The University of Illinois College of Medicine celebrated its 140th commencement on Friday, May 6, at Credit Union 1 Arena, with an in-person celebration taking place for the first time since 2019. The last two ceremonies took place virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The ceremony honored 375 graduating [...]
The façade of University of Illinois College of Medicine East Tower will get a much-needed update thanks to a $434 million investment in deferred maintenance projects for higher education institutions across the state. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker joined College of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago, and local leaders at an event Friday at Student [...]
During the first in-person Match Day ceremony since 2019 on Friday, March 18, 320 medical students at the University of Illinois College of Medicine learned where they will complete their training and begin their careers. The totals included 188 students from Chicago, 65 students from Peoria, 55 students from [...]
The University of Illinois College of Medicine celebrated 325 first-year medical students during White Coat ceremonies across the campuses at Chicago, Peoria and Rockford. The Chicago campus, with 209 first-year students, held its White Coat Ceremony on Friday, Aug. 13, 2021, at the Isadore and Sadie Dorin Forum. In order to adhere to [...]
June 16, 2021 UI Health marked an important milestone in the construction of the new Outpatient Surgery Center and Specialty Clinics building in May — the final beam was placed atop the building frame. The “top-off” represents a midway point of the project. Present at the construction site of [...]
The University of Illinois College of Medicine celebrated its 139th commencement on Friday, May 7, honoring 380 graduating students from its various degree programs. For the second straight year, the event was livestreamed and celebrated virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The livestream recording is available on the College’s [...]
The University of Illinois College of Medicine 139th commencement will celebrate the College’s students with a virtual livestream. When: Friday, May 7, 2021 Pre-ceremony Slideshow: 1:30 p.m. Ceremony Opening: 2 p.m. Link to Watch: https://go.uic.edu/UICOMGrad2021 Program: https://go.uic.edu/Commencement_Program_2021 We are once again unable to celebrate in person because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, this is [...]
Today, 277 medical students at the University of Illinois College of Medicine learned where they will complete their training and begin their career as doctors. The totals included 170 students from Chicago, 50 students from Peoria, 45 students from Rockford, and 12 students from Urbana. The College of Medicine and its medical [...]
The University of Illinois College of Medicine will offer in-state tuition this fall to students who are members of any of the 573 tribal nations recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The move follows a decision by the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2019 to offer the tuition program to undergraduate [...]
September 16, 2020 Attendees at the Surgical Innovation & Training Laboratory applaud the ribbon cutting. Chancellor Michael Amiridis, seated, cut the ribbon with robotic scissors. (Photo: Diane M. Smutny, DMS Photography) Operating robotic scissors, University of Illinois Chicago Chancellor Michael Amiridis snipped a ribbon to officially open the University of Illinois College of Medicine Surgical Innovation & Training [...]