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
Glaciers as “global thermometers” show the fast pace of melting in a warming world
By Madhurita Goswami Medill Reports Glaciers across the globe behave in a synchronized manner, said geologist Thomas Lowell at the recent Comer Climate Conference, an
Park preservationists continue battle over Obama Center in Jackson Park
By Xinyi Zhang Medill Reports Protect Our Parks (POP) will replay a 1987 event when Hyde Park women go to Jackson Park to save trees
A heritage of artists highlight Chicago Inaugural Indigenous Peoples’ Day Concert
By Elena Bruess Medill Reports The Chicago show began by honoring those who owned these ancient lands. It was a recognition of what was past,
Should the U.S. continue prosecuting illegal immigrants? Northwestern community split but majority favors decriminalization
By Carolina Gonzalez Medill Reports Northwestern University students were divided at a recent campus debate on whether the U.S. should decriminalize illegal immigration, offering arguments