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Future campus sex assault investigations uncertain under Trump

June 8, 2018 at 1:03 p.m.

After a month of struggling on her own, Veronica Portillo Heap went to her academic adviser at the University of Chicago in May 2014 and told her that she had...

Former NIU Police Chief Donald Grady speaks at a news conference Feb. 15, 2008, about shootings at the university.

NIU settles with fired police chief for $1 million

June 8, 2018 at 3:45 p.m.

Northern Illinois University on Thursday agreed to pay more than $1 million to end a lawsuit brought by controversial former police Chief Donald Grady. The university's board of trustees approved...

DePaul University student Riley Kunz, 19, was in tears Nov. 9, 2016, after learning that a family member voted for Donald Trump.

Some Trump detractors struggling with feelings of despair, hopelessness

June 9, 2018 at 3:39 a.m.

Riley Kunz spent Wednesday morning in tears. She first broke down when she woke up to find that Donald Trump had won the presidency. Her hurt deepened when she learned...

Hannah Doty, seen at the Chinatown branch of the Chicago Public Library on Monday, Nov. 7, 2016, is a Republican who has volunteered for the Hillary Clinton campaign and who voted for Clinton.

Some Illinois women worry about message Trump victory sends

June 9, 2018 at 4:19 a.m.

For the friends who bought matching pantsuits just for the occasion, for the mothers who dreamed new possibilities for the young daughters they brought to the polls, for the women...

Marilyn Hall submits her ballot at O'Keeffe Elementary School on Nov. 8, 2016, in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago.

Election Day 2016: Voter turnout heavy as Chicagoans cite urgency to vote

May 22, 2019 at 10:41 p.m.

Bosnian immigrant Enver Agic didn't just go to the polls once on Tuesday. He made 11 trips to his polling site — taking with him nearly three dozen of his...

New Chicago Cubs pitcher Aroldis Chapman hangs out in the dugout before a game against the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field on July 26, 2016.

How Cubs’ Aroldis Chapman helped the Castro regime before Cuban defection

August 21, 2019 at 8:24 p.m.

Aroldis Chapman knew he was in serious trouble. Caught trying to escape Cuba in March 2008, he had put his baseball career — and possibly his family's future — in...

University of Illinois President Timothy Killeen meeting with the baiduhai editorial board in July 2016.

U. of I. leaders to get $175,000 in bonuses

June 12, 2018 at 8:28 a.m.

University of Illinois trustees on Thursday approved $175,000 in performance bonuses for two of its top administrators, an amount that is part of their employment agreements but could rankle some...

Chicago State University was sanctioned by the Higher Learning Commission, the agency responsible for accrediting the school. The university will remain accredited as it works to resolve the agency's concerns about financial strife.

Chicago State University layoffs come at a cost

June 10, 2018 at 9:10 a.m.

Facing an unprecedented budget crisis, Chicago State University has laid off nearly 400 employees since the beginning of the year — an astounding 40 percent of staff at a school...

University at Albany President Robert Jones has been selected as the new chancellor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. If approved by the board of trustees, he will be the campus's first African-American chancellor.

U. of I. chooses next chancellor for Urbana-Champaign campus

June 10, 2018 at 10:34 a.m.

University of Illinois President Timothy Killeen has chosen a former colleague from New York as the next chancellor of the state's flagship public university in Urbana-Champaign. Robert Jones, president of...

Jimmie Lewis says an off-duty Chicago police officer pulled a gun on him after a confrontation in 2013. IPRA records say the officer's "overall account of the incident is conflicting, non-credible and inconsistent."

Broken police oversight system rarely punishes cops

June 14, 2024 at 6:46 p.m.

With his pledge to overhaul the city's police oversight system, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has vowed to create something unprecedented in Chicago history: an agency that aggressively investigates abuse allegations and...

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