The Department of Education’s recent “Dear Colleague” letter
Dear UIC Community, This past Friday evening, Feb. 14, the Department of Education issued a “Dear Colleague” letter. The communication describes the administration’s intent to interpret the Supreme...
View ArticleWhy melanoma cells escape the eye and how to potentially stop them
While many people are familiar with skin melanoma, this type of cancer can also happen in the eye. Though rare, ocular melanoma can be deadly if tumor cells spread from the eye to other organs. A...
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El nuevo laboratorio del Centro de Innovación invita a los estudiantes a...
Mitravinda Manjunath (derecha), asistente docente graduada de Sandbox Lab, ayuda al estudiante Guillermo Ramírez a usar código Swift para crear memes simples. (Foto: Jenny Fontaine/UIC) En un día...
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New Innovation Center lab invites students to play in the Sandbox
Sandbox Lab Graduate Teaching Assistant Mitravinda Manjunath (right) assists student Guillermo Ramirez on how to use Swift code to make simple memes. (Photo: Jenny Fontaine/UIC) On a recent day at...
View ArticleUIC, Penn State study finds loneliness affected half of pregnant women during...
A desire to understand pregnancy and postpartum experiences during the early COVID-19 pandemic led Ellen Goldstein, UIC Nursing assistant professor, and Aleksandra Zgierska, Penn State family medicine...
View ArticleFamily Support Research and Training Center launches new podcast
The Family Support Research and Training Center in the UIC College of Applied Health Sciences has launched the first episode of their new podcast, “Family Support Stories.” This podcast amplifies the...
View ArticleApply for UIC Heritage Garden internship
The UIC Heritage Garden is seeking undergraduate UIC students to participate in its summer internship program. The UIC Heritage Garden is a student-led, hands-on paid internship program with the goal...
View ArticleNew guidelines to support financial stability
Dear UIC Community, The evolving federal landscape presents potential financial risks, with significant uncertainty surrounding federal support of higher education broadly. In addition, we are...
View ArticleMicrosoft 365 Copilot availability and usage guidelines
Dear faculty and staff, Technology Solutions is excited to announce the availability of Microsoft 365 Copilot — the only currently approved generative AI (genAI) tool for use with non-public...
View ArticleHelp choose UIC’s next Learning Management System
Dear students, faculty and staff, Learning Technology Solutions invites you to participate in selecting UIC’s next Learning Management System. Over the past few weeks, both Anthology (Blackboard...
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Flames coaches and players help support cancer research in style
In January, pediatric oncology patients, along with their siblings and parents, attended a pizza and painting party to paint sneakers that UIC Flames coaches wore during the Coaches vs. Cancer game...
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UIC professor helped ‘Brutalist’ actors find their voices
Tanera Marshall, a UIC theatre professor, helped actors find their voices in the Academy Award-nominated film, “The Brutalist.” (Photo: Jenny Fontaine/UIC) Tanera Marshall received the script for “The...
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UIC PREP program paves the way for doctoral candidates
Destiny Ogbu, a graduate student in neuroscience, works in the laboratory. (Photo: Jenny Fontaine/UIC) The odds of being accepted into a PhD program in the U.S. are approximately 1 in 5, according to...
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UIC filled with brutalist style that inspired Oscar hopeful
Brutalist architect Walter Netsch designed the UIC Richard J. Daley Library in 1962. This architect’s sketch shows the first phase of the library; the north and south wings were added in Phase II....
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Photos: UIC celebrates Black History Month 2025
On Feb. 27, the Black Students in Business student group and UIC Business hosted a Marketplace at Student Center East, to wrap up Black History Month. Black student entrepreneurs showcased their...
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At UIC and beyond, students experiment with futures in quantum engineering
Taha Munshi and Evan Reeves, UIC students, work in a quantum optics laboratory. (Photo: Jenny Fontaine/UIC) Uncertainty is a fundamental principle in quantum physics. What’s becoming more certain is...
View ArticleStudent Recreational Facility construction
Dear students, faculty and staff, During a recent building facade inspection, some of the metal panels that make up the exterior facade of the Student Recreation Facility were observed to be loose. In...
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How UIC Student Patrol boosts safety on campus
UIC Student Patrol members help promote the well-being of the campus community. (Photo: Jenny Fontaine/UIC) For almost 50 years, hundreds of UIC students have helped cultivate a safe environment on...
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What was life in Chicago like in 2000?
A man and a woman ring in the Millennium on the Red Line L Train while wearing 2000-shaped glasses. This photo is among others included in the CITY 2000 digital exhibit. (Photo: Yvette Dostatni)...
View ArticleUIC Research Week 2025 is April 21-25
Dear UIC community, UIC Research Week 2025, our celebration of exceptional discoveries, innovation and collaboration at UIC, is coming soon! We invite you to participate in a series of events from...
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