All Entries by Bill Burton
November 20, 2012
Brundage Scholarships AvailableUniversity of Illinois students who excel in both academics and athletics are encouraged to enter the 2013-2014 Avery Brundage Scholarship competition.
November 2, 2012
Election Night: UIC Students Gather for Election Results and FunMore than 100 UIC students of all political persuasions will gather Tuesday night for an Election Results Party to watch live-streaming election returns and play political trivia games.
October 11, 2012
New Gene Test Flags Risk of Serious Complications in SarcoidosisResearchers at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System have identified a genetic signature that distinguishes patients with complicated sarcoidosis, an inflammatory lung disease that can be fatal, from patients with a more benign form of the disease. The gene signature could become the basis for a simple blood test.
October 10, 2012
U of I Foundation Names Top Fundraiser President, CEOThe University of Illinois Foundation has selected Thomas J. Farrell, former vice president for alumni relations and development at the University of Chicago, as its new president and CEO. He assumes leadership of the foundation, which secures and administers private gifts for the three campuses of the university, on Jan. 1.
October 2, 2012
‘Chicago Ideas Week’ To Visit UIC’s Electronic Visualization Laboratory Oct. 8Chicago Ideas Week, a series of events that each October brings together some of the world’s leading innovators to share ideas and inspire change, offers the public a behind-the-scenes look at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Electronic Visualization Laboratory on Oct. 8.
August 20, 2012
UIC, City Colleges channel minority students into science, engineeringUIC and City Colleges of Chicago will encourage underrepresented minority male students to pursue degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
August 13, 2012
UIC, City Colleges Channel Minority Transfer Students into Science, EngineeringThe University of Illinois at Chicago and City Colleges of Chicago have won funding to develop ways of channeling more underrepresented minority male students transferring from community college into baccalaureate degree programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
July 19, 2012
U of I Board Seats Student TrusteesKenneth Thomas, UIC Honors College senior majoring in political science, was among three students seated to serve on the University of Illinois Board of Trustees for 2012-13 at a ceremony Thursday at the board’s July meeting in Chicago.
July 11, 2012
Chicago Employers Seek to Hire Vets, Spouses Thursday at UICThe University of Illinois at Chicago and the 100,000 Jobs Mission host a major hiring event for U.S. military veterans, transitioning servicemembers, and military spouses.
June 22, 2012
UIC Police Arrest Suspects in Area RobberiesThe Joint Robbery Task Force of the UIC Police and the Chicago Police Department’s 12th District and Area 4 Detectives has made an arrest leading to charges for a suspect in several robberies, including the April armed robbery of a UIC student in the 1000 block of South Loomis Street.