Evanston pushes to contact, vaccinate homeless people for COVID-19
By Liam Bohen-Meissner Medill Reports The city of Evanston refocused its coronavirus vaccination efforts on people living in group settings such as homeless shelters beginning the week of Feb. 22, according to the city ‘s website. After Evanston moved into phase 1b of its vaccination plan in late January, the city prioritized administering doses to […]
Southeast Side activists rally at City Hall urging Lightfoot to deny permit for General Iron
By Leonna McAfee Medill Reports Southeast Side residents on hunger strikes to prevent the move of industrial metal shredder General Iron to move operations from affluent Lincoln Park to the predominantly Black and Latino Southeast Side gathered with area activists and supporters at City Hall for a candlelight vigil Thursday. They called on Mayor Lori […]
Buffalo Grove, Glenbrook South basketball adjust to COVID-19 season
By David Korzeniowski Medill Reports Two local high schools, Buffalo Grove and Glenbrook South, make the most of a shortened 2021 basketball season due to COVID-19. David Korzeniowski is a sports reporter at Medill. You can follow him on Twitter at @d_korz83.
Chicago faces historic snowfall
By Emilie Zuhowski Medill Reports Chicagoans experienced the snowiest three-week stretch in the city since 1979, according to the National Weather Service. Emilie Zuhowski is a video and broadcast reporter at Medill. You can follow her on Twitter at @EmilieZuhowski.
LGBTQ+ community gifts seniors Valentine’s Day cards
By Yvonne Krumrey Medill Reports “Roses are red, crystals are shiny, I hope this is the best V-Day you have ever seen. This year is crazy, but I am happy if you are happy,” reads a card written by a second-grader, to someone he’s never met. His card was one of 200 that were delivered […]
‘Well-being economics’ would reshape politics and address income inequality and climate change, says professor Dirk Philipsen
By Aedan Hannon Medill Reports Climate researchers are increasingly concerned about upcoming “tipping points,” epidemiologists are preparing for future pandemics, and political scientists are warning that income inequality and the resurgence of authoritarianism and populism are threatening the future of democracy. Dirk Philipsen, an associate research professor of economic history at Duke University and the […]
Community leaders call for steps to end racism targeting Asian Americans
By Ester Wells Medill Reports Some Asian Americans are risking death from COVID-19 rather than turning to medical care where they fear health care professionals won’t understand their language and often don’t respect their medical requests, said Chhaya Chhoum, framing the larger Asian experience in the crisis through the challenges confronted by one family her […]
Superconductor experts at Fermilab lead efforts to build revolutionary quantum computers
By Shivani Majmudar and Grace Rodgers Medill Reports The Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory, just west of Chicago, is leading one of five national centers to advance quantum computing — a move to speed up computational science and technology while harnessing vast new levels of information. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, working in collaboration with 19 scientific, […]
African American medical professionals promote vaccines, wellness to combat COVID-19 pandemic
Leonna McAfee Medill Reports Medical professionals in Evanston encourages the Black community and the general public to roll up their sleeves and get vaccinated for COVID-19 as a key step in putting the pandemic behind us. Doctors and other medical professionals partnered with the Second Baptist Church and AMITA Health St. Francis Hospital in Evanston […]
Mushrooms’ names can hold the key to life or death — yours
By Marisa Sloan Medill Reports When Dr. Attabey Rodríguez Benítez successfully defended her chemical biology dissertation at the University of Michigan, her colleagues surprised her with an unusual gift: a golden oyster mushroom growing kit. She plopped the big bag of compressed sawdust between her desk and a humidifier, spritzed it with water and nearly […]