Medill Newsmakers: Using video games and comics to educate (VIDEO)
By John Rosin In today’s age of technology, it can be easy to overlook the endless potential stored within video games. In this edition of Medill Newsmakers we explore how teachers are using video games and comic books to teach children math, history and science.
Medill Newsmakers: Preventing gang activity through sports (VIDEO)
By Connor Morgan Gangs are prevalent in Chicago, but sports provide a potential escape from recruitment. In this edition of Medill Newsmakers , we hear how former Chicago high school students coped with the pressures of joining a gang.
Medill Newsmakers: Who are Chicagoans Dating? (VIDEO)
By Anne Arntson This Medill Newsmakers edition focuses on dating. We explore how Chicagoans meet people, whether dating is harder today than ever before and how dating apps and websites might help or hinder finding a potential mate. Photo at top: Host Anne Arntson interviews a panel of daters, including Anders Gamboni, Sam Fiske and […]
Music therapy eases family’s hospital stay (VIDEO)
By Anne Arntson After four months at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Ireland Larson’s hospital room has become her own. It’s filled with stuffed animals, board games, handwritten notes, drawings of her favorite Disney princess, Ariel, family photographs and a heart-shaped electric guitar.
Teenager killed, but legacy lives on through foundation (VIDEO)
By Angela G. Barnes The city of Evanston lost an inspiring leader, basketball star and trailblazer whose life was taken in what the Evanston Police Department has called a case of mistaken identity. What could have been the highlight of a young man’s life has instead become the highlight of his death.
Wrigley Field rats are still hanging around Wrigleyville (Video)
By Angela G. Barnes and Anne Arntson Baseball fans are not the only ones hanging out in Wrigleyville. Since the start of the Wrigley Field renovation project last October, rats have been the bane of the resident’s existence. Cubs officials say they continue to work with the city and Alderman Tunney’s office to combat the problem. […]
Painting the City: Chicago’s unbalanced treatment of illegal art
By Ellen Kobe Anyone who has lived in a relatively large city is familiar with graffiti — paint in public places. But what exactly is the difference between graffiti tagging — which is often cleaned up — versus street art — which is often encouraged by neighborhood organizations? Medill reporter Ellen Kobe asks anti-graffiti activists, […]
Chasing nighttime thunderstorms with NOAA and NASA
By Lizz Giordano The weather research teams waited anxiously for the nighttime storms to appear over the Great Plains. Scientists know very little about how the storms form but they do know how the rainfall from these storms sustains lives, property, agriculture and water resources. So the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NASA and […]
A new future for Carl Street Studios (VIDEO)
By Anne Arntson Carl Street Studios on West Burton Place in Old Town was built in the late 1800s and was purchased by artist Sol Kogen, who invited friend and artist Edgar Miller to help him turn the building into a space for modern artists. During the late 1920s, ’30s and ’40s, the artists worked […]
Day four of hunger strike at Dyett High School continues (VIDEO)
By Carmen Lopez and John Rosin Parents and community leaders are on day four of a hunger strike in Bronzeville. They are protesting the Chicago Public School’s decision to postpone the review of proposals suggesting the reopening Dyett High School.