UIC Receives $2 Million Grant to Help Teachers Use Technology
University of Illinois ChicagoUniversity of Illinois at Chicago researchers have been awarded a $2 million grant from Atlantic Philanthropies to strengthen teacher preparation programs.
University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have been awarded a $2 million grant from Atlantic Philanthropies to strengthen teacher preparation programs.
A new analysis of a major study of childhood nutrition shows that early sexually-maturing girls are more likely than other girls to be obese, while in boys early developers are less likely to be obese than other males.
The University of Illinois at Chicago's Health Research and Policy Centers have received a five year, $2.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to fund adult health literacy study.
Researchers at University of Illinois-Chicago have discovered that chromatin, not proteins, support mitotic chromosomes.
The use of live bacteria to treat cancer goes back a hundred years. But while the therapy can sometimes shrink tumors, the treatment usually leads to toxicity, limiting its value in medicine. Now, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have isolated a protein secreted by bacteria that kills cancer cells but has no harmful side effects.
This year, the University of Illinois at Chicago is again partnering with the Chicago Public Schools in a citywide effort to attract professionals from other fields into teaching science or mathematics to middle grades students.
A new high-throughput assay has led to discovery of a small organic compound that shows the unusual ability to inhibit cell migration.
In an ambitious effort to bring dental care to vulnerable populations, the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry is developing a novel community-based educational program that will place students in clinics serving minority, low-income and medically compromised people throughout the city and state.
A $1.4 million grant awarded to the University of Illinois at Chicago has paved the way for a new early intervention training program to improve services and results for children with disabilities under age 3.
A researcher at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine is discovering how a gene known as E1A, found in a virus responsible for the common cold, renders tumor cells vulnerable to destruction.
A new survey reports how America's youth are using the Internet in their education.
A researcher at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine has discovered a link between cancer of the uterus and the COX-2 enzyme, a compound first implicated in the painful inflammation associated with arthritis and more recently in the spread of colon cancer.
The UIC College of Pharmacy will dedicate the Dorothy Bradley Atkins Medicinal Plant Garden Friday, July 19.
The Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center, based at the University of Illinois at Chicago in the Jane Addams College of Social Work, has received a three-year grant for more than $6M to expand AIDS and HIV services and training.
Researchers at the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago and Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center will try to determine the most effective treatment for patients who recently have had either a stroke or a transient ischemic attack due to a complete blockage of one of their carotid arteries.
A researcher at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing has launched what is believed to be the first-ever longitudinal study of lesbian health.
A University of Illinois at Chicago social work researcher has been awarded a two-year, $100,000 grant in an effort to improve the education of social workers on health issues related to aging.
Drugs used to treat Type 2 diabetes may prove useful for treatment of multiple sclerosis and other neurologic diseases, a University of Illinois at Chicago researcher has found.
The Jane Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Chicago has been awarded a $2.75M, five-year grant to expand the services of its Great Lakes Addiction Technology Transfer Center to Indiana and Michigan.
UIC biologists discover new cellular communication path in brewer's yeast that may have implications for pharmaceutical development.
Fifty-one scientists who study aging warn consumers about false claims and the medical dangers of anti-aging therapies.
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have demonstrated that a drug long used to treat cancer is also effective in combating sickle cell disease. The drug, called decitabine, works even in patients who don't respond to hydroxyurea, the standard treatment, and appears to produce fewer side effects.
On the 100th anniversary of the birth of American icon Richard J. Daley, his family, including his son, current Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley, donated the late mayor's papers to the University of Illinois at Chicago in a morning ceremony at the campus.
A University of Illinois at Chicago psychologist has been awarded a $900,000 National Institutes of Health grant to study the pathways to recovery for victims of rape.
A University of Illinois at Chicago researcher has developed and is now clinically testing a vaccine that boosts the body's own immune system in an effort to cure prostate cancer.
