Newswise Focus Channel: Hidden - Illinois

UIC receives $3.1 million to provide reproductive health care to underserved teens

University of Illinois Chicago — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 10:05:31 EST

University of Illinois Chicago has secured a $3.1 million grant from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration.

UIC enrollment grows for incoming freshmen, international and online students

University of Illinois Chicago — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 12:30:34 EST

Incoming freshmen increased by 1.6% to 4,244, and for the sixth consecutive year, new transfer students were greater than 2,000, with 2,110 choosing UIC.

Summer of Fun @ UIC Program to Provide Pilsen Youth with Swimming Pool, Athletic Field Access

University of Illinois Chicago — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 12:05:00 EST

UIC partners with Luv City for program scheduled to run July 5 through Aug. 9

Comer Children's again listed among top hospitals in U.S. News & World Report 2022-23 rankings

University of Chicago Medical Center — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 09:55:04 EST

UChicago Medicine Comer Children's Hospital again has been ranked as one of the top pediatric hospitals in the country, placing No. 2 in Illinois.

Center for Asian Health Equity awarded $4.25 million CDC grant to prevent colorectal cancer in Illinois

University of Chicago Medical Center — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 11:45:13 EST

The University of Chicago Medicine's Center for Asian Health Equity has received a five-year, $4.25 million federal grant to increase colorectal cancer screenings, particularly among underserved and rural Illinois communities.

Loyola University Medical Center Ranks #4 in Illinois by U.S. News & World Report

Loyola Medicine — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 09:50:01 EST

Loyola University Medical Center is ranked 4th in the state of Illinois and has been ranked among the top 5 hospitals each year since U.S. News hospital rankings started in 2013. Loyola has five nationally ranked specialties and is "high performing" in 11 other specialties, conditions and procedures in U.S. News & World Report's 2020-2021 Best Hospitals rankings. Loyola is nationally ranked in five specialty categories: Gastroenterology & GI Surgery (21st in the U.S.), Nephrology (37th), Pulmonology (45th), Cardiology & Heart Surgery (48th), and Neurology & Neurosurgery (50th). Five Loyola specialties are high performing: Cancer, Diabetes & Endocrinology, Geriatrics, Orthopaedics and Urology.

Study finds nearly 16% of Illinois COVID-19 cases linked to spread from Chicago jail

University of Chicago Medical Center — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 16:50:59 EST

Using data from Cook County Jail, researchers analyzed the relationship between jailing practices and COVID-19 community infections. They found that cycling through Cook County Jail--which accounts for the period of time from arrest to awaiting hearings and trials--is associated with 15.9% of all documented COVID-19 cases in Chicago and 15.7% of those in Illinois.

UIC to hold virtual graduation celebration

University of Illinois Chicago — Tue, 05 May 2020 10:05:23 EST

Graduates will have an opportunity to return to campus for a face-to-face graduation ceremony once it is safe to do so.

Comprehensive Breast Imaging Suite Coming to Orland Park

University of Chicago Medical Center — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 16:05:31 EST

The new dedicated breast imaging suite in Orland Park will provide screening and diagnostic mammography as part of a joint venture with Solis Mammography.

Old drugs bring new hope to a cancer that lacks precision therapy

University of Chicago Medical Center — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 13:00:00 EST

Two older drugs, designed for other purposes, produced promising results in the treatment of mice with triple negative breast cancer.

Estimates of Older Patients With Fractures Associated with Walking Leashed Dogs

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 11:00:00 EST

Dog walking is often suggested as something older adults can do to improve their health. But older adults are at increased risk of fractures.

Kids with Cochlear Implants since Infancy More Likely to Speak, Not Sign

Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago — Tue, 05 Mar 2019 10:05:41 EST

Researchers from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago present further evidence that deaf children who received cochlear implants (implanted electronic hearing device) before 12 months of age learn to more rapidly understand spoken language and are more likely to develop spoken language as their exclusive form of communication.

Bryan Hitchcock Joins the Institute of Food Technologists

Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) — Tue, 05 Mar 2019 10:05:16 EST

The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) today announced that Bryan Hitchcock has joined the association as the Senior Director of Food Chain and Executive Director of the Global Food Traceability Center.

Scientists use machine learning to identify high-performing solar materials

Argonne National Laboratory — Tue, 05 Mar 2019 07:00:55 EST

Thanks to a study that combines the power of supercomputing with data science and experimental methods, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Cambridge in England have developed a novel "design to device" approach to identify promising materials for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs).

Chain Reaction Innovations project at Argonne National Laboratory aims to fill critical computing needs

Argonne National Laboratory — Mon, 04 Mar 2019 13:05:20 EST

A nanoscientist's work in silicon photonics may inspire more energy-efficient computing and data centers.

UIC offers BFA in art education

University of Illinois Chicago — Mon, 04 Mar 2019 11:05:10 EST

The University of Illinois at Chicago is offering a BFA in art education, or BFAAE, to students for the first time in nearly a decade

Firearm Homicide Rate for Young Black Men in Chicago Drops, but Still Shockingly High

Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago — Mon, 04 Mar 2019 11:05:07 EST

The firearm homicide rate for black male adolescents in Chicago declined by 25 percent from 2016 to 2017. The lower 2017 rate for black male adolescents is still 35 times higher than that for U.S. adolescents and 13 times that of all other adolescents in Chicago.

Promising Strategy to Fight the Most Deadly Brain Tumor in Children

Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago — Mon, 04 Mar 2019 05:00:00 EST

A study published in Nature Communications found that an inhibitor of an enzyme called ACVR1 slows tumor growth and increases survival in an animal model of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) - the most deadly brain tumor in children. Currently, there are no approved drugs for treating DIPG. This research opens the door to a promising new treatment strategy.

Measles at Midway: 'This Is Going to Keep Happening'

Northwestern University — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 16:05:46 EST

Argonne and Convergent Science join forces for better engines

Argonne National Laboratory — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 12:05:57 EST

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have developed a new software model that can help analyze the dynamics in the cylinders of spark-ignition engines during operation.