All Entries by Jenna Kurtzweil

Sam Kobel and teammates working on laptops at the Hackathon.

July 1, 2025

At hackathon, UIC creates AI innovations for health

Among the concepts: a tool for new parents and another to predict fall risk.

Undruggable lung cancer. Malek G. Massad, M.D. (Surgery) Ian Papautsky, Ph.D. (Biomedical Engineering) Ines Pulido, Ph.D. (Surgery) Takeshi Shimamura, Ph.D. (Surgery) Khaled M. Abdelhady, M.D. (Surgery)

June 23, 2025

Two-in-one treatment targets ‘undruggable’ lung cancer

UIC researchers introduce a drug designed to block two key proteins that help cancer survive and spread, even after other treatments stop working.

Professor Zongmin Zhao and Chih-Jia "Bess' Chao

May 30, 2025

‘Immuno-relay’ chases down hard-to-treat cancers

UIC researchers’ new take on in vivo immunotherapy is promising for eradicating tumors.

Ashley Blackwell, Ph.D. in ECE with a focus on quantum.

May 26, 2025

Ashley Blackwell is first to traverse UIC’s ‘quantum ecosystem’

Blackwell, who earned her doctorate this spring, values her interdisciplinary quantum education

Dean Lola Eniola-Adefeso_headshot

May 19, 2025

Engineering dean joins prestigious American Academy of Arts & Sciences

The honor signifies Lola Eniola-Adefeso’s ‘give-back’ moment at UIC