This year's commencement speaker is Connie Payton, widow of former Chicago Bears running back Walter Payton. Mrs. Payton has given many years of public service on behalf of children who are wards of the state and vigorously promoted family issues and family awareness.
John Stanfield II, international educator, author and researcher, will deliver the eighth annual Karen Honig Memorial Lecture. This lecture is presented by the Jane Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
The University of Illinois at Chicago's Jane Addams College of Social Work and the Grand Boulevard Federation will launch a three-year study to identify the strengths, resources and service needs of extended families who care for children who cannot be cared for by their biological parents.
The Great Lakes Centers for Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health at UIC's School of Public Health celebrates 25 years of research, education and community service on April 13.
Under a $1.25 million grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research, the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing and the University of Malawi Kamuza College of Nursing will launch a five-year AIDS prevention project in Malawi, one of the poorest countries in Africa, where 10 percent of the population is infected with HIV.
A British scholar of American urban policies and city governments has been named as the new dean of the University of Illinois at Chicago's College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs.
UIC researchers have found that a protein called reelin is responsible for directing the migration of neural stem cells to the appropriate location as the brain adapts to new information. Low levels of reelin may help explain the symptoms of schizophrenia.
The University of Illinois at Chicago and INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence, a national planning group, will host a three-day conference entitled "Color of Violence II 2002: Building a Movement," March 15 - 17 at the UIC Chicago Circle Center, 750 S. Halsted St.
Growth, exports and partnerships are headlining a University of Illinois at Chicago-sponsored conference to help small- and medium-sized Illinois businesses secure more trade deals with the continent of Africa.
Chinese children are likely to maintain their dietary intake patterns from childhood into adolescence, a new study has found.
The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine has won a $7 million grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, designating it a Specialized Center for Research in the Reproductive Sciences -- the only one in the Chicago area.
University of Illinois at Chicago disability scholar Gary Albrecht has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
In a lighthearted attempt to make the public aware of the anti-aging quackery that has become so widespread here and abroad, the first annual Silver Fleece Awards will be announced Feb. 12.
The University of Illinois at Chicago has been awarded a $2.3M grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to assess the impact of the SmokeLess States National Tobacco Policy Initiative.
Ophthalmologists at the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago have found a highly effective treatment for uveitis, a potentially blinding inflammation of the uvea, the pigmented layers of the eye.
Alternative Spring Break, a student organization at the University of Illinois at Chicago, will host its Fourth Annual Fundraising Auction. Auction participants will have the opportunity to bid on a wide range of items, with all proceeds going to fund student volunteer trips and community outreach programs.
Julie Hurd, science librarian and coordinator of digital library planning at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has received the American Society for Information Science and Technology's Watson Davis Merit Award.
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, or rTMS, which delivers brief but intense magnetic pulses to the brain, may be as effective as traditional electroconvulsive therapy in treating severe depression, according to a University of Illinois at Chicago study.
The University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health has been awarded a $1.5M grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The grant will be used to support the school's International Center for Health Leadership Development, which focuses on health leadership training activities that foster relationships between communities and institutions.
New research shows while global air temperatures warmed noticeably during the 1980s-90s, average summer air temperatures cooled noticeably in Antarctica over that same period.
Wim Wiewel, dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has been appointed president of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning.
A 36-year-old Chicago man is recovering from a partial pancreatectomy followed by an auto-islet cell transplant at the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago. The innovative dual procedure was performed in an effort to alleviate the patient's severe, painful pancreatitis while preserving his ability to secrete insulin and avoid surgically induced diabetes.
Recent research at the University of Illinois at Chicago suggests that lycopene, an antioxidant found in large amounts in tomatoes, may play a significant role in preventing and treating prostate cancer.
African-Americans and Latinos on Chicago's Southeast Side are getting help in the fight against diabetes, thanks to a new grant received by the University of Illinois at Chicago.
The gigabit-plus speed optical fiber network connection point, "StarLight," is now operating and open for use by science researchers.