College News

Sandy Magaña, professor of disability and human development

Explaining autism on Sesame Street

Anne Brooks Ranallo | Posted on November 10, 2015

Three years of work by UIC professor Sandy Magaña contributed to a worldwide resource on autism in the hands of Elmo, Grover and Abby.

FitZen's Grimm, Ling and Zhou as they await the judges' decision.

Fitzen starts

Posted on July 15, 2015

Health-management app developed by students wins 10th annual Concept2Venture business plan competition.

Image of produce section in grocery store

AHS goes to market

Posted on July 15, 2015

Nutrition students conduct grocery store tours to inspire more produce consumption.

LEND trainee Miguel Morales named 2016 AUCD Diversity Fellow

Posted on February 20, 2015

Prior to coming to IDHD, Miguel Morales was a program manager for HIV/AIDs and obesity prevention programs. While completing a Master’s in Public Health at UIC, Miguel focused on Epidemiology because of his…

Research focuses on family caregivers of people with disabilities

Sharon Parmet | Posted on October 15, 2014

The University of Illinois at Chicago received a five-year, $4.3 million grant from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research and the Administration for Community Living to establish a new, multi-institutional center…

Mission to be accomplished

Posted on April 15, 2014

A new scholarship advances the priorities of DHD student, Annie Hopkins, whose own vision-driven life ended much too soon

David Marquez' dance class for older Latinos

Dance classes improve health for older Latinos

Jeanne Galatzer-Levy | Posted on February 05, 2013

David Marquez partners with fellow researchers to explore the relationship between dance and physical activity in older Latinos.