October 4, 2012
UIC Conference Marks 250th Anniversary of Rousseau’s Social ContractThree centuries of human rights theory and practice around the world will be examined and discussed by top scholars and social justice activists at a conference Oct. 17-19 hosted by the University of Illinois at Chicago.
October 3, 2012
UIC Helps Chicago Launch Groundbreaking Budget Process by and for Ward ResidentsBeginning this year, four Chicago wards will undertake “participatory budgeting,” a process used by only two other U.S. cities. Ward residents will be empowered to decide directly how to spend $4 million in taxpayer dollars. The University of Illinois at Chicago’s Great Cities Institute will help coordinate the process.
October 3, 2012
Open House at New Mile Square Englewood ClinicThe University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System is celebrating the newest addition to the Mile Square federally qualified health center network, the Englewood Clinic, with an open house and tour on Oct. 4.
October 1, 2012
$4M Grant to Study Impact of Policy, Environment on Kids’ HealthUIC’s ImpacTeen project to study influences on youth nutrition, physical activity
September 28, 2012
Jesse Jackson, Sr. and Nobel Peace Laureate to Speak at UIC MondayThe University of Illinois at Chicago presents a conversation featuring civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, Sr. and Jody Williams, 1997 Nobel Peace Laureate, on the challenge of global and community-based violence.
September 27, 2012
UIC Undergraduate Business Program Ranks No. 1 in ChicagoThe University of Illinois at Chicago College of Business Administration was recently ranked No.1 among Chicago-area schools and tied for 56 overall among accredited undergraduate business programs by U.S. News & World Report.
September 27, 2012
UIC Filmmaker Receives Illinois Distinguished Artist AwardSilvia Malagrino, a filmmaker and professor of art and design at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has received an Illinois Secretary of State Distinguished Artist Award for outstanding contributions to cultural and community leadership.
September 26, 2012
Book Examines ‘Forgotten’ War on DrugsA new book by a University of Illinois at Chicago social-work scholar argues that America’s longstanding “War on Drugs” has been largely forgotten.
September 26, 2012
$3.4M HHS Grant To Help UIC Address Shortage of Latino Health ProvidersThe College of Medicine has received a five-year, $3.4 million federal grant to improve the severe shortage of Latino physicians and other health care professionals.
September 26, 2012
Naked Mole-Rats May Hold Clues to Pain ReliefNaked mole-rats evolved to thrive in an acidic environment that other mammals, including humans, would find intolerable. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago report new findings as to how these rodents adapted, which may offer clues to relieving pain in other animals and humans.