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UIC highlights available student support resources as semester intensifies
By R. B. Pepalis | Sep 26, 2024
As the fall semester progresses, the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) community is reminded to utilize available resources for support. The campus offers a range of services aimed at enhancing well-being and academic success.
University receives $100 million gift supporting leadership in free expression
By C. D. McHugh | Sep 26, 2024
The University of Chicago has received a $100 million gift from an anonymous donor to support its leadership in free expression and advance the work of the University of Chicago Forum for Free Inquiry and Expression. This donation will help promote understanding, practice, and advancement of free discourse both on campus and globally.
Faculty awarded pilot professional development fellowships for 2024-25 academic year
By K. R. Nelson | Sep 25, 2024
The Office of the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, along with the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, has announced the recipients of the Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Professional Development Fellowship Pilot Program for the 2024-25 academic year.
UChicago announces new master's program in environmental science
By R. B. Pepalis | Sep 25, 2024
The University of Chicago is introducing a new master’s program in environmental science. This program aims to equip students with essential quantitative and data science skills applicable across various environmental science fields, including climate science, biogeochemistry, ecology, and oceanography.
University of Chicago welcomes new students with convocation events
By A. A. Sanchez | Sep 23, 2024
The University of Chicago community is set to welcome new graduate and undergraduate students to campus this week through various activities designed to introduce them to their peers and their new intellectual environment in Hyde Park.
Bruce Willis's journey highlights challenges in diagnosing frontotemporal dementia
By M. N. Tirado | Sep 23, 2024
Actor Bruce Willis was first diagnosed with aphasia in the spring of 2022 and later with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) nearly a year after. FTD is a disorder that can affect personality, social skills, and speech.
Northwestern University announces fall lineup at Wirtz Center Chicago
By J. D. Suayan | Sep 23, 2024
Northwestern University's Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for Performing and Media Arts in Chicago will host four productions this fall, each highlighting significant historical figures or cultural traditions and exploring art's healing power.
Scientists grapple with understanding mysterious force driving cosmic expansion
By A. A. Sanchez | Sep 20, 2024
Dark energy is a term scientists use to describe the unknown force causing the universe to expand at an accelerating rate. Though its exact nature remains elusive, it is believed to constitute about 70% of the universe's total energy and matter.
NSF-Simons Foundation launches $20M national AI research institute focused on astronomy
By K. R. Nelson | Sep 20, 2024
A large multi-institutional collaboration, including the University of Chicago and led by Northwestern University, has received a $20 million grant to develop and apply new artificial intelligence (AI) tools to astrophysics research and deep space exploration.
Research program immerses students in big-city life
By Southland Marquee | Sep 20, 2024
Students from universities across the nation converged at Illinois Institute of Technology to engage in an intense 10-week research project and to see the benefits of studying in a large metropolitan city such as Chicago through the College of Computing’s Student Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE).
Federal Assault Weapons Ban linked to prevention of up to 38 additional mass shootings
By A. I. Benavidez | Sep 20, 2024
The Federal Assault Weapons Ban (FAWB) prevented up to five public mass shootings when it was active between 1994 and 2004, according to previous research. A new Northwestern Medicine study has found that had the ban remained in place, it would have prevented up to 38 more mass shootings between 2005 and 2022.
Northwestern University partners with City Colleges on early admissions agreement
By A. A. Sanchez | Sep 19, 2024
CHICAGO—(September 19, 2024)—Northwestern University School of Professional Studies (SPS) and City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) have announced a partnership to facilitate early admissions for transfer students from CCC to Northwestern.
Jeremy V. Fine named CFO at Illinois Institute of Technology
By Southland Marquee | Sep 19, 2024
Illinois Institute of Technology appoints a chief financial officer with more than 25 years of experience in leadership at the CTA, the City of Chicago and other institutions
Ph.D. student researches enhanced lift technology for electric airplanes
By Southland Marquee | Sep 19, 2024
Nickolas Payne, a Ph.D. student in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE), is conducting research aimed at enhancing the performance of electric airplanes. His work focuses on improving the lift capability of airfoils used in electric aircraft.
Northwestern scientists uncover mechanism behind static electricity
By R. B. Pepalis | Sep 18, 2024
Static electricity was first observed in 600 B.C., but researchers have struggled to explain how rubbing causes it. In 2019, Northwestern researchers discovered nanosized surface deformations at play. The same researchers now say different electrical charges build up on the front and back parts of a sliding object, creating a current.
Northwestern leads $20 million national AI research institute in astronomy
By C. D. McHugh | Sep 18, 2024
A large multi-institutional collaboration, led by Northwestern University, has received a $20 million grant to develop and apply new artificial intelligence (AI) tools to astrophysics research and deep space exploration.
UChicago students share stories behind award-winning study abroad projects
By J. D. Suayan | Sep 18, 2024
The University of Chicago’s Office of Study Abroad has organized annual photo, video, and writing contests since 1997. The student entries illuminate their experiences working or studying abroad.
UIC opens public comment period for Climate Commitment Action Plan 2024
By A. A. Sanchez | Sep 18, 2024
The draft Climate Commitment Action Plan 2024 has been released for a three-week public comment period. The university community is encouraged to review the plan and provide feedback.
Amazon Romeoville Center GM: ‘I’m now working in my passion’
By A. I. Benavidez | Sep 17, 2024
Shenetra Moses, the general manager of Amazon’s Romeoville Center, said her position with Amazon allows her to work inside of her passion, which she discovered during the first years of her career.
Hamid Arastoopour receives lifetime achievement award from AIChE
By Southland Marquee | Sep 17, 2024
Hamid Arastoopour, interim dean of Armour College of Engineering, Henry R. Linden Professor of Engineering, and director of the Wanger Institute for Sustainable Energy Research (WISER) at Illinois Institute of Technology, has been awarded the 2024 Particle Technology Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).