Peter Exley's firm, the one behind the DuPage Children's Museum and the Children's Zoo at the Lincoln Park Zoo, resdesigned the Latin School's science department—and test scores jumped. Read more
Ryan Lugalia-Hollon talks about the new book The War on Neighborhoods, the yearly costs of locking up the residents of just one neighborhood, and the possible alternatives. Read more
Hazim Adval, a self-taught Iraqi programmer, built software to help victims of the ISIS-led genocide of the Yazidi people and track medical histories and prescriptions within a refugee camp. With the help of George and Amal Clooney, he's now studying at the University of Chicago. Read more
The legendary primatologist spoke to CPS students about the moment with a chimpanzee that inspired her career, and saw it memorialized in a statue at the Field Museum. Read more
Melissa Chrusfield, a mother in East Garfield Park, asks why all Chicagoans aren’t paying attention to the public health crisis on the West Side. Read more
