The University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford held its 49th Annual Convocation Ceremony for the Class of 2023 on Friday, April 28, 2023, at the Coronado Theater in downtown Rockford, IL. Fifty-seven graduates participated in the ceremony. Alex S. Stagnaro-Green, MD, MHPE, MHA, regional dean at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford, [...]
Walk with U is a free program for community members to walk along with UW Health and University of Illinois College of Medicine physicians, residents and medical students • Learn about various health topics • Try out different walking paths • Get some exercise • Earn rewards for participation Upcoming Walk with U walks: Date: [...]
Medical students at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford and across the nation found out where they'll spend the next three to seven years of their medical training on Match Day, Friday, March 17. All 56 students from the Class of 2023 at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford [...]
After hearing from students, staff and faculty about the desire for better coffee options on campus, the College of Medicine has contracted with a vendor that will bring a food truck vendor to campus two days per week. Thank you to everyone who took the survey to determine preferences for a pilot program. The [...]
Medical student Christoph Grice teaches kids at the STEAM Academy at Haskell about medical careers. Many kids have visions of becoming an astronaut or firefighter, but several University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford medical students also want them to know about opportunities in the medical field. The Community Foundation of Northern Illinois [...]
Due to a winter storm warning, the UIC Health Sciences Campus- Rockford will close non-essential operations beginning at 7 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 22. Employees working in essential areas such as patient care and those who support campus infrastructure, including but not limited to facilities management, custodial and grounds, are expected to report to work during inclement [...]
by Shivali Shukla The day prior, I watched a funeral procession glide past me, my own tires trailing slowly behind. All those cars, each with someone mourning the loss of a person they once knew. How many of those people actually knew the one they lost? Actually understood what their experience with life had [...]
By Ellen Reter Bulging, the pseudopod extends, cilia pulsing to propel the massive white blood cell through the jumbled circulatory system. It stretches and retracts, reaching out to gently brush against its neighbors—seeking, searching, identifying—before pulling away once more. Aimless, it wanders its domain, squeezing through dams, through beating waterfalls of fluid pressing it farther, [...]
Tori Allen Tori Allen, a medical education program specialist in the University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford’s Office of Medical Education and Evaluation, received the Janice Watkins Award for Distinguished Civil Service from the University of Illinois Chicago on November 15. The Janice Watkins Award for Distinguished Civil Service is an accolade [...]
The Service of Gratitude is an annual event held at the University of Illinois College of Medicine to honor, with sincere gratitude, the selfless legacy of the women and men who have donated their remains for the advancement of medical education and research. Donors are honored through speeches, poetry, and music performed by medical students [...]
