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Charlene Carruthers

February 18, 2016

Filmmaker, activist headline memorial events

Talks address emotional lives of young black males and intersection of academia, activism

Boy shaving Alberto Locante's head for St. Baldrick's.

February 10, 2016

Shaving heads to fight kids’ cancer at UI Health

Event raises funds for childhood cancer research

Salmonella bacteria

February 4, 2016

Molecular switch lets salmonella fight or evade immune system

Switch allows germs to form biofilms and lurk quietly inside host

Jerry Krishnan

February 2, 2016

UIC to lead $13.7M clinical trial of COPD medications

Which drug is best for smokers, past smokers?

Rufus Reid

January 28, 2016

UIC presents jazz, classical concerts during evenings, lunchtime

Visiting artists, faculty and students perform

police officers wearing colored safety vests

January 28, 2016

Clashes with cops more injurious than civilian-only skirmishes

40 percent hospitalized had mental illness

January 28, 2016

Woman receives rare living-donor small bowel transplant from dad

UI Health only U.S. center offering procedure

Sharon Cooper

January 26, 2016

Black History Month at UIC

Events celebrate culture and contributions of Africans, African Americans

violence

January 25, 2016

Summit discusses ways to decrease targeted violence

Recommendations call for community involvement

Dead Islet Cells

January 25, 2016

Encapsulated human islet cells can normalize blood sugar levels in mice

A step towards a cure for diabetes