During an open meeting with the Committee on Dissent and Protest, Losier discussed his arrest report and a recently surfaced video.
Topic: trauma center
Polonsky meets with SG, talks UCMC
In a closed-door meeting, SG and Polonsky discussed the logistics of the choice to not offer trauma care at the U of C.
Letter: UCMC unresponsive
Hospital admins must make good on public discussion promise.
Centering around progress
Far from simply “shaming” those in charge, trauma center activists cultivate ties with local figures and groups working toward change.
A new trauma epicenter
If activists want to see a trauma center on the South Side, they may want to take their cause to City Hall.
SHE presents research in support of trauma center
Members of SHE discuss why the research that the UCMC cites in arguing against the necessity of a trauma center on the South Side might be wrong.
Engage thy neighbor
The University must make a sustained and meaningful attempt to extend a hand to members of the South Side community.
Prosecutors back down, trial ends
On Friday, the three protestors arrested and charged during the January 27 protest accepted revised versions of plea-bargains offered on Tuesday, ending the trial.
Pritzker Dean Dr. Kenneth Polonsky discusses trauma center
Dean Polonsky discussed the importance dialogue around the trauma center at a public roundtable last night meant to focus on the new Center for Care and Discovery.
Fix the police
UCPD’s use of undercover officer at trauma center protest was counter to UChicago’s values.
University forum examines trauma protest prosecutions
University and community members expressed concerns about the arrests and prosecutions resulting from the January 27 trauma center protests.
Three protesters arrested at UCMC, at first trial this afternoon
Prosecutors on behalf of the University presented a plea bargain this afternoon. Toussaint Losier rejected it , while Jacob Klippenstein and Alex Goldenberg (A.B. ’06) ponder how to proceed.
FLY, SHE protest opening day at Center for Care and Discovery
The protest complied with restrictions on noise and traffic in the UCMC during the transfer of patients to the new facility.
Uncommon Interview: Toussaint Losier
Graduate student and trauma care activist Toussaint Losier talks about his arrest, the future of the trauma center campaign, and the chance encounter that led to a private meeting with President Zimmer.
Two years of trauma service, decades of debate
The UCMC’s refusal to reopen a level-1 adult trauma center has been highly controversial since the original center’s closing in 1988.
UCSC discusses Jan. 27 protest
Students and community members discussed race, trauma care, and disparities in health care on Saturday.
FLY, SHE continue calls for trauma center with flower vigil
Participants marched to the Administration building and dropped their flowers in front of President Zimmer’s office.
Letter: cost of UCPD
We must evaluate necessity of campus cops.
Students to hold vigil for gun violence victims
During the vigil, a small group of students intend to go to President Zimmer’s office to demand charges be dropped against the four protesters arrested on Sunday at the UCMC.
Explanation needed from campus cops
The UCPD’s treatment of protestors raises concerns about student safety and community trust.
Four arrested in trauma center protest
Students and community members protested the UCMC’s lack of an adult trauma care center yesterday afternoon. Witnesses said the peaceful sit-in quickly turned violent when UCPD arrived.
Community marches 10 miles for trauma center
Members of FLY and others on the South Side marched to Northwestern to show how far a trauma victim would have to travel in an emergency.
The truth about trauma
Health education programs are not a solution to the South Side’s structural disadvantages.
Back to health care basics
A trauma center wouldn’t fill pressing South Side health needs.
Hospital officials weigh in on city’s racial divide
Hospital administrators blasted the current state of health access on the South Side.
Board of Trustees Chair talks tuition, trauma center
Andrew Alper (A.B. ’80, M.B.A. ’81) the chair of the University’s Board of Trustees addressed student concerns about rising tuition and a UCMC trauma center.
UCMC sounds off in open forum with trauma center activists
Students, staff, and administrators had their first official dialogue regarding the lack of a trauma center at the University of Chicago Medical Center last night at an open forum hosted by SG.
SG slate remaining neutral on trauma center, for now
As Student Government’s November 10 open forum on the lack of a trauma center on the South Side of Chicago approaches, the SG Executive Slate is remaining neutral on the issue. SG President Youssef Kalad issued this statement in an…
Officials defend lack of trauma center, tout UCMC’s offerings
A discussion organized by U of C Medical School students allowed hospital officials to discuss recent criticism of the UCMC.
Celebration, protest mark MLK Day
Protesters staged a mock funeral outside the University’s Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Service last Friday, insisting the addition of a level-one trauma center to the UCMC.
Die-in on quad protests UCMC
The protesters dramatized a need for trauma care on the South Side, part of a campaign to pressure the UCMC to reopen its trauma center.