Your old cell phone could become the medals for 2020 Tokyo Olympics
By Cyan Zhong Medill Reports If you live in Japan, you might have a chance to see top athletes all over the world wear your old phones on their necks next summer. Well, not quite, but close. The Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games has been collecting used electronics all over Japan, […]
R. Kelly indictment sparks sexual violence conversations among Chicagoans
By Nora Mabie Medill Reports Students, educators and community members came together this month to discuss sexual violence against black women and girls at the Pop-Up JUST Art Gallery, a program of the Social Justice Initiative at University of Illinois at Chicago. Recent charges of sexual abuse against R&B singer R. Kelly ignited the meeting […]
San Juan outreach program supports local homeless community
By Chris Schulz Medill Reports SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO – It’s just before 8 p.m. when we arrive at Iniciativa Comunitaria in the Rio Piedras neighborhood of San Juan. Every Friday night, Iniciativa conducts Operación Compasión, a nighttime round to serve the local homeless population by providing food, coffee, juice, condoms, clothes, hygiene kits and […]
ABA TECHSHOW introduces cutting-edge technology for law practices
By Yixuan Xie Medill Reports Technology startups plan to stir up legal practices with their latest advances. Fifteen of these companies participated in the Startup Alley at the annual American Bar Association (ABA) TECHSHOW in Chicago through this past weekend. The innovators demonstrated the integration in law office operations of their new tools for artificial […]
Looming power plant closure leaves Hopi seeking new energy and revenue sources
By Dwight A. Weingarten Medill Reports Walpi and the Hopi Landscape Traveling north nearly 300 miles from Phoenix along winding roads lies Walpi, a village inhabited for more than 1,100 years. Walpi sits atop First Mesa and looks down from a 300-foot peak on the land of the Hopi nation that stretches across three mesas, […]
Cyber insurance: Consumer friend or foe?
By Jessica Xieyang Qiao Medill Reports Warren Buffett is not eager for Berkshire Hathaway to be a pioneer in the “uncharted territory” of investing in cyber insurance. Yet cyber insurance is growing and evolving rapidly in response to a surge in demand and an increasing level of cyber threats. The total cybersecurity insurance market in […]
Even with new players, Clippers’ offensive system gives team edge
By Neel Madhavan Medill Reports Prior to the start of the season, most preseason predictions had the Los Angeles Clippers in the bottom-half of the NBA, outside the playoff picture. Now at the All-Star break with 23 games left in the season, the Clippers are sitting in the eighth and final playoff spot in the […]
The art of motion – hoop dance contest world championships 2019
By Lily Qi Medill Reports American Indian and Canadian First Nations hoop dancers gathered in Phoenix to compete with each other in this dance competition to celebrate Native traditions. The 2019 Head Museum World Championship Hoop Dance Contest filled Feb 9 and Feb 10 with dances drawing together 36 First Nations from across the Americas.
LA Kings return home with 4-3 shootout loss to Canucks
By Neel Madhavan Medill Reports Returning to Staples Center for the first time since Jan. 21, the Los Angeles Kings hoped to give their notoriously faithful fans something to cheer about. However, Elias Pettersson and the Vancouver Canucks had other plans. Both Pettersson and Adam Gaudette tallied a goal and an assist to hand the […]
Facing inevitable data breaches and new privacy laws, companies shift focus to response
By Tyler Sonnemaker Medill Reports The number of data breaches has skyrocketed in recent years, with high-profile incidents involving major companies such as Facebook and Uber, financial institutions and government agencies. According to a report from the Identity Theft Resource Center, 1,579 incidents — involving nearly 179 million records — occurred in 2017 alone. That […]