All Entries by Rob Mitchum

Students sit at tables eating lunch in a round room with wooden rafters and a round stained glass window in the center.

April 10, 2024

New project promotes safer, sustainable to-go food packaging 

EPA-funded project will work with restaurants and universities on easing transition to PFAS-free, reusable and biodegradable products

SparkTalks_Investiture Week recap gallery. April 2024

April 8, 2024

Investiture SparkTalks highlight breadth of research at UIC 

Lightning talks covered research and scholarship at UIC, from atomic structures to the known universe.

Tohru Yamada smiles while leaning next to a microscope.

April 1, 2024

UIC’s Yamada elected National Academy of Inventors fellow for cancer work

Professor has found new candidates for cancer therapy and imaging by studying bacterial proteins

April 1, 2024

UIC engineers ‘symphonize’ cleaner ammonia production

Low temperature, regenerative process saves energy and efficiently produces common chemical

March 22, 2024

UIC physicists find hidden flaw in century-old, common chemical extraction technique 

Discovery could improve many industrial processes

Researcher Ramaswamy Kalyanasundaram

March 18, 2024

$2.4 million NIH grant brings tropical disease vaccine closer to human clinical trials 

A UIC group in Rockford developed the vaccine for lymphatic filariasis, which affects over 100 million people worldwide

A man in a blue shirt and glasses sits behind several ceramic objects of various colors and shapes.

March 11, 2024

With Fulbright award, UIC designer will explore innovations, traditions in ceramic production 

Brian Anderson will travel to Japan to combine local traditions and advanced fabrication technologies.

A cluster of neon green cells against a black background.

March 6, 2024

Miniature ‘tumor farm’ enables personalized drug screening for lung cancer 

New laboratory model could allow personalized, miniaturized drug screening for patients

February 28, 2024

UIC student designs moon app as part of winning NASA competition team 

PhD candidate Juan Manuel Losarcos created interactive visualization of the moon and moonquakes

February 20, 2024

Mathematician Matthew Harrison-Trainor receives Sloan Research Fellowship 

Award recognizes Harrison-Trainor’s work in mathematical logic and computability theory

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