WATCH: Chicago This Week — Episode 10
This week’s episode of “Chicago This Week” focuses on the environment. Medill reporters take a look at efforts to make the city’s beer industry more sustainable and explain the growth of green roofs in the city, and also reflect on the life of one special bird and the legacy he leaves behind. “Chicago This Week” […]
Medill Newsmakers: Sail Grand Prix, world’s fastest emerging sports league, pushes for gender equity ahead of Chicago championship race
By Lauren Withrow Medill Reports A new sport is coming to Chicago: Nine national Sail Grand Prix teams will set sail on Lake Michigan at Navy Pier this June. In its third season, SailGP is compared to Formula 1 racing on water. National teams made up of six sailors race highly technical, hydrofoiling F50 catamarans, […]
Faith leaders join forces to address environmental justice issues in Louisiana
By Diana Leane Medill Reports Deacon Joseph M. Clavijo sat in a camping chair under a sprawling oak tree in New Orleans’ City Park and marveled at the surrounding nature on a sunny Saturday afternoon in February. As young adults played lawn games and families walked through the grounds, Clavijo recalled how he found God’s […]
WATCH: Natural hair in New Orleans: What’s next?
By Elizabeth Vanderau and Winnie Hsu Medill Reports It is difficult to find an affordable natural hair stylist in New Orleans. While nearly 60% of New Orleanians are Black, very few salons in the city exclusively cater to women with natural hair. Those that do are often unaffordable or do not offer a full menu […]
‘We can’t drill our way out’: Environmental bill could move coastal restoration away from oil money in Louisiana
By Hayley Starshak Medill Reports The landscape in southeast Louisiana changes every day – literally. In Barataria, Louisiana, just 20 miles south of New Orleans, that situation on the ground could not be clearer. What Google Maps shows as a field of land is now mostly open water. The coast in southeast Louisiana is eroding […]
Mapping cities, health and environment at UIC’s Electronic Visualization Lab
By Yuliya Klochan Medill Reports Fabio Miranda, then a Ph.D. student in computer science at New York University, was mapping shadows produced by buildings throughout the day in New York City in 2016. He intended for his project to help urban planners, architects and developers select potential construction sites and test different building types at […]
80-year-old artist pivots between canvas and basketball court
By Mollie Rotmensch Medill Reports Kathleen Eaton may live in Sleepy Hollow, Illinois, but she’s all energy and depth. The professional artist sometimes paints with a twisted knee ligament and jammed fingers. She’s not accident-prone. She’s just baller. This class act puts on her knee brace and low-top Under Armour shoes for 3-on-3 half-court basketball […]
Why the Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac remains one of sailing’s most storied competitions
By Alyssa Haduck Medill Reports The Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac is anything but normal. After 112 years, the July competition remains the world’s longest freshwater sailboat race, with participants trekking 333 miles, or 289.4 nautical miles, from Chicago’s Navy Pier to Mackinac Island, Michigan. But that’s where the consistency ceases. “You’re going to […]
PHOTOS: Northwestern women’s soccer defeats University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
By Xiaotao Zhong Medill Reports Northwestern women’s soccer faced University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in a spring season game on April 24. The Wildcats took an early lead in the first half, thanks to forward Aurea del Carmen’s goal. They continued dominating the rest of the game and scored three more goals in the second half as […]
East Ave creates opportunities for girls lacrosse in western suburbs
By Steven Gorgei Medill Reports Over 60 girls under the age of 9 gathered at midfield with their lacrosse sticks raised high, smiling and cheering after a morning of games on a cold Sunday in early May. Five years ago, East Ave Lacrosse didn’t even have a girls program. But today, more than 200 girls […]