College News

Sydney Erlikh receives Fulbright Fellowship

Sonya Booth | Posted on July 12, 2023

Disability studies doctoral candidate will continue her research on disability and inclusive dance at the University of the Arts Helsinki in Finland

Susan Magasi named 2023 fellow of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine

Sonya Booth | Posted on July 11, 2023

The honor is given to active members of the organization who have made contributions of national significance in medical rehabilitation

Statement on recent Supreme Court decision

Carlos Crespo | Posted on July 03, 2023

AHS will continue to welcome students from all backgrounds

Victoria Boateng plays the djemba while Matt Morgan deejays. Boateng is a teacher and performer of West African drums, including the djembe and dununs.

Third annual Accessible Juneteenth celebrates Black people with disabilities

Sonya Booth | Posted on June 27, 2023

Event was held to "elevate and raise awareness and lift up the voices, concerns, issues, joys and culture of disabled people of color"

Torine Pasek now leads AHS advancement as the college’s senior director of development

Sonya Booth | Posted on June 27, 2023

Pasek has more than 15 years of experience in higher education development, including advancement research, corporate relations, annual fund and major gifts

Electronic health records can contain bias, potentially impacting clinical trials

Sonya Booth | Posted on June 22, 2023

The results of some clinical trials may not be broadly applicable if they are based on data from electronic health records, which may exclude people from underrepresented and underserved groups

Animation created by BVIS alumna Hannah Koffman wins first place in 2023 Image of Research

Sonya Booth | Posted on June 05, 2023

Animation was created to be part of an educational video series on different aspects of the body’s inflammatory response

Book by Akemi Nishida analyzes social justice and injustice in health care as experienced by people with disabilities and their caregivers

Sonya Booth | Posted on June 05, 2023

Nishida combines disability studies, critical race theory and feminism in her research, education and activism

A group of UIC occupational therapy participating students.

Occupational therapy students help Glencoe junior high schoolers build therapy toys for children

Sonya Booth | Posted on May 24, 2023

The students were developing prototypes of toys to be used in occupational therapy for children with cerebral palsy

After an advance strengthening and conditioning collaborative session with ARU and UIC students and faculty, including Vered Arbel (kneeling far right), kinesiology graduate chaperone Kiyah Reed (center) and ARU lecturer Mike Ferrandino (kneeling left).

Student exchange agreement established with Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, England

Sonya Booth | Posted on April 26, 2023

Kinesiology students now have two new opportunities to study abroad

Amy Jandek receives 2023 Silver Circle Award

Sonya Booth | Posted on April 26, 2023

AHS graduating seniors picked Jandek to receive the campuswide honor given to one faculty member in each college

DHD alumna Sandy Guttman opens a Chicago art gallery

Sonya Booth | Posted on April 17, 2023

The gallery will host events and exhibitions for artists and organizations concerned with disability culture

Kathy Pisabaj in the UIC Nutrition Culinary Lab.

The other side

Sonya Booth | Posted on April 06, 2023

Nutrition alumna, a gun violence survivor, wants to use her traumatic experience in helping others

Lieke van Heumen named 2023 fellow of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Sonya Booth | Posted on April 06, 2023

Fellows are selected for their contributions to the field of intellectual disability and their participation in the association

Mary Khetani was named to the American Occupational Therapy Association’s 2023 Roster of Fellows

Sonya Booth | Posted on April 06, 2023

Award honors occupational therapists who have achieved a long history of contributions to the profession, the association and consumers of OT services

Krista Varady named 2023 UIC Distinguished Researcher of the Year in the Clinical Sciences

Sonya Booth | Posted on April 05, 2023

KINES researcher studies the effectiveness and health benefits of intermittent fasting diets in treating obesity

Online bachelor’s degree program in health information management is ranked second in the nation

Posted on March 21, 2023

The ranking also includes two other UIC online bachelor’s programs, in business administration and nursing

A photo from a car backseat perspective that shows a ride share drive behind the wheel of a car

Precarious work associated with high BMI

Posted on March 08, 2023

Study adds to a growing body of evidence that precarious work may be related to poor health outcomes

Alternate-day fasting a good option for patients with fatty liver disease

Posted on February 27, 2023

Nutrition researchers found that the diet, combined with exercise, improved the health of people with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

“Hanging at the shop,” a painting in the Black Culture Collection by Alan and Aaron Hicks.

Art as healing

Sonya Booth | Posted on February 16, 2023

Biomedical visualization alumni, twin brothers, use what they learned in the classroom to spreadfaith, hope and inspiration