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November 10, 2025
Thanks to the work of UIC researchers, five Vietnam War MIAs come homeCenter for the Recovery and Identification of the Missing helps recover servicemen missing in Laos.
November 3, 2025
UI Health receives two research grants to focus on early detection of lung cancerUI Health lung cancer researchers receive two grants during Lung Cancer Awareness Month.
October 16, 2025
UIC study of blood stem cells asks: Can we slow aging on a cellular level?Supplementing with protein platelet factor 4 rejuvenates aged blood stem cells.
October 13, 2025
UIC math grad student earns inaugural Simons FellowshipClay Mizgerd awarded $30,000 fellowship for mathematics research.
September 9, 2025
$8.3M federal grant extends UIC research on alcohol use disorderThe interdisciplinary team will continue their work on how long-term alcohol use affects brain cells.
September 9, 2025
Chronic stress in Black men, measured through hair cortisol, linked to neighborhood violenceUIC study part of collaboration with city barbershops.
August 29, 2025
UIC Fulbright grantees headed overseas for 2025-26 school yearTwo UIC alums and a doctoral candidate were selected for their proposed projects in art history and cancer research.
August 27, 2025
UIC Metabolic Phenotyping Core gives Chicago researchers gold-standard servicesThe core runs experiments every week and already has supported several publications in major journals.
August 19, 2025
In Africa, heat waves are hotter and longer than 40 years ago, UIC researchers sayGreenhouse gas emissions, black carbon and other human activities are responsible for 70% of these changes.
July 8, 2025
UIC researchers to lead large-scale noninvasive study of chronic kidney diseaseResearchers are looking to better understand the causes and consequences of the disease.