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Pope Francis is expected to virtually meet with some college students next month for a conversation on pressing issues facing the Catholic Church and world.

Two Rush University research scientists have received a $1.4 million grant to study “breakthrough” infections of COVID-19 in vaccinated people who have received booster shots. Rush will share the two-year grant from the Skokie, Illinois-based Walder Foundation with Loyola University’s Stritch School of Medicine.

Northwestern University engineers have developed a new smart sensor platform for face masks that they are calling a “Fitbit for the face.”

Building on the success of their partnership in founding and operating the​ Center for Community Health Equity, DePaul and Rush universities will expand their collaboration into science, education and technology.

A biomedical research program from UIC and Malcolm X College has received a five-year, $1.2 million grant from the NIH.

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded NEIU a five-year, $5 million grant to help increase the number of students who complete STEM majors.

A team of researchers from the University of Chicago recently partnered with the CDPH to develop a new advanced mapping tool that measures neighborhood health using trees. The University will plant $46 million worth of trees in neighborhoods using the tool.

A Master's of Education student from NLU has created a collaborative platform for bilingual educators to help address the obstacles that bilingual teachers face

The University of Illinois Chicago is among a select group of Hispanic-Serving Institutions recognized as a Fulbright HSI Leader by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs for its commitment to the Fulbright Program, the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program.

Anthony Alvarez, a senior at Lane Tech College Prep, is a first-generation student and the first member of the University of Chicago’s Class of 2026.