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Gov. Pat Quinn

December 5, 2012

Highlight

2012 UIC Urban Forum brings together civic and community leaders to address metropolitan issues and strategies to meet challenges.

Peter Doran (from left), Christian Fritsen and Jay Kyne

December 5, 2012

Ancient microbes in ice-sealed Antarctic lake

Scientists discovered abundant, diverse bacteria in an Antarctic lake under more than 65 feet of ice.

Hands holding naked mole-rat

December 5, 2012

Evolution of naked mole-rats may offer clues to pain relief

Naked mole-rats evolved to thrive in an acidic environment that other mammals, including humans, would find intolerable. How these rodents adapted to this environment may offer clues to pain relief for humans and other animals, UIC researchers say.

University President Bob Easter

December 5, 2012

Faculty participation is ‘fundamental,’ university president says

Faculty participation in university governance is “fundamental to our long-term success,” University President Bob Easter told UIC faculty members Thursday at the UIC Senate meeting.

December 5, 2012

Campus News

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is among the civic and community leaders scheduled to speak at the 2012 UIC Urban Forum Thursday.

Tamara Cisowska and Dejan Nikolic

December 5, 2012

Research experience, plus a paycheck

Get paid to learn – that’s the idea for the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Research Awards.

Dignitaries at the Mile Square groundbreaking ceremony

December 5, 2012

Work begins on new Mile Square Health Center facility

University, government and community leaders came together Monday to break ground for a new Mile Square Health Center facility several blocks from the UI Hospital.

J. Christopher Westland

December 5, 2012

STEM scholar named honorary professor at Chinese university

Named overseas chair professor at Beihang University

December 5, 2012

Two recognized for impact in management studies

Business faculty members Robert Liden and Sandy Wayne were recognized as top scholars in their field by the journal “Academy of Management Perspectives.”

David Holt

December 5, 2012

Students honored as ‘future care scholars’

Two UIC students — one in medicine, the other in nursing — are among 40 health care students nationwide to be named 2012 Tylenol Future Care Scholars.

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