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UICscience@UICscience · Apr 9

UIC is Chicago’s public research university. Pursuing answers. Shaping the future. Improving communities. #UICResearchMatters #ResearchMatters @thisisUIC @UICnews @UIC_OVCR

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University of Illinois Chicago@thisisUIC · Jul 17

What's up with the flags on Chicago beaches? ⛳️ Every morning during the summer, @uicpublichealth students test water from local beaches and report the results to @ChicagoParks. No other U.S. city tests its water daily. Learn how UIC does it: today.uic.edu/keeping-the-th…

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UICscience@UICscience · Jul 23

A new drug from @thisisUIC will proceed to clinical trials this summer: biologic eyedrops to treat dry eye disease. 👁️💧 Development of the eyedrops started in UIC’s Dry Eye and Ocular GVHD Clinic, which Dr. Sandeep Jain directs in @uiccom. 📰today.uic.edu/uics-new-dry-e…

UICscience's tweet image. A new drug from @thisisUIC will proceed to clinical trials this summer: biologic eyedrops to treat dry eye disease. 👁️💧

Development of the eyedrops started in UIC’s Dry Eye and Ocular GVHD Clinic, which Dr. Sandeep Jain directs in @uiccom.

📰today.uic.edu/uics-new-dry-e…

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UICscience@UICscience · Jul 18

A state-of-the-art robotics laboratory in the new Computer Design Research and Learning Center will accelerate robotics research at @thisisuic. 🤖 The lab is designed to tackle real-world challenges in autonomy and AI. 🔗 today.uic.edu/new-computer-s…

UICscience's tweet image. A state-of-the-art robotics laboratory in the new Computer Design Research and Learning Center will accelerate robotics research at @thisisuic. 🤖

The lab is designed to tackle real-world challenges in autonomy and AI.

🔗 today.uic.edu/new-computer-s…

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University of Illinois Chicago@thisisUIC · Jul 16

UIC's Computer Design Research and Learning Center is now open! It features 16,000 square feet of classroom space, 21 faculty research labs and a 1,200-square-foot robotics lab as part of @UICEngineering 's Department of Computer Science. today.uic.edu/uics-new-compu… @UIC_Alumni

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UICscience@UICscience · Jul 15

Two out of three adults carry the virus that causes oral herpes. Immunocompromised people are most at risk. @uiccom researchers linked herpes simplex virus type 1 to a multiple-sclerosis-like disease in animal models. 📰today.uic.edu/uncovering-a-p… 📗doi.org/10.1002/ctm2.7…

UICscience's tweet image. Two out of three adults carry the virus that causes oral herpes. Immunocompromised people are most at risk.

@uiccom researchers linked herpes simplex virus type 1 to a multiple-sclerosis-like disease in animal models.

📰today.uic.edu/uncovering-a-p…

📗doi.org/10.1002/ctm2.7…

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UIC Retzky College of Pharmacy@UICPharm · Jul 8

A'Lester Allen, a UIC IRACDA scholar and postdoctoral fellow in the Moore Lab, received the Career Award at the Scientific Interface (CASI) from the Burroughs-Wellcome Fund. A'Lester is the first-ever UIC winner of this prestigious award.

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UICscience@UICscience · Jul 9

15 @thisisUIC faculty earned @NSF CAREER Awards to pursue innovative research in chemistry, engineering, math and computer science. Among their projects: making #AI language models more trustworthy and advancing treatments for neurological disorders. 📰today.uic.edu/15-uic-researc…

UICscience's tweet image. 15 @thisisUIC faculty earned @NSF CAREER Awards to pursue innovative research in chemistry, engineering, math and computer science.

Among their projects: making #AI language models more trustworthy and advancing treatments for neurological disorders.

📰today.uic.edu/15-uic-researc…

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UICscience@UICscience · Jul 2

In May, @thisisUIC hosted an engineering competition focused on #AI-driven health care solutions. UIC community members won top prizes. Among their ideas: a platform to condense patient data from multiple providers and an algorithm to predict fall risk. 📰today.uic.edu/at-hackathon-u…

UICscience's tweet image. In May, @thisisUIC hosted an engineering competition focused on #AI-driven health care solutions. UIC community members won top prizes.

Among their ideas: a platform to condense patient data from multiple providers and an algorithm to predict fall risk.
📰today.uic.edu/at-hackathon-u…

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UIC Nursing@UICnursing · Jun 25

Cheers to prof Leah Burt, inducted as a fellow of @AANP_News on Friday! Nominators Melissa Carlucci and Susan Corbridge joined her at the conference, where profs Carlucci, Burt and Sarah Fitz also gave podium presentations. EAD Lauren Diegel-Vacek couldn't have been more proud!

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UICscience@UICscience · Jun 24

Some cancers can become resistant to treatment and hinder patients’ recovery. A @uiccom study published in Cancer Letters introduces a drug designed to block two key proteins that help lung cancer survive. ⬇️ 📰today.uic.edu/two-in-one-tre… 📓doi.org/10.1016/j.canl…

UICscience's tweet image. Some cancers can become resistant to treatment and hinder patients’ recovery.

A @uiccom study published in Cancer Letters introduces a drug designed to block two key proteins that help lung cancer survive. ⬇️

📰today.uic.edu/two-in-one-tre…

📓doi.org/10.1016/j.canl…

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University of Illinois Chicago@thisisUIC · Jun 18

Research never looked so good! Each year, the UIC Graduate College and UIC Library present the Image of Research competition, celebrating the beauty of #UIC research. See this year’s winners: today.uic.edu/see-the-2025-i… #UICResearch #ThisIsUIC

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UIC Mechanical and Industrial Engineering@MIE_UIC · Jun 16

UIC students won first place in the Robotic Construction competition during the @NASA 2025 Lunabotics Challenge at The Astronauts Memorial Foundation’s Center for Space Education in Florida. #UIC #Engineering #Chicago #NASA mie.uic.edu/news-stories/u…

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UIC Mechanical and Industrial Engineering@MIE_UIC · Jun 12

Assistant Professor Erica Jung received the @NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award for her work investigating how neurons in the brain function to help find ways to treat brain disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease. #UIC #Engineering #Chicago mie.uic.edu/news-stories/e…

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UICscience@UICscience · Jun 10

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UUIC Pharmaceutical Sciences@uicpsci · Jun 9

First author Chih-Jia (Bess) Chao with lead investigator Zongmin Zhao featured in UIC Today article: ‘Immuno-relay’ chases down hard-to-treat cancers - today.uic.edu/immuno-relay-c…

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UIC Engineering@UICEngineering · Jun 10

Many people see biochar as a waste product, but Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering Department Professor Krishna R. Reddy sees it as a wasted product. Learn more about what Reddy and his team are doing with biochar here: engineering.uic.edu/news-stories/m…

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UIC Liberal Arts and Sciences@UICLAS · Jun 5

🏠 Why does Chatham flood — even when it’s not raining much? Max Berkelhammer of @EaES_UIC is part of a team using AI, climate models, and community input to uncover causes and find real solutions. 🔗 @chicagotribune has the scoop: go.uic.edu/max-berkelhamm…

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UIC Mechanical and Industrial Engineering@MIE_UIC · Jun 3

Engineering students find the support to succeed at UIC in the DuSable Scholars Program. #UIC #Engineering #Chicago mie.uic.edu/news-stories/e…

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