A hundred-year-old tradition of delivering Passover meals feeds 15,000 Chicagoans
By Josephine Chu Medill Reports Volunteers from all over the city worked for weeks to make sure Passover celebrants had meals for the holiday. They packaged ingredients needed for Passover Seder into boxes and delivered them to places like food pantries and senior living centers. The Jewish nonprofit Maot Chitim has been organizing this event for […]
Ukrainians in Chicago vote in presidential election where comedian secures landslide victory
By Andrew Sweeney Medill Reports Ukrainians in Chicago cast their ballots on Sunday in the final round of the Ukrainian presidential election pitting incumbent president and oligarch Petro Poroshenko against comedian Voldomomyr Zelenskiy. Zelenskiy triumphed in a landslide win of 72.3 percent and has pledged to continue Ukraine’s movement towards Europe after the 2014 Ukrainian […]
Scientists explore using bacteria as building blocks for alternative fuels
Researchers at Northwestern University’s Jewett Lab use E. coli and other strains to innovate new renewable compounds By Valerie Nikolas Medill Reports At Northwestern University’s Jewett Lab in the Center for Synthetic Biology, researchers aim to create sustainable chemicals and materials out of existing organic compounds. Using cell-free metabolic engineering, they isolate the structural components […]
Double amputee discovers new abilities through contemporary dance
By Josephine Chu Medill Reports Through contemporary dance, Kris Lenzo shows the world that disabled people are no different from other dancers. Lenzo lost both legs in a work accident nearly 40 years ago but has stayed active since his injury. He played wheelchair basketball for years before transitioning to contemporary dance at Momenta Dance […]
59th Sakura Matsuri Japanese Street Festival celebrates D.C.’s cherry blossoms
By Stephanie Fox Medill Reports [googleapps domain=”docs” dir=”presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vTiucICQXRB7nd6kuQPhwlxjoABsKgY3mkMRkeuUVJzFwzLN3o32HRTAPKM9YTKVxFh1VYaND1_BeNV/embed” query=”start=true&loop=true&delayms=10000″ width=”500″ height=”280″ /] Slideshow: The 59th Annual Sakura Matsuri Japanese Street Festival. (Stephanie Fox) A few blocks from the National Mall, families, friends, dogs and anime enthusiasts crowded through a gated entryway placed on Pennsylvania Avenue to experience the 59th Annual Sakura Matsuri Japanese Street Festival. […]
Lab optimizes performance and prevents injury for warriors, athletes and more
Medill News Service journalist Colleen Zewe is embedding this spring as a reporter with with sports medicine researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Neuromuscular Research Lab as they enhance performance for warriors and athletes. By Colleen Zewe Medill Reports At first glance, the University of Pittsburgh Neuromuscular Research Lab […]
Meet Chef Roberto Pérez: Revitalizing Chicago’s Puerto Rican food scene
By Justin Agrelo Medill Reports Puerto Rican chef Roberto Pérez doesn’t eat pork. He confesses this to me from behind the steering wheel of his black Volvo on a cold Monday a few weeks ago. We’re driving through Chicago’s Austin neighborhood to Rico Fresh, one of Pérez’s favorite grocery stores. His confession is an obvious […]
Chicago group makes climbing accessible
By Melissa Hovanes Medill Reports At age 15, Clarinda Valentine’s life was forever altered. “A guy came in the YMCA shooting and I got the bullet in the back,” said Valentine. “That’s kind of been my life since then. I was a sophomore in high school at the time.” Forty-nine years later, at age 64, […]
Michigan Wolverines come up short in quest for B1G Tournament 3-Peat
By Seth Schlechter Medill Reports Michigan steamrolls Iowa and Minnesota before falling to rival in B1G Title Game Prior to taking the floor each game, the Michigan Wolverines huddle at the end of the tunnel for a last-second pregame pep talk. One by one, each player takes a turn saying what he will contribute to […]
AI automated order takers may reshape the future of drive-through restaurants
By Yixuan Xie Medill Reports The next time when you shout into the ordering box at a drive-through, you might not be talking to a human but an automated order taker. Drive-through windows make up about 70 percent of fast-food chains’ sales, according to a recent study from QSR Magazine. But employees often consider this […]
