The University of Illinois at Chicago has received a Prix d'Excellence award from the International Real Estate Federation for the overall quality of its east campus development, from its early planning in the mid-1950s to today.
Biologists have found that in addition to promoting an unhealthy lifestyle, the rising use of video games correlates with a reduction in outdoor nature experiences, and experiencing only "virtual nature" has negative implications for conservation efforts.
Surgeons at the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago performed a groundbreaking robotic pancreatectomy and autologous islet cell transplant in a 39-year-old man to relieve him of debilitating pain.
More than 92 percent of Illinois dentists provide oral cancer examinations for their patients, but many are not performing the procedures thoroughly or at optimum intervals, according to a new University of Illinois at Chicago study.
Cell phones, banned in most museums, are a new medium to extend the history experience at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The museum is among the first to offer audio tours by phone, said Lisa Lee, museum director.
The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine has received a $7 million renewal grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to conduct innovative basic and clinical research in the reproductive sciences through 2012.
llinois needs 10 times more affordable, accessible rental housing to serve poor residents with disabilities, but could better use its current supply with an interagency database, according to University of Illinois at Chicago researchers.
Dwight A. McBride, chair and Leon Forrest professor of African American Studies and professor of English and communication studies at Northwestern University, has been named dean of the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The appointment is effective Aug. 16, pending approval of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees.
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago report that living in a state with higher spending on home- and community- based services is associated with a lower risk of nursing home admission among childless seniors.
Scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago have discovered how we put the brakes on a racing heartbeat and slow the heart's "fight-or-flight" reaction to adrenaline.
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago, in collaboration with research teams from Pharmacia & Upjohn and Pfizer, have discovered precisely how the antibiotic linezolid inhibits bacterial growth.
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy have received a $1.7 million five-year federal grant to develop a new approach to treat brain tumors.
The University of Illinois at Chicago has received a $1 million gift for the College of Medicine's Clinical Performance Center from Dr. Allan L. and Mary L. Graham.
Dr. Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti, an international pioneer in robotic general surgery, joins University of Illinois at Chicago faculty.
Nurse researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago are studying fatigue in cancer patients undergoing stem cell transplants using a method successfully used to monitor behaviors such as smoking cessation and alcohol use.
Jerry Bauman, professor and head of pharmacy practice, has been named dean of the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy.
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago are comparing two common stimulant drugs with a placebo to evaluate their effect on sleep and behavior in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
A robotic probe designed to draw an underwater three-dimensional map showing the biological and geochemical composition of an ice-bound Antarctica lake may prove to be the ideal tool to search for life on other planets or moons where ice is known to exist.
A new University of Illinois at Chicago study appearing in the online edition of the journal Ophthalmology reports on the safety, efficacy and predictability of laser eye surgery (laser in situ keratomileusis or LASIK) in patients 40-69 years old.
For the first time, the annual Jane Addams Children's Book Award will be announced at the scene of Addams' lifelong work -- the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum at the University of Illinois at Chicago -- on April 27 at a 10:30 a.m. press conference at the museum, 800 S. Halsted St.
A UIC-led team of geologists has discovered and excavated fossils from a cave in a Kendall County, Illinois limestone quarry that has shed new light on living conditions in the area some 310 million years ago. The find includes a fossil of the oldest known conifer in North America.
Local governments can demand that companies receiving tax abatements, low-interest loans and other "corporate welfare" either create good jobs and public benefits or return the money, according to a new handbook co-authored by a University of Illinois at Chicago professor.
An RNA-binding protein that is overproduced in ovarian cancer may present a new target for diagnosis or treatment of ovarian and other cancers, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
The Christopher Family Foundation has provided a $1 million gift to the Chicago Project, an international consortium of physician-scientists led by Dr. Jose Oberholzer of the University of Illinois at Chicago.
UIC engineers have created a micro device that uses agile, human-like fingers that can assemble micromachines made of micron-sized parts. The device may be refined to manipulate parts and components for even smaller machines, perhaps down to the nano scale.
