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 […]
Amanda Woerner says Women’s Health website filled a void in coronavirus coverage
By Erin Warwood Medill Reports How long will the COVID-19 pandemic last? What’s it like to fall ill with the virus? And why is it called “coronavirus”? Amanda Woerner, 34, executive digital editor at Women’s Health magazine, explains how these kinds of questions fit into the publication’s digital coverage of COVID-19 and describes the challenges […]
Fauci remains optimistic about near-end to pandemic in 2021
By Liam Bohen-Meissner Dr. Anthony Fauci remains cautiously optimistic about the prospect of ending the pandemic and returning to some level of normalcy within the year. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, spoke on positive vaccine efficacy and the merits of double masking at a Q&A Jan. 29 at the […]
High school best friends create the first Black-owned gourmet sliced bread company
By Diamond Palmer Medill Reports The history of sliced bread goes back to 1928, but it has left out Black creators since then. This means endless shelves of sliced bread without any Black brands for almost a century. Imagine walking into the local grocery store and finding no Black-owned sliced bread. This is the experience […]
Bar association group links environmental racism to higher pandemic rates, lead poisoning, and lasting tolls for tribal nations and communities of color
By Leonna McAfee Medill Reports The civil rights arm of the American Bar Association is calling for legal reforms to prevent pollution threats and other environmental injustices linking tribal communities and communities of color to everything from higher COVID-19 contagion to increased lead poisoning. The ABA’s Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice held a […]