UIC opens new state-of-the-art living and learning community

The Academic and Residential Complex is the 10th residential hall on the UIC campus and newest since 2007
18-Jul-2019 1:35 PM EDT Add to Favorites

UIC becomes first public university in Illinois to offer public policy graduate program

The new Master of Public Policy degree, which will be offered by the UIC's College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, recently was approved by the Illinois Board of Higher Education and will begin admitting students for the spring 2020 semester.
17-Jul-2019 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Researchers describe new ALS biomarkers, potential new drug targets

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, is an adult-onset neurodegenerative disease that causes paralysis and ultimately death when the nerves enervating the lungs cease to carry the signals needed for breathing.
15-Jul-2019 3:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Media Advisory: Ribbon-cutting ceremony for UIC Academic and Residential Complex

The building holds 83,000 square feet of residence space, including a mix of traditional dorm rooms and suite-style units.
15-Jul-2019 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Can Illinois help its municipalities pay their pension bills – and is it?

A new report from the Government Finance Research Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago examines state intervention in municipal pension funding in Illinois
11-Jul-2019 4:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Robotic Pancreas Transplant Offers Hope for Obese Patients with Type 1 Diabetes

For patients with Type 1 diabetes who don’t respond well to insulin or have other serious medical complications caused by their disease, pancreas transplantation offers hope for a cure. But obese candidates who need a pancreas transplant often are...
10-Jul-2019 3:55 PM EDT Add to Favorites

‘Chaos’ in the home linked to poor asthma control in children

A chaotic household, as well as child and parent depression, are risk factors for worse asthma outcomes in urban minority children, according to a new paper published in the journal Pediatrics.
9-Jul-2019 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

What is driving the spike in black lung disease among coal miners?

Rates of severe coal workers’ pneumoconiosis — also known as black lung disease — among coal miners have been on the rise recently despite regulations on exposure to dusts associated with mining. Researchers believe the higher rates of more...
8-Jul-2019 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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