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Why UChicago Is Opting for Analog Classrooms
The University of Chicago is selectively going tech-free. Its undergrad dean, Melina Hale, explains why.
How Argonne is Supercharging Scientific Discovery
Argonne’s Ian Foster explains how AI will be used to accelerate research.
A 200-Level Course in CTA Etiquette
Step all the way into the car. A little more. One more step. Good.
The 1968 Chicago Riots—Why the West Side?
The area was at the tail end of the Great Migration, and still under the...
The Day WSNS-TV Chicago Got Word a Nuclear Attack Was Imminent
In February 1971, a 23-year-old TV director got an official "Attack Warning." He checked the...
Art Shay
The photographer, 96, on Liz Taylor, JFK, and almost killing Jimmy Stewart
Are Changing Ward Lines a Source of Chicago's Violence?
A University of Chicago sociologist is investigating the possibility that small areas, which have been...
The National Weather Service Forecast: More Budget and Staff Cuts
Just three years after the forecasters union says the Chicago region lost 23 percent of...
Illinois Will Finally Close the Gender Wage Gap… In 2065
There's a lot of legislation on the table to get there, but there's also a...
Hazim’s Electronic Dreams: Documenting the Yazidi Genocide
Hazim Adval, a self-taught Iraqi programmer, built software to help victims of the ISIS-led genocide...
What Can Be Done About Facebook and Privacy?
Privacy-law expert Lior Strahilevitz talks about why the Cambridge Analytica scandal is the company's hardest...
This Week’s 10 Must-Read Stories
The death of a policeman, the life of a chef, Molly Ringwald on John Hughes,...