Almost 40 percent of college students don’t read product labels on ubiquitous energy drinks, and about a quarter of those students say they don't understand them, according to a study.

Carol Estwing Ferrans, PhD '85, MS '82, RN, FAAN, will be invested in a ceremony on April 5, 2018, as the Harriet H. Werley Endowed Chair in Nursing Research in the UIC College of Nursing. The Werley Chair is a high honor and is designated for a faculty member who has an outstanding program of nursing research and leadership.

Dean Terri E. Weaver has announced the appointment of Eileen Collins, PhD, RN, FAACVPR, FAAN, as associate dean for research at the UIC College of Nursing, effective Feb. 16, 2018.

In 2018, more American women are dying of pregnancy-related complications than any other developed country. The rate of pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. has more than doubled in the past 30 years, with the leading cause being heart disease, including heart failure. Yet little is known about how to combat this trend.