MAY 2, 2022: UCHICAGO RECEIVES $350,000 MAPPING GRANT
UChicago Library receives ~$350,000 grant to digitize Chicago maps through their proposal "Mapping Chicagoland"
APRIL 22: NW ENGINEERING STUDENT RECEIEVES $510,000 AWARD
Northwestern Engineering student, Ryan Truby, receives Office of Naval Research's Young Investigator Program award, awarded $510,000 over three years to develop new artificial muscles.
APRIL 19, 2022: UIC CENTER FOR URBAN EDUCATION LEADERSHIP RECIEVES $250,000 GRANT
UIC's Center for Urban Education Leadership receives a $250,000 grant to assist Chicago Public Schools in strengthening their leadership pipeline.
APRIL 14, 2022: DEPAUL ENROLLS 100 UKRAINIAN COLLEGE STUDENTS AFFECTED BY WAR
Chicago Tribune reports on DePaul's enrollment of 100 Ukrainian college students that have been affected by war. The university waived the fees of students to help families and students that have had their college experiences upended by Russian invasion.
MARCH 10, 2022: SIX YOUNG UIC FACULTY RECEIVED NSF CAREER AWARDS
Six young faculty members of the University of Illinois at Chicago have been awarded NSF Career Awards totaling $4 million in five year grants. This award is one of the most prestigious given out by the federal government for promising research.
MARCH 9, 2022: LOYOLA RECEIVED NEARLY $1 M GRANT FROM DOJ TO HELP PREVENT VIOLENCE IN CPS SCHOOLS
Loyola University Chicago has received a grant of nearly $1 million from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to help prevent acts of violence and develop a positive climate in Chicago Public Schools.
MARCH 7, 2022: RUSH PHYSICIAN RESIDENCY PROGRAM TARGETS HEALTH INEQUITIES
Rush University is launching a new residency program aimed at curbing health inequities across the West and Southwest sides of Chicago.
MARCH 3, 2022: CITY COLLEGES SELECTED BY AMAZON TO PROVIDE CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS
Today, City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) announced they have been selected as an education partner for Amazon’s Career Choice program, providing Amazon’s hourly employees access to students pursing an associate degree or certificate in educational pathways.
FEBRUARY 14, 2022: UCHICAGO DISTRIBUTED $19 M IN FEDERAL RELIEF FUNDS TO STUDENTS IN ’20,’21
University of Chicago distributed approximately $19 million in funding in 2020 and 2021 to about 7,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional school students as part of the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) established by three federal COVID-19 stimulus packages.
FEBRUARY 10, 2022: ILLINOIS TECH DESIGNS NEW “BRAINS” TO REDUCE DIESEL ENGINE EMISSIONS
Illinois Institute of Technology Associate Professor Carrie Hall has created a new computer model that can enable diesel engines to run on alternative fuels with just a software update.