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Simple Test May Ease Management of Eosinophilic Esophagitis
October 9, 2012
A simple new test, in which the patient swallows a string, can monitor treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis as effectively as an invasive, expensive and uncomfortable procedure that risks complications, particularly in children.
Grant to Fund Study of Pastoral Counseling
October 4, 2012
The University of Illinois at Chicago’s Jane Addams College of Social Work has a received a grant from the John Templeton Foundation to study pastoral counseling.
UIC Conference Marks 250th Anniversary of Rousseau’s Social Contract
October 4, 2012
Three centuries of human rights theory and practice around the world will be examined and discussed by top scholars and social justice activists at a conference Oct. 17-19 hosted by the University of Illinois at Chicago.
UIC Helps Chicago Launch Groundbreaking Budget Process by and for Ward Residents
October 3, 2012
Beginning this year, four Chicago wards will undertake “participatory budgeting,” a process used by only two other U.S. cities. Ward residents will be empowered to decide directly how to spend $4 million in taxpayer dollars. The University of Illinois at Chicago’s Great Cities Institute will help coordinate the process.
Open House at New Mile Square Englewood Clinic
October 3, 2012
The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System is celebrating the newest addition to the Mile Square federally qualified health center network, the Englewood Clinic, with an open house and tour on Oct. 4.
UI Hospital Unveils Renovated Blood and Marrow Transplant Unit
October 3, 2012
The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System will unveil its newly remodeled 10-bed Blood and Marrow Transplant Unit Thursday, Oct. 4, from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
‘Chicago Ideas Week’ To Visit UIC’s Electronic Visualization Laboratory Oct. 8
October 2, 2012
Chicago Ideas Week, a series of events that each October brings together some of the world’s leading innovators to share ideas and inspire change, offers the public a behind-the-scenes look at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Electronic Visualization Laboratory on Oct. 8.
$4M Grant to Study Impact of Policy, Environment on Kids’ Health
October 1, 2012
UIC’s ImpacTeen project to study influences on youth nutrition, physical activity
Jesse Jackson, Sr. and Nobel Peace Laureate to Speak at UIC Monday
September 28, 2012
The University of Illinois at Chicago presents a conversation featuring civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, Sr. and Jody Williams, 1997 Nobel Peace Laureate, on the challenge of global and community-based violence.
Former Editor of Ms. Magazine to Give LGBTQ Heritage Month Talk at UIC
September 28, 2012
In celebration of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Heritage, the University of Illinois at Chicago presents a lecture by journalist and activist Helen Zia.