curator of “The Mask of Prosperity.” (Photo: Anna Dworzecka/UIC) As curator for Gallery 400’s group exhibition, “The Mask of Prosperity,” Denny...
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Break Through Tech Chicago expands with semester-long consultancy
The Chicago Tech Circle team in the Fitch Group offices in Chicago. Left to right: Break Through Tech Chicago Director Amita Shetty and UIC students Fernanda Villalpando, Julieta Trejo, Falak Jamal,...
View ArticleNew collaborative international research and development grant program
The University of Illinois System and the University Academic Alliance in Taiwan are seeking joint research projects in the areas of next-generation semiconductor (+quantum), AI and data for human...
View ArticleLibrary closed on July 11
Dear students, faculty and staff, UIC University Library buildings including the Richard J. Daley Library and the Health Sciences libraries in Chicago, Peoria and Rockford will be closed on Thurs.,...
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Medical student to work alongside Chicago Bears doctors in NFL diversity...
Medical student Aisha Suhaiba will work with the Chicago Bears’ team of physicians as part of the Diversity in Sports Medicine Pipeline Initiative. (Photo: Hilary Domke/ UIC Creative and Digital...
View ArticlePolice report
UIC Police emergency: 312-355-5555Nonemergency: 312-996-2830TDD: 312-413-9323 June 10-July 7 CRIMES REPORTED TO UIC POLICETheft: 16Battery: 3Aggravated battery: 7Domestic battery: 1Leaving the...
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UIC Library of the Health Sciences selected for data training program
UIC’s Library of the Health Sciences will participate in training to support the All of Us Research Program, the National Institutes of Health project to study data from at least 1 million people in...
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Two UIC alums, medical student awarded Fulbrights
Left to right: Meagan Gravelle, Joanna Paul and Emily Shi earned Fulbright Awards and will be abroad in Norway, Germany and Taiwan. (Photos provided by Gravelle, Paul and Sui) A UIC medical student...
View ArticleUIC College of Pharmacy named
The UIC College of Pharmacy will become the Herbert M. and Carol H. Retzky College of Pharmacy after receiving approval from the University of Illinois Board of Trustees July 11. The new name honors...
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