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Student robbed near UIC campus
University of Illinois at Chicago police today warned of the robbery of a student late Thursday just west of the school's main campus, a week after a student was robbed about two blocks away. The student was robbed on Polk Street near Oakley Boulevard...
Tags: Criminals, Students, Theft, Teaching and Learning
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UIC issues alert after 2 students robbed near campus
The University of Illinois at Chicago is asking students to be alert after two students were robbed at gunpoint in separate incidents earlier this week. In the first robbery, a student told authorities he was walking south on Racine Avenue just south...
Tags: Criminals, Cell Phones, Apple iPhone, Theft, Near West Side
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Hu's the boss
"They say, 'Tony, you're so crazy.' Yes, I am."
You heard it from Tony Hu himself, chieftain of Chinatown. Something's off in his bitter melon. A sane businessman wouldn't open seven restaurants within a half-square-mile area, yet here we are, an...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Michigan Avenue, Chicago Restaurants, Chinese Restaurants
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Values exercise improves doctor-patient communication
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A short waiting room exercise encouraging African American patients to reflect on their personal values helped improve communication between the patients and their white doctors, in a new study. However, those patients didn'...Tags: High Blood Pressure, Ethics, Internists, Heart Attack, Health and Medical Professionals
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Voters await election night results: 'Last 4 years unlike I've ever seen'
Tribune reportersStudents watched as the counts mounted onscreen at the UIC student center, periodically falling silent when a total was announced. "Come on, Ohio," breathed Monique Bolden, 18; of the West Side. "Come on, president." The table of students, who live in...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Andy Warhol, Northwestern University, Grant Park, Barack Obama
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Eating in restaurants tied to higher calorie intake
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In study findings that may not surprise many people, kids and teens ate more calories - including more fat and more sugar - on days when they had a meal from a fast-food or sit-down restaurant. "Parents (should) realize that...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Weight, Science and Technology, Diabetes, Medical Research
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Modern humans found to be fittest ever at survival, by far
Modern humans have gotten incomparably good at survival, doing more to extend our lives over the last century than our forebears did in the previous 6.6 million years since we parted evolutionary ways with chimpanzees, according to a new study. In fact,...Tags: Germany, Science, Demographics, Science and Technology, Japan
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String test easier for patients to swallow
She's only 17, but Jessica Chrzan is at the forefront of an effort to do a better job of monitoring a disease that makes her nauseated. Chrzan participated in a University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine study that tested a new way to...
Tags: Science, Northwestern University, Science and Technology, Inflammation, Biopsy
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Best literary bets Humanities Festival
The literary events at the Chicago Humanities Festival are illustrative of the festival's sprawling theme, “America.” A diverse array of voices, perspectives and characters will illuminate the American experience. And for those whose passion...
Tags: Chicago Tribune, Goodman Theatre, Stanford University, Northwestern University, Michigan Avenue
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UIC Researchers To Study Pastoral Counseling
The University of Illinois at Chicago will receive a three-year $85,000 grant from a philanthropic foundation to study the counseling experiences of pastors. Funding from The John Templeton Foundation will help university researchers examine the...Tags: Education, Financial Aid, Colleges and Universities
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Life's tough lessons
Tribune NewspapersWhen author Nami Mun was 13, she ran away from her family's Bronx apartment. She survived by holding down odd jobs and living wherever she could — on benches, in shelters or squatting in abandoned buildings. In her early 20s, she found steady...Tags: Chicago Public Library, Authors, Arts and Culture, Missing Persons, Back to School
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Remarkable Woman: Tiffany Jones
There is no word for what Tiffany Jones has done over her last four summers. Literally, no word. Since 2009, Jones, a social worker at Goodwin Elementary School in Cicero, has spent five to eight weeks of her summer vacations in Ethiopia, helping care...
Tags: High Schools, Health and Medical Professionals, Schools, Social Services, Teachers
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