All Entries by Jenna Kurtzweil
January 13, 2026
A new, cleaner way to make a common fertilizerUIC researchers are working on a carbon-neutral way to make ammonia.
January 12, 2026
The curious case of the missing endothelial cellsA mystery investigated by UIC researchers turns up a new avenue for treatment of diabetic blindness.
January 5, 2026
UIC center elevates care, compensation for Midwestern coal minersA five-year, $6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will help former and current miners get care.
December 9, 2025
UIC biochemists advance 3D brain mappingUIC researchers created an intricate 3D map of nerve connections across a mouse’s olfactory bulb, the part of the brain responsible for smell.
November 13, 2025
Pancreatic cancer research project attacks ‘seeds of metastasis’UIC surgeons, anesthesiologists and engineers are collaborating to trap pancreatic cancer cells during a critical window.
November 13, 2025
Energy Department funding extends UIC, Fermilab partnershipUIC students and faculty will continue cutting-edge quantum research in partnership with the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory thanks to a $125 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.
November 7, 2025
UIC researchers are using ‘nanopacks’ to develop a multiple sclerosis treatmentUIC researchers created a way to treat autoimmune disorders like MS with special cells that deliver anti-inflammatory “nanopacks” to the nervous system.
November 6, 2025
Children don’t fit in boxes. Their data shouldn’t, eitherUIC professor Julia Anglen Bauer used AI to reveal patterns in preschoolers’ development.
October 15, 2025
Rain in the Sahara? UIC researchers predict a wetter future for the desertHigher temperatures could bring more rain to much of Africa.
October 6, 2025
A’Lester Allen: From creating peptides to creative scienceThe postdoctoral researcher recently became the first at UIC to receive the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award.