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People walk through the University of Illinois-Chicago( UIC) campus in Chicago on Oct.... The Springfield campus is set to return to in-person classes as scheduled.... All three campuses will require negative COVID-19 tests before students, faculty and staff return spring semester. The changes come as Illinois and the country are seeing a COVID-19 surge, driven in part by the new omicron variant. UIC students will attend school online Jan....

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For international student Santhanagopalan Krishnamoorthy, week one in Chicago included settling into his new apartment near the University of Illinois at Chicago, and digging into a slice of the city’s renowned deep dish pizza.“ I really wanted to do my master’s degree at UIC, because the place looked really cool, and I’ve heard the professors are really good, ” said Krishnamoorthy, 23, a computer science major who is among the contingent of international students from India choosing to study at

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This weekend will be warmer and more humid than earlier in the week, according to the National Weather Service. Thursday is looking mostly sunny with a high expected near 86 degrees and southwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 15 mph.... Crowds were ‘literally pressed against each other, maskless, ’ says one attendee planning to get screened.... Crowds were ‘literally pressed against each other, maskless, ’ says one attendee planning to get screened....