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October 3, 2012
UIC Helps Chicago Launch Groundbreaking Budget Process by and for Ward ResidentsBeginning 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.
October 1, 2012
$4M Grant to Study Impact of Policy, Environment on Kids’ HealthUIC’s ImpacTeen project to study influences on youth nutrition, physical activity
September 26, 2012
Naked Mole-Rats May Hold Clues to Pain ReliefNaked mole-rats evolved to thrive in an acidic environment that other mammals, including humans, would find intolerable. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago report new findings as to how these rodents adapted, which may offer clues to relieving pain in other animals and humans.
September 20, 2012
Report Identifies Programs Enhancing Preschool and Elementary Student SuccessA new report from a University of Illinois at Chicago scholar identifies educational programs that are effective at building interpersonal skills for success in school, work and life.
September 19, 2012
Brother authorsA summer writing institute for adolescent black males based at UIC is advancing literacy around the country.
September 19, 2012
UIC Hosts Symposium on Consequences of Slavery“Slavery and its Aftermath in the Atlantic World: An International Symposium,” presented in part by the Institute for the Humanities at the University of Illinois at Chicago, will be held Oct. 4 – 6 in UIC Student Center East, 750 S. Halsted St.
September 17, 2012
Cities Still Cutting Jobs and InfrastructureFor the sixth straight year, city revenues around the country dropped in 2011, as costs of health care, pensions and infrastructure rose, says a public administration and infrastructure expert at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
September 6, 2012
Genetic Test Will Help Dose Blood ThinnerPatients suffering from dangerous blood clots will receive genetic testing to help health professionals at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System prescribe the proper dose of the blood-thinner warfarin.
September 6, 2012
Genetic Link to Prostate Cancer Risk in African Americans FoundProstate cancer in African-American men is associated with specific changes in the IL-16 gene, and by establishing the link in men of African as well as European descent, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine may have found a useful new biomarker for prostate cancer.
September 6, 2012
Governor Announces New Advanced Science Building at UICGov. Pat Quinn announced today that the State of Illinois has released $64 million for the new Advanced Chemical Technology Building at the University of Illinois at Chicago, a project that will strengthen biotechnology research in Illinois and bolster the state’s economy.