News Archive

• Susan Magasi named professor and head of the UIC Department of Occupational Therapy

  Wednesday, October 11, 2023

  Magasi succeeds Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar

• Delphine Labbé is awarded a $600,000, three-year grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation

  Wednesday, October 11, 2023

  The project aims to promote leisure-time physical activity for Latine and Black people with disability

• Annmarie Chizewski completes her second Chicago Marathon

  Monday, October 9, 2023

  KN assistant director of experiential learning says twice wasn’t enough—she’ll run the Chicago Marathon again.

• Azadeh Safaeian joins DHD as UIC Bridge to Faculty postdoctoral research associate

  Wednesday, October 4, 2023

  Safaeian's research concerns disability studies and trauma in literature and film in the context of the Middle East

• The Institute on Disability and Human Development receives $3 million grant

  Monday, October 2, 2023

  IDHD is Illinois' only University Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research and Service

• Yochai Eisenberg appointed to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Advisory Committee on Transportation Equity

  Tuesday, September 5, 2023

  DHD assistant professor will advise on issues related to civil rights and expanding access to jobs and economic opportunities in transportation for all communities

• Research shows that intermittent fasting is safe and effective

  Monday, August 7, 2023

  Intermittent fasting, an increasingly popular weight loss regime, is an effective and safe way to lose weight, according to a body of research from Krista Varady

• Vanessa Oddo named a United States Department of Agriculture 2023 E. Kika De La Garza Fellow

  Wednesday, August 2, 2023

  Fellows spend one week meeting with leaders from different USDA agencies in the Washington, D.C. area to learn about national and regional issues, policy making and research