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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.
Suburban Corruption Study Calls for Inspector General Post
June 25, 2012
The 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.
UIC Police Arrest Suspects in Area Robberies
June 22, 2012
The 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.
UIC Humanities Scholar Named Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences
June 22, 2012
Astrida 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.