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Students and staff walk on Northern Illinois University's campus in DeKalb on Oct. 30, 2015.

Twitter posts prompt NIU officials to deny they monitor students’ social media accounts

December 15, 2018 at 2:29 a.m.

Northern Illinois University officials say they do not monitor students’ social media accounts, refuting claims made on a Twitter account created last week. On Friday, tweets on a Twitter feed...

Cicero man charged with attempted murder, accused of shooting girlfriend 11 times

May 31, 2019 at 4:08 p.m.

A Cicero man is charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting his girlfriend 11 times in their home while six children were nearby, police said. Mario Scott, 38, was charged...

Christian Perez, 14, participates in a Second City improv class for young people with autism Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018, at Giant Steps organization in Lisle, Ill. (Erin Hooley/baiduhai)

For teens on autism spectrum, improv classes can aid communication

December 15, 2018 at 2:06 a.m.

At the start of an improv class last week, some teens excitedly joined in while others sat off to the side. Others said they’d rather go home. But after a...

At DePaul, creating video games for social good

December 14, 2018 at 11:40 p.m.

To a DePaul University professor and her students, video games are more than just a fun way to pass the time. At the Deep Games Laboratory in DePaul’s College of...

For two consecutive summers, participants in the Chicago EYES on Cancer program are paid to work full time for eight weeks in laboratories on the University of Chicago Medicine campus.

CPS teachers get chance to research cancer with University of Chicago

May 23, 2019 at 12:17 a.m.

Teachers and students will get a chance to spend summers researching cancer through a University of Chicago program designed to encourage students typically underrepresented in science to consider a career...

Moisés Rueda y otros asisten a una sesión del programa 'What's Up With Manhood?', en la secundaria World Language.

En La Villita intentan combatir la violencia sin el estereotipo del macho

December 17, 2018 at 6:27 p.m.

Mientras un grupo de adolescentes bromea y come pizza en un salón de clase en La Villita, su instructor pregunta: ¿Mostrar compasión y emoción es varonil? ¿Cómo priorizas las responsabilidades...

Downers Grove North band director resigns amid accusations of inappropriate sexual behavior

May 31, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

A longtime Downers Grove North High School teacher has resigned amid an investigation into claims of sexual misconduct involving students, and one of his former students has sued the school...

Homewood Mayor Rich Hofeld at home with his dogs (left to right) Annie, Sadie and Jenna on Dec. 11, 2017.

Homewood mayor, 80, rescued from icy lake while retrieving family dog

May 21, 2019 at 9:44 p.m.

After watching his beloved black lab Annie fall into icy water during a Sunday afternoon walk, Homewood Mayor Rich Hofeld said he knew he had to go in after her....

Immigrant advocates rally Nov. 21, 2017, in New York to protest the decision by the Department of Homeland Security to terminate temporary protected status for more than 50,000 people from Haiti.

Local Haitian community fears end of temporary protective status

May 23, 2019 at 12:13 a.m.

The federal government’s recent decision to end a protection allowing tens of thousands of Haitians to live and work legally in the U.S. has instilled fear and panic in the...

Student Moises Rueda, center, and others attend a session in the "What's Up With Manhood" program at World Language High School in Chicago on Nov. 17, 2017.

Teen program combats violence by challenging macho stereotypes

May 31, 2019 at 4:06 p.m.

As a group of teen boys joked and scarfed down a pizza lunch in a Little Village classroom, their instructor posed questions: Is showing compassion and emotion manly? How do...

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