All news releases

July 9, 2012
Brookings Economist to Head UIC Urban Policy Research CenterA former Brookings Institution economist has been named director of a public policy research center at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
July 3, 2012
No Link Found Between Asthma Drugs, Suicide AttemptsTreating asthma with leukotriene-modifying agents does not pose an increased risk of suicide in children, according to new research at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy.
July 2, 2012
Writing Workshop for Young Black Males Spawns National CurriculaA summer writing institute for adolescent black males based at the University of Illinois at Chicago is advancing literacy around the country through two curricula based on it.
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 25, 2012
Suburban Corruption Study Calls for Inspector General PostThe city of Chicago is well known for acts of public corruption, but the metropolitan area’s suburban communities are not immune to unethical practices and would benefit from a new inspector general’s office, according to a new report by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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 22, 2012
UIC Humanities Scholar Named Dean of Liberal Arts and SciencesAstrida Orle Tantillo, professor of Germanic studies and history at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has been named dean of the UIC College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, pending approval of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees.
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 Chemist Explores Nanotechnology in Search of Cheaper Solar CellsLuke Hanley, professor and head of chemistry, received a $390,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to test methods of coating solar panel films using nanoparticles. The inexpensive films could be wrapped over everything from vehicles to buildings to gain maximum sun exposure to produce electricity.
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.