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Students sit at tables eating lunch in a round room with wooden rafters and a round stained glass window in the center.

April 10, 2024

New project promotes safer, sustainable to-go food packaging 

EPA-funded project will work with restaurants and universities on easing transition to PFAS-free, reusable and biodegradable products

April 8, 2024

Americans are bad at recognizing conspiracy theories when they believe they’re true 

New research shows this was true both for people who self-identified as liberal and conservative

SparkTalks_Investiture Week recap gallery. April 2024

April 8, 2024

Investiture SparkTalks highlight breadth of research at UIC 

Lightning talks covered research and scholarship at UIC, from atomic structures to the known universe.

A rideshare driver for Uber and Lyft in his car

April 4, 2024

One-third of ride-share drivers have had a crash on the job, survey finds 

Using a cell phone, driving while tired and driving on unfamiliar roads increased the likelihood of a crash

Tohru Yamada smiles while leaning next to a microscope.

April 1, 2024

UIC’s Yamada elected National Academy of Inventors fellow for cancer work

Professor has found new candidates for cancer therapy and imaging by studying bacterial proteins

April 1, 2024

UIC engineers ‘symphonize’ cleaner ammonia production

Low temperature, regenerative process saves energy and efficiently produces common chemical

Blood vessel endothelial cells (green) and basement membrane (red) in the brain.

March 21, 2024

Research offers hope for preventing post-COVID ‘brain fog’ by targeting brain’s blood vessels 

In a study of mice, researchers identified a mechanism that causes post-infection neurological problems

Farm workers pick berries in a field

March 19, 2024

Dehydration is rampant among Florida farm workers, new study shows

Many still showed signs of dehydration in the morning after a shift

Researcher Ramaswamy Kalyanasundaram

March 18, 2024

$2.4 million NIH grant brings tropical disease vaccine closer to human clinical trials 

A UIC group in Rockford developed the vaccine for lymphatic filariasis, which affects over 100 million people worldwide

A man in a blue shirt and glasses sits behind several ceramic objects of various colors and shapes.

March 11, 2024

With Fulbright award, UIC designer will explore innovations, traditions in ceramic production 

Brian Anderson will travel to Japan to combine local traditions and advanced fabrication technologies.

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