ComEd’s green energy innovation is partnering with historic Bronzeville

By Jillian Melero Medill Reports Bronzeville, the South Side home of Chicago’s Black Renaissance and the birthplace of Black History Month, hopes to launch its next Golden Age with support from a smart microgrid being installed by utility ComEd. The microgrid will tap green energy to help power the community. Once completed in 2019, the […]

Partnership between ComEd and Bronzeville creates new opportunities on the South Side

by Jillian Melero Medill Reports Paula Robinson has been president of Bronzeville’s Community Development Partnership, a neighborhood advisory group, for 29 years. She co-founded the Urban Innovation Center, a business incubator focused on tourism, technology, and transportation, with Bruce Montgomery in 2006. Between her roles in community development and technology innovation, Robinson has been a […]

How AI can help you make better sense of the world

Screenshot of a chess game app – Chess. Chess programs running on smartphones today can play at the grandmaster level, according to the AI Index 2018 Annual Report.

By Xiaoyi Liu Medill Reports Artificial intelligence (AI) is on the cusp of materially changing our own intelligence and decision-making ability. Just as we saw the replacement of human labor with machines during the Industrial Revolution, plan on a similar revolution in the modern workforce. AI will also bring economic opportunity, societal disruption – and […]