
59th Sakura Matsuri Japanese Street Festival celebrates D.C.’s cherry blossoms
By Stephanie Fox Medill Reports [googleapps domain=”docs” dir=”presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vTiucICQXRB7nd6kuQPhwlxjoABsKgY3mkMRkeuUVJzFwzLN3o32HRTAPKM9YTKVxFh1VYaND1_BeNV/embed” query=”start=true&loop=true&delayms=10000″ width=”500″ height=”280″ /] Slideshow: The 59th Annual Sakura Matsuri Japanese Street Festival. (Stephanie Fox) A few

Guam residents demand change: “There is No Planet B”
Text and photos by Hannah Magnuson Medill Reports About 60 residents gathered at Paseo Stadium in Agana, Guam, on Saturday, April 13, in an act

Life at a research lab in Israel’s Negev desert
By Alexis Shanes Medill Reports SDE BOKER, ISRAEL — Two hours south of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, where political drama unraveled amid Tuesday’s Israeli elections,

Lab optimizes performance and prevents injury for warriors, athletes and more
Medill News Service journalist Colleen Zewe is embedding this spring as a reporter with with sports medicine researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of

How to ensure your electric vehicle is powered by renewable energy
By Brady Jones Medill Reports Driving an electric vehicle plays a critical role in reducing carbon dioxide emissions, but the impact of this reduction gets

Meet Chef Roberto Pérez: Revitalizing Chicago’s Puerto Rican food scene
By Justin Agrelo Medill Reports Puerto Rican chef Roberto Pérez doesn’t eat pork. He confesses this to me from behind the steering wheel of his

Chicago’s green space: Inequitable for 100 years
By: Carly Graf Medill Reports This July marks 100 years since 17-year-old Eugene Williams drowned in Lake Michigan. The black teenager unknowingly drifted across 29th

Chicago bike shops welcome new wave cyclists
By Carly Graf Medill Reports Thanks to 200-miles of bike lanes, the newly renovated Lakefront Trail and more than 130,000 spots to park and lock

On Northwestern’s campus, men are addressing their role in sexual violence
By Chris Schulz Medill Reports The topic of sexual assault and misconduct is nothing new, but conversations among men about the role they can play

Overcoming obstacles, Northwestern safety Jared McGee looks to take the league by storm
By Andre Earls Medill Reports Jared McGee has made it. Whether it was fighting concussions since he was 14-years-old, coming off of a brutal hip

Chicago group makes climbing accessible
By Melissa Hovanes Medill Reports At age 15, Clarinda Valentine’s life was forever altered. “A guy came in the YMCA shooting and I got the

Michigan Wolverines come up short in quest for B1G Tournament 3-Peat
By Seth Schlechter Medill Reports Michigan steamrolls Iowa and Minnesota before falling to rival in B1G Title Game Prior to taking the floor each game,