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PHOTO: Top prospects showcase at 2026 NBA Draft Combine - Medill Reports Chicago
1+ hour, 21+ min ago (104+ words) PHOTO: Top prospects showcase at 2026 NBA Draft Combine Northwestern University The 2026 NBA Draft Combine, held May 10-17 at Wintrust Arena, brought together 73 elite prospects from across the United States and four other countries for rigorous testing and evaluation. Top-tier talents like…...
What the numbers say: How family-friendly is Vienna?
4+ hour, 29+ min ago (1170+ words) By Mallory Evans Medill Reports However, in Salzburg, another historic Austrian city, families stay nearly double the length of time they do in Vienna." Although"data"shows"families on average stay longer in Salzburg, Viennese residents and hotel managers alike…...
WATCH: Chicago This Week " Season 6, Episode 7 - Medill Reports Chicago
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (127+ words) WATCH: Chicago This Week " Season 6, Episode 7 Northwestern University By Morgan Hawes and Victoria Olaleye Medill Reports In the seventh episode of "Chicago This Week," a fatal house fire in West Englewood leaves two people dead. Plus, a sit-down interview with…...
WATCH: Chicago This Week " Season 6, Episode 5
2+ week, 2+ day ago (96+ words) Northwestern University WATCH: Chicago This Week " Season 6, Episode 5 By Morgan Hawes and Victoria Olaleye In the fifth episode of "Chicago This Week," we feature a newly formed organization that encourages Chicagoans to write to their representatives using postcards, aiming to…...
Should Chicagoans take fewer photos? Some pros say yes
3+ week, 3+ day ago (317+ words) Anastasia Khoubaeva, who sells cameras at Central Camera, Chicago's oldest camera store, points to rows of Canon Power Shots and Kodak Pix Pros on sale. "These will be gone by the end of next month," Khoubaeva said. As she shows…...
Embrace the niche: A guide to Chicago's specialty museums
1+ mon, 6+ hour ago (1532+ words) By Mallory Evans Medill Reports Smelling dozens of ice cream flavors. Clicking buttons and cranking levers to control inflation and cash flow. Squinting your eyes to see tiny bowling pins, buttons, rocksand figurines. The commonality? They'reall activities in Chicago museums....
WATCH: The Trump administration is attempting to block Puerto Rico's transition to renewable energy, potentially locking in decades of fossil fuel dependence
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (227+ words) Northwestern University WATCH: The Trump administration is attempting to block Puerto Rico's transition to renewable energy, potentially locking in decades of fossil fuel dependence For decades, Puerto Ricans have suffered from an unreliable electricity grid and devastating pollution from the…...
LISTEN: Hearing the signals of the body in real time: What new technologies could mean for patients with autoimmune digestive disorders
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (599+ words) Editor's note: This reporting was partially enabled bya grant from Biohub." Hossein Zargartalebi: It'sabout replacing guesswork with action, replacing waiting with action, replacing guesswork with clarity, and giving people back the most fragile and powerful thing of all: time. Time…...
WATCH: St. Patrick's Day in Chicago: A centurylong tradition
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (677+ words) By Ryan Kirton Medill Reports" Chicago is one of the most popular places to celebrate St. Patrick's Day in the country. Ryan Kirton looks at how this came to be, and what it means for the city of Chicago." NARRATION:…...
Atari legend Eugene Jarvis celebrates 25 years running arcade machine company Raw Thrills in Chicago
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (357+ words) After graduating from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1976 with a degree in computer science (and "minors in pinball and pool," he joked), he cut his teeth developing pinball games for Atari, and later, Williams Electronics, where in 1980 and 1981, he…...