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University of Illinois-Chicago first year architecture graduate student Martina Smith outside the UIC art and architecture building on Nov. 16, 2021. Smith is the first recipient of the Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture (HPA) endowment that will support two graduate architecture fellows this fall.

Chicago’s architectural community is trying to diversify with the help of a new UIC fellowship and a project led by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designer Tiara Hughes

January 10, 2022 at 12:11 a.m.

University of Illinois Chicago graduate student Martina Smith has always been curious about buildings. Growing up in Jamaica, a colorful structure that she called "the cake house" sparked her curiosity...

Eli Coustan displays his new website, findacovidtest.org, which can help people locate at-home COVID-19 tests that can be mailed to them, on Jan. 5, 2022, in Evanston.

Evanston Township High School freshman Eli Coustan is continuing to help Illinoisans, this time with Findacovidtest.org

January 6, 2022 at 11:16 a.m.

Just last year, Eli Coustan was lending his computer programming skills to help seniors like his grandparents find and book COVID-19 vaccination appointments with the website, ILVaccine.org. Now, the teen...

Kristin Lee Berg, profesora asociada de UIC, supervisa su clase de becas del Programa de Educación en Liderazgo en el Neurodesarrollo y Discapacidades Relacionadas (LEND) desde su oficina en casa el 11 de noviembre de 2021, en los suburbios de Lincolnshire. La profesora Berg es directora de capacitación del programa, que ayuda a los estudiantes graduados a aprender sobre la salud y el bienestar de las personas con discapacidades.

Los adolescentes con discapacidades son 5 veces más propensos a sufrir trastornos mentales, emocionales y de salud conductual, dicen investigadores

January 6, 2022 at 11:10 a.m.

La pandemia ha puesto al descubierto algunas verdades: La falta de proveedores de servicios de salud mental para atender suficientemente las necesidades de las personas en crisis (incluidos los proveedores...

La enfermera especializada en trasplantes de pulmón Jennifer Wright coloca un estetoscopio sobre Brittani Bury en el Northwestern Memorial Hospital el 23 de diciembre de 2021 en Chicago.

Después de más de 200 días en un hospital, Brittani Bury se va con corazón, pulmones y futuro nuevos

January 5, 2022 at 11:22 a.m.

Brittani Bury ha tenido cinco cirugías a corazón abierto durante sus 31 años de vida. Bury espera que la operación del 3 de noviembre para corregir su retorno venoso pulmonar...

6 questions with 14th Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden: ‘I really want to connect with as many people as possible.’

January 4, 2022 at 10:46 a.m.

If it's been said once, it's been said many times. There's just something about Chicago — you just have to see the number of former/native members of our community making...

Bonita Harrison is redeveloping a single-family home in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood. Harrison is a South Sider bent on creating affordable housing for those in her community.

Meet Bonita Harrison, a South Sider bent on making affordable housing a reality

January 3, 2022 at 12:09 p.m.

North Kenwood resident Bonita Harrison's goal has always been to own 200 units of property. As a residential developer, her mission was to create noticeable change to a South Side...

Commuters cross the Adams Street bridge outside Union Station during the morning rush on Dec. 21, 2021.

Omicron variant is surging. But mask rules haven’t changed. Doctors say stay the course.

December 30, 2021 at 7:58 p.m.

As COVID-19 numbers are making social situations more precarious because of the omicron variant — new cases in the U.S. have soared to their highest level on record at over...

UIC associate professor Kristin Berg oversees her Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and related Disabilities Program fellowship class from her home office on Nov. 11, 2021, in Lincolnshire.

Teens with disabilities are 5 times more likely to suffer from mental, emotional and behavioral health disorders, UIC researchers say.

December 29, 2021 at 2:44 p.m.

The pandemic has revealed some truths: A lack of mental health providers to sufficiently meet the needs of those in crisis (including providers of color); and the stress that COVID-19...

Rebecca Sive, women's rights activist and author of a new book, "Make Herstory Your Story: Your Guided Journal to Justice Every Day for Every Woman", is pictured on Dec. 3, 2021.

Author Rebecca Sive’s latest book offers guidance for moving forward in 2022

December 24, 2021 at 6:42 p.m.

A few years ago, Chicago author and activist Rebecca Sive's book and manifesto, "Vote Her In: Your Guide to Electing Our First Woman President," set the stage for an action-based...

Brittani Bury talks with her medical team at Northwestern Memorial Hospital on Dec. 23, 2021.

After more than 200 days in Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Brittani Bury leaves with new heart, lungs, future

December 23, 2021 at 5:55 p.m.

Brittani Bury has had five open-heart surgeries during her 31 years of living. She's hoping the last operation on Nov. 3, to correct her total anomalous pulmonary venous return, or...

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