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Brookings Economist to Head UIC Urban Policy Research Center
July 9, 2012
A former Brookings Institution economist has been named director of a public policy research center at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Athletes named academic all-stars
July 3, 2012
Eight UIC student athletes were recognized for achievements in and outside the classroom with a place on the Horizon League’s Spring Academic All-League Teams.
No Link Found Between Asthma Drugs, Suicide Attempts
July 3, 2012
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.
Public housing
July 3, 2012
“From the perspective of what a public housing agency is supposed to do, its primary mission is to provide public housing.”
Falcon chick may be Rosie’s last
July 3, 2012
It’s been an annual tradition since 1999: the banding of the falcon chicks born to Rosie, UIC’s resident peregrine, high on a ledge of University Hall. Last week’s banding may be the last one, though.
Easter starts job as UI president
July 3, 2012
“I can’t tell you the privilege I feel serving in this role,” Bob Easter told journalists and staff members Monday as he began his first official workday as 19th president of the University of Illinois.
Writing Workshop for Young Black Males Spawns National Curricula
July 2, 2012
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.
Gap Funding Helps UIC Professors Commercialize Discoveries
June 27, 2012
Four 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.