The 36th African Festival of the Arts drew more than 10,000 people to Washington Park on Sept.
5 to enjoy pan-African music, dance workshops, vendor displays and local food. Mayor Brandon Johnson, with his wife, honored his role as Grand Baba as the crowd celebrated with a parade.
Images from the exhibit 'Where Data Becomes Light: The Beauty of Scientific Visualization' will light up Chicago’s Riverwalk from Sept.
10 through Nov. 15 on Thursdays through Sundays, as Argonne National Laboratory and the Electronic Visualization Laboratory collaborate — blending science and art.
UIC hosts Healthy Campus Week from Sept.
9 to Sept. 19 to promote wellness. Campus events include a Farmers Market & Sustainability event at the Quad on Sept. 9, a food drive, a physical challenge on Sept. 16, mindfulness sessions on Sept. 17 and an outdoor adventure on Sept. 19.
A $1 million pledge by alumnus Don Barry and his wife Peggy will permanently endow Mount Carmel’s James Barda Leadership Award to provide 20 students with $2,000 yearly scholarships.
The school, located at 6410 S. Dante Ave, has raised half of the $2.2 million goal and is seeking further donations.
A federal judge in Chicago is reviewing arguments to block a law that lets terminally ill adults request life‐ending medication starting Sept.
12 (disability advocates say it lacks safeguards while state officials defend its protections).
UIC researchers have engineered a new ribosome that makes a single protein and may eventually boost peptide-based drug production.
The prototype study opens possibilities in synthetic biology and designer treatments.
UIC was designated as an Age-Friendly University by the Age-Friendly University Global Network for creating inclusive spaces for older adults to learn and stay engaged with community programs (led by the College of Applied Health Sciences).
The initiative adds to UIC’s partnerships and research on healthy aging.
The UIC Latino Cultural Center and University Library’s Undergraduate Engagement Program will present a 43-minute documentary screening of The Hills on Tuesday, Sept.
8 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at Lecture Center B2, followed by a 30-minute conversation led by Sam Corona.
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