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July 19, 2012

UI Hospital Named to ‘Most Wired’ List

The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System has been named among the top “Most Wired Hospitals” for the sixth year by Hospitals & Health Networks magazine.

July 16, 2012

New Tool Helps Decide Best Drugs to Place on Formulary Lists

A new tool to guide decisions about safe and effective medication use has been developed at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy.

July 12, 2012

Noted Leukemia Clinician, Researcher Named UI Cancer Center Director

Dr. Howard Ozer, a renowned cancer clinician and researcher, has been named director of the University of Illinois Cancer Center.

July 11, 2012

Chicago Employers Seek to Hire Vets, Spouses Thursday at UIC

The University of Illinois at Chicago and the 100,000 Jobs Mission host a major hiring event for U.S. military veterans, transitioning servicemembers, and military spouses.

July 11, 2012

‘Deeper Learning’ Skills Needed in Curriculum, Report Says

Problem-solving, critical thinking, and communication — known as “21st-century competencies” — need more integration within the K-12 curriculum, according to a new report from a blue-ribbon committee chaired by a University of Illinois at Chicago researcher.

July 10, 2012

UI Health Offers Newest Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery

A new laser system for cataract surgery, with accuracy to a few hundred-thousandths of an inch, allows eye surgeons to optimize and customize the incision and ensure the best possible outcome.

July 9, 2012

Chicago Jazz Stars Teach Grades 5-12 in Summer Program at UIC

Some of Chicago’s most prominent jazz artists will instruct 160 students in grades 5-12 in the fourth annual summer jazz camp at the University of Illinois at Chicago, in collaboration with the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic.

Howard Wial

July 9, 2012

Brookings Economist to Head UIC Urban Policy Research Center

A 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 Attempts

Treating 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 Curricula

A 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.