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A man in suit jacket and a women in a purple shirt bump fists together.

December 20, 2024

Christmas gift: Brother donates kidney to sister in transplant at UI Health

The Kidney Transplant Program at UI Health is one of the largest and most experienced transplantation programs in Chicago

An aerial view of the University of Illinois Chicago campus, with tall buildings and colorful autumn trees

December 2, 2024

Google.org awards UIC grant to launch data, AI program

Pilot phase to launch during the 2025-26 academic year

A grouping of red cells against a black background.

November 25, 2024

New therapy from UI Health offers FDA-approved treatment option for brittle Type 1 diabetes

Lantidra is the only treatment currently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

A cube-shaped structure made up of purple and green circles connected by thin lines.

November 5, 2024

How one UIC student is proposing to advance science of superconductivity 

Materials called cubic rare earth hydrides could be superconductors in everyday conditions

The University of Illinois Chicago’s new director of intercollegiate athletics Andrea Williams

November 1, 2024

UIC names Andrea Williams director of intercollegiate athletics

Williams has more than 25 years of experience in collegiate and professional sports.

Excitement fills the air as students embark on a new academic journey during the first week of classes at the University of Illinois Chicago

October 18, 2024

UIC joins national consortium focused on student success 

University Innovation Alliance welcomes UIC and six other new members

A man in a suit jacket and blue collared shirt sits at a table next to a brown wooden hourglass in front of a bookcase.

October 7, 2024

Despite medical advances, life expectancy gains are slowing

Are we nearing the limit of how long we can live?

Three women and one man stand to either side of the red circle UIC logo on campus.

September 30, 2024

Project will use AI to merge health data with input from nurses, therapists

Collaboration will develop AI tools to combine “all-team” data for research and clinical use

Person walking through the rain on the west side of campus. Photo by Martin Hernandez/UIC

September 26, 2024

Climate change will lead to wetter US winters, modeling study finds 

Most regions will see higher and more intense winter precipitation by the end of the century

Students chatting in between classes during their first week of the fall semester, 2023. Photography by Jenny Fontaine

September 24, 2024

UIC rises in 2025 U.S. News Best Colleges rankings

UIC reaches 39th among public national universities

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