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Team performs world's first robotic liver transplant

Team performs world's first robotic liver transplant
A team of transplant surgeons performed the world's first minimally-invasive liver resection for living-donor transplantation last week at the University of Illinois Medical Center. Gary Tongue, a Rockford area man, was the first to receive this transplantation performed by robotic surgical techniques.

Summer session offers options

This year UIC is offering new options for taking courses during the summer. In previous years summer courses have generally lasted from the end of May until late July, leaving students with only a few weeks of vacation time before the following fall semester began.

Student takes a spin and wins big on 'Wheel of Fortune'

Student takes a spin and wins big on 'Wheel of Fortune'
During the game show Wheel of Fortune, UIC student Mark Grotto got a chance to live his childhood dream and win big. Wheel of Fortune came to Chicago to film episodes for its College Week and Grotto was chosen among many to be a part of it. "My dad and I would always make it a priority to watch it together back in the day and we still did that up until the day I went to college," says Grotto.

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