Speakers Call for Chicagoans to Break the Silence on Gun Control
By Xinyi (Ethel) Jiang and Jinitzail Hernandez Medill Reports Politicians and 11 different community organizations came together to appeal for gun control at the Federal Plaza in downtown Chicago on Oct. 9. The event was held as a vigil for the shooting victims in Las Vegas and as a rally against the National Rifle […]
Growing Home produces a bountiful harvest for Englewood residents
By Eunice Wang and Natalya Carrico Medill Reports Growing Home came to the South Side of Chicago in 2006 under the Englewood Quality of Life Plan. The organization offers a paid, 14-week job training program for adults with varying employment barriers. Approximately 30 percent of the program participants come from the greater Englewood neighborhood. The […]
Community efforts bring about theme of ‘Englewood Rising’ in the South Side neighborhood
By: Hannah Wiley and Joey Mendolia Medill Reports Tina Hammond has brought a splash of color and a message of hope to her Englewood neighborhood. Buying a vacant lot next to her home for $1 through a city program, Hammond and her husband transformed the once bleak empty space into a garden of positivity.
In tough times, influential women unite to inspire one another
By Caroline Tanner Medill Reports CHICAGO – “Every woman is a pioneer,” rang loudly through the Chicago Theatre on October 24, during a night of honest talk between eight women on a couch, designed to portray a conversation you’d have with your friends in your living room. Aimed at uniting public figures with fellow women, […]
Chicago artists let their freak flags fly at Halloween Arts in the Dark parade
By Naomi Waxman Medill Reports Chicago celebrated the wicked, the wild and the weird Saturday, as artists from across the country strutted their stuff before crowds of excited fans lined up along Columbus Drive. Residents of all ages watched fire-spinning skeletons, a bulbous blue anglerfish and even a train of hearses, owned by local enthusiasts. […]
Chicago police to roll out body cameras ahead of schedule
By Em Steck Medill Reports The Chicago Police Department says it will roll out its body camera program across all districts before the end of the year as part of the city’s promise for greater police accountability. A total of 8,157 “body worn cameras” will be deployed to patrol officers in Chicago by Dec. 4 […]
At 76, Chinese dance instructor lives her passion and passes it on
By Dena Khalafallah and Tiffany Chen Medill Reports At 11 years old, Jin Qui Yue discovered her passion for dance and has followed it throughout her life. At 76 years old, she continues to teach dance to students of all ages in Chicago. “I’m 76 years old already, and I still haven’t stepped down from […]
Northwestern’s solar-powered house heads to the Solar Decathlon in Denver
By Lakshmi Chandrasekaran The house came down piece by numbered piece. In mid-September, the House by Northwestern (HBN) team dismantled the entire home they built over the summer, and FedEx-ed it off to Denver. The solar-powered sustainable house, Enable is an official entry in the eighth Solar Decathlon competition, sponsored by the United States Department of […]
NU symposium honors chemist Vladimir Nikolayevich Ipatieff who helped win World War II
By Lakshmi Chandrasekaran Chemists Vladimir Nikolayevich Ipatieff and Herman Pines, both immigrants to America, put their brilliant minds to work creating a special aviation fuel, a closely guarded secret that helped the Allied forces win World War II. Ipatieff developed the field of surface catalysis used extensively in refining petroleum by-products into fuel components. Ipatieff […]
Build a better planet one photo at a time – Add yours to the global view
By Lakshmi Chandrasekaran “Think of how it wraps completely around our planet, connecting us all as one global family – living and breathing under one shared sky,” says Wilmette artist and environmental activist Ben Whitehouse of the sky. “It only stands to reason we should take great care of it for each other,” he adds. And […]