Researchers have received a National Science Foundation grant to perfect the methodology for creating computer-generated virtual persons that interact with humans in a life-like manner. The methodology may prove valuable for developing more user-friendly archiving and retrieval of information, and for computer games, among other uses.
When female victims of sexual assault seek help, negative social reactions may increase the psychological effects of the crime, according to a University of Illinois at Chicago study.
Male circumcision significantly reduces the risk of acquiring HIV in young African men, according to a UIC study published in the Feb. 24 issue of The Lancet.
Chicago's suburbs are short on affordable housing because they have not collaborated to reach the state's mandated goals, according to a University of Illinois at Chicago study published in the current issue of the Journal of the American Planning Association.
Barry R. Chiswick, Distinguished Professor and head of economics at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has been chosen to receive the 2007 Marshall Sklare Award for significant contributions to the social scientific study of Jewry.
Tax increment financing districts increase nearby property values if the TIF supports both residential and commercial uses, but suppress values if the TIF supports only industrial or commercial uses, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Chicagoans who buy new housing in low-income neighborhoods prefer homes that are integrated into the neighborhood, not isolated from it, says a report by University of Illinois at Chicago researchers in the Journal of the American Planning Association.
Rapid growth in commuting throughout metropolitan Chicago affects the regional housing and job markets as well as transportation, says a recent University of Illinois at Chicago study reported in the Journal of the Transportation Research Forum.
Wounds in the mouth heal more slowly in women and older adults, a new study at the University of Illinois at Chicago reveals.
An analysis of nearly two dozen studies confirms the association between passive smoke in the workplace and an increased risk of lung cancer, according to a report in the American Journal of Public Health.
Daniela Tuninetti has received a five-year, $400,000 National Science Foundation CAREER award to investigate whether noisy telecommunication interference signals can be used to actually improve communication by cell phones, PDAs and computers using Wi-Fi.
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have been awarded a three-year $2.1 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to develop a new drug to treat bipolar disorder.
Youth who participate in after-school programs that feature evidence-based training methods and content to improve personal and social skills show considerable progress when compared to their peers, according to new study from a research group based at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
The majority of fertility clinic Web sites do not adhere to their own association's advertising guidelines, according to a University of Illinois at Chicago study published in Fertility and Sterility.
The Industrial Areas Foundation, the national association formed by Chicago-based community organizer Saul Alinsky, has donated its archives to the University of Illinois at Chicago library for public viewing.
Fruit flies' ability to discern one sex from another may depend on the number of receptors on the surface of nerve cells, and the number of receptors is controlled by levels of a ubiquitous brain chemical, University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have found.
The natural herb black cohosh is commonly used by women to treat menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes, but the molecular mechanisms underlying its action have eluded scientists -- until now.
A study led by a researcher at the University of Illinois at Chicago compares the safety, effectiveness and reliability of the two most common types of laser eye surgery, laser epithelial keratomileusis (LASEK) and laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) in the Dec. 2006, issue of the American Journal of Ophthalmology.
The surprising structure and properties of a protein responsible for regulating the transport, storage and use of iron -- as it binds its target RNA -- are described by researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago in the Dec. 22 issue of Science.
The University of Illinois at Chicago has been named a National Institutes of Health Islet Cell Resource Center and awarded a three-year $3.25 million grant.
The University of Illinois at Chicago has been awarded a $1.4 million NIH grant to use advanced magnetic resonance imaging techniques to improve diagnosis and treatment of neurological problems.
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have taken the dangerous guesswork out of dosing a lifesaving medication for congestive heart failure.
A University of Illinois at Chicago study has been stopped early due to dramatic preliminary results indicating that medical circumcision reduces the risk of acquiring HIV during heterosexual intercourse by 53 percent.
The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine has been awarded a three year, $438,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to develop and pilot a four-year, patient safety medical school curriculum.
Using a technique called laser temperature-jump, biophysicist Anjum Ansari and her colleagues have made the first direct observation of DNA bending when bound to a DNA-bending protein. DNA bending plays a key role in regulating gene expression, and better understanding of the process may help in developing gene-based therapies.
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