June 27, 2012
Gap Funding Helps UIC Professors Commercialize DiscoveriesFour technologies being developed by University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have been awarded the first UIC proof-of-concept gap funding grants, designed to help UIC faculty transition their inventions from the laboratory to the marketplace.
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.
June 21, 2012
Illinois Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Donates Archives to UICThe Illinois Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, a group formed 36 years ago when the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Gregg v. Georgia reinstated the death penalty, has donated its archives to the UIC Library.
June 21, 2012
UIC Bioengineering Students Win Whitaker International Study GrantsTwo University of Illinois at Chicago students and one recent UIC graduate have been awarded funds from the Whitaker International Program to study abroad during the coming academic year.
June 18, 2012
Distinguished Engineer-Physicist Named UIC Vice Chancellor for ResearchMitra Dutta, distinguished professor and head of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago and a former senior executive with the U.S. Army Research Office, has been named vice chancellor for research at UIC, pending approval of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees.
June 14, 2012
Five UIC Students Receive Gilman Study Abroad ScholarshipsFive University of Illinois at Chicago undergraduates have been awarded Benjamin A. Gilman scholarships for study abroad opportunities.
June 7, 2012
UIC Ranked 11th of World’s Best Young UniversitiesThe University of Illinois at Chicago is ranked 11th on a list of the world’s best young universities published by Times Higher Education of the U.K.
May 9, 2012
UIC Bioengineering Doctoral Student Receives FMC FellowshipChristopher Knowlton, a University of Illinois at Chicago doctoral student in bioengineering, is among four University of Illinois Ph.D. students who received $20,000 FMC Technologies, Inc., Fellowships for the 2012-2013 academic year.
May 9, 2012
Four UIC Students Win Brundage ScholarshipsFourteen University of Illinois students from the Chicago, Springfield and Urbana-Champaign campuses have been awarded Avery Brundage Scholarships for excellence in academics and athletics. Four of the winners attend UIC.
May 7, 2012
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis at UIC Tuesday to Discuss Challenges, Opportunities Facing GradsSecretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis will sit down with college students and recent graduates at the University of Illinois at Chicago on Tuesday to discuss the challenges and opportunities they face as they enter the workforce.