Red Stars fall short in franchise’s first NWSL Championship game
By Krystina Iordanou Medill Reports Sunday’s Championship match didn’t catalyze the win the Chicago Red Stars had hoped for, as four goals by the dynamic
Northwestern musician joins Baha’i bicentenary performances this month
By Nicole Stock Medill Reports Chaos spilled through the streets outside, but the corner of a modest apartment in Kampala, Uganda, sheltered a small pot
NASA space-weather satellite launches after one-day delay
By Harrison Liao Medill Reports Due to weather and communications problems, NASA’s Ionospheric Connection Explorer satellite (ICON), initially set to launch Wednesday, remained grounded for
Tiny shells reveal clues to ocean health in North Pacific
By Anne Snabes Medill Reports Calcium carbonate, a primary ingredient in the shells of tiny marine organisms, reduces the acidification of our world’s oceans. The
Pumpkins in the Park 5k celebrates 20th Anniversary
By Junie Burns and Zachary Fishman Medill Reports More than 1,300 people took their Halloween costumes for a test run at the 20th annual Pumpkins
Northwestern students find stress relief in high-intensity boxing
By Selah Holland Medill Reports Classes. Grades. Stress. Clubs. Homework. These words probably trigger thoughts of school and, more specifically, college. Higher education is notorious
Lincoln Park bar continues quirky turtle races under new ownership
By Selah Holland Medill Reports It’s a Friday night at the Tin Lizzie bar, where you can find DePaul and Northwestern University students, Lincoln Park
Two Leo alums join forces to revive a premiere South Side school
By Krystina Iordanou Medill Reports Straightening ties, tucking in shirts, and welcoming young men to the “brotherhood” is an opening day tradition for Dan McGrath,
Chicago Red Stars dynamic offensive duo aces team’s first NWSL championship bid
By Krystina Iordanou Medill Reports For four consecutive years, the Chicago Red Stars have endured the pain of losing in the National Women’s Soccer League
‘Hidden Figures’ author brings to life the visionary women mathematicians behind early NASA launches
By Anne Snabes Medill Reports The pioneering African American women engineers and mathematicians who helped land Neil Armstrong on the moon also maintained a strong
New NOAA weather prediction system improves severe storm forecasts
By Lucia Whalen Medill Reports The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration updated its weather prediction system this June with a climate model that will include
Tropical glaciers are melting fast: A life cycle look at climate change
Madhurita Goswami Medill Reports Most of us associate glaciers with Antarctica or the northern ice-sheets of the Arctic and Greenland. It may come as a