Analyzing the data: Chicago mayoral runoff by the numbers
By Jia You As Mayor Rahm Emanuel settles in for his second term, Medill Reports takes a closer look at voting patterns in the 50 wards during the city’s first-ever mayoral runoff , and answers some of your burning questions about the election.
From granite to glacier: Rebuilding Antarctica’s Ice Age past
By Jia You Palisades, New York — They rest side by side on a dark bench table, two coarse linen bags labeled with big, round numbers and letters. Mike Kaplan carefully unties the bag labeled “JRI-14-33” and reaches inside. “That’s a really nice granite,” the 46-year-old geologist exclaims as soon as he sees the light […]
Report ranks Chicago the nation’s 6th ‘sneeziest and wheeziest’ city
By Jia You As Chicagoans brace themselves for another peak asthma and allergy season, a national report ranks the Windy City among America’s top 10 “sneeziest and wheeziest” cities. And the report, released Wednesday, blames climate change for making things worse.
Trash mountain highlights recycling and waste for NU’s Earth Day festivities
By Jia You [vimeo 125844515 w=500 h=281] A gray and chilly April morning didn’t deter Lizzy Conger from waving and shouting “Recycle!” to the passers-by, costumed in her suit made of hundreds of plastic bags. She revved up the recycling mantra for Earth Day at Northwestern University’s Evanston campus on Wednesday. Behind Conger loomed a […]
