International Rugby Coming to Chicago
By Nick Mantas Medill Reports At a news conference inside Soldier Field it was announced The Rugby Weekend will be held in Chicago once again.
People may not inherit parents’ money DNA, experts say
By Roxanne (Yanchun) Liu Medill Reports Lori Schwartz’s father, a 74-year-old doctor, only goes to restaurants for dinner where he can use coupons. Raised in
The hunt for the return of the river herring
Medill News Service journalist Mollie McNeel is writing a series of stories from embedded reporting with field researchers for the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in
Coach Jared Voss Gets Win Number 500
By Nick Mantas Medill Reports Illinois high school baseball has a new member in the 500 club. Joliet Catholic Academy’s Head Baseball Coach Jared Voss
Tracking marine life on the edge of the Pacific
By Rebecca Fanning Medill Reports Bodega Bay, California. I’ve spent the past several weeks working with marine ecologists –holding tiny porcelain crabs, named for their
Special tradition in a special lacrosse rivalry
By Nick Mantas Medill Reports Every rivalry has it’s own pageantry and traditions that make it unique. The rivalry between New Trier High School and
From finding sinkholes to slave fishing ships – Observing the Earth with satellites
DigitalGlobe maps the Earth’s surface at a high resolution, to the extent where you can take a single map and zoom in enough to clearly see
Preview: Illinois’ best high school lacrosse match up
By Nick Mantas Medill Reports Two of the best high school lacrosse programs in the state of Illinois will face-off for the first time this
Chasing tornadoes from the air
Chasing tornadoes and hurricanes with an airplane reveals an unprecedented view of their reach, threat and power. But it’s a rocky ride. Medill News Service
Tesla’s share price gets a bump from Model 3 production but the run may not continue
By Roxanne (Yanchun) Liu Medill Reports Shares of luxury electric-car manufacturer Tesla Inc. (TSLA) jumped the week after the company reported scaled-up production of its
Boeing is strong despite drop in stock price
By Minghe Hu Medill Reports Wall Street expects the stock performance of Boeing Co. will overcome the turbulence of trade war with China because of
Mixed outlooks are revealed for Northern Trust’s future stock performance
By Jinman li Medill Reports Analysts and shareholders have mixed outlooks for Northern Trust Corp.’s stock price in the next 12 to 24 months, with