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Demonstrators march from the Washington Monument to the White House during a “Stop Sexual Violence” protest in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Cornell president admits he never followed up on gang rape allegation ahead of no-confidence debate

By Leah Willingham

October 14, 2026 at 3:06 p.m.

Cornell University President Michael Kotlikoff knew in 2024 that a student had reported being gang...

A student interacts with the Da Vinci Robotic Surgical System at Oak Park and River Forest High School on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. (Cam'ron Hardy/Pioneer Press)

Oak Park and River Forest High School students get hands-on experience with robot surgical device

By Cam'ron Hardy

October 14, 2026 at 5:04 a.m.

Oak Park and River Forest High School students had a unique opportunity to interact with...

Jessica Biggs attends a forum for Chicago Board of Education president candidates at Malcolm X College on Oct. 5, 2026. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Billionaire donor Michael Sacks gives $150,000 to school board president candidate Jessica Biggs

By Kate Armanini

October 13, 2026 at 7:15 p.m.

Billionaire Democratic donor Michael Sacks donated $150,000 to school board president candidate Jessica Biggs, the largest...

Co-owner Eric Abramowitz at Eric’s Rx Shoppe unpacks a shipment of COVID-19 vaccines at the store in Horsham, Pa., Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

States move to protect vaccines in the face of attempts to remove mandates

By Associated Press

September 7, 2025 at 9:38 a.m.

While most Americans say kids should be vaccinated to attend school, adults nationwide are now...

President Michael Schill speaks to Northwestern University incoming students and families on Sept. 12, 2023, in Evanston. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Northwestern President Michael Schill’s exit reopens wounds over campus protests, antisemitism allegations

By Kate Armanini

September 7, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Faculty members and students are reeling from Northwestern University President Michael Schill's resignation after a...

Western Illinois University cheerleaders and the marching band perform outside COFAC Recital Hall before the university assembly in Macomb on Aug. 22, 2025. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Student enrollment at Illinois’ regional universities is plummeting and solutions are hard to come by

By Jeremy Gorner

September 6, 2025 at 6:50 p.m.

Fewer students attending so-called directional universities is a national trend but the problem is more...

Leone José Bicchieri leads his family — wife Claudia Galeno-Sanchez and their children, Leone, 8, and Claudia, 11 — from their home, walking to the children’s school, Orozco Community Academy, in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, on Sept. 5, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

‘It’s important to make our community feel safe’: CPS community organizes ahead of potential ICE action

By Kate Perez

September 6, 2025 at 11:55 a.m.

Chicago Public Schools stakeholders are promoting Constitutional rights amid threats of incoming National Guard and...

District 171 administration center (Sunnybrook District 171)

Lansing District 171 teachers’ union to pay custodian $110,000 in racial discrimination lawsuit settlement

By Olivia Stevens

September 5, 2025 at 2:43 p.m.

The Sunnybrook Educational Association will pay Lansing District 171 custodian Eugene Johnson $110,000 to settle...

Northwestern University President Michael Schill attends a Faculty Senate meeting on April 9, 2025, in Evanston. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Northwestern University President Michael Schill resigns amid funding freeze

By Kate Armanini

September 4, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.

Northwestern University President Michael Schill will resign after a three-year tenure, including five months of...

Former Lincoln Park High School interim principal John Thuet and former assistant principal Michelle Brumfield at their attorney's office in Chicago on Feb. 25, 2020. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

CPS settles with former Lincoln Park High School administrators after 5-year court battle

By Kate Perez

September 4, 2025 at 5:24 p.m.

The $700,000 settlement comes years after the two administrators were fired based on sexual misconduct...

Students file in for the first day of school at the Courtenay Language Arts Center in the Uptown neighborhood on Aug. 18, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

CPS prepares students, parents amid National Guard deployment threat

By Kate Perez

September 4, 2025 at 4:38 p.m.

Amid talk of the National Guard coming to the city, Chicago Public Schools is preparing...

A Nov. 13, 2008, photo of the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. (Lisa Poole/AP)

Judge reverses Trump administration’s cuts of billions of dollars to Harvard University

By Collin Binkley

September 3, 2025 at 8:01 p.m.

A federal judge in Boston on Wednesday ordered the reversal of the Trump administration’s cuts...

Students at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management gather in the school's Global Hub in 2018. A Northwestern trustee and her husband have donated $20 million to support the school’s Center for Enlightened Disagreement, housed in the Kellogg School of Management. (Chris Walker/baiduhai)

Northwestern trustee and husband gift $20 million to Center for Enlightened Disagreement

By Kate Armanini

September 3, 2025 at 1:26 p.m.

A Northwestern University trustee and her husband have donated $20 million to support the school’s...