A new report details the impact of the work of violence interrupters — the people assigned to look for conflicts and keep the peace in different communities in Chicago and some suburbs. Statistics ...

As Northwestern wraps up a second season of playing football at a small lakefront field shared with the lacrosse and soccer teams, workers are busy building out a new $862 million football stadium ...

Northwestern University food service and hospitality employees are on strike on Monday. Hundreds of Compass Group employees, including cooks, cashiers, dishwashers, and catering workers, are fighting ...

Northwestern University police responded to a call of antisemitic vandalism this week, on the second day of Passover. Police were called to University and Kresge halls around 4:15 a.m. Monday after ...

EVANSTON, Ill. (WLS) -- "A Site of Struggle" at Northwestern University's Block Museum of Art chronicles America's history of anti-Black violence through the eyes of artists. The exhibition spans the ...

DePaul University is the latest Chicago-area school to announce job cuts, part of a growing trend across higher education as universities grapple with enrollment declines, rising costs and federal ...

Plans for Northwestern University's 167th annual commencement ceremony are under way, with a comedy legend with ties to the school slated to deliver the commencement speech. Steve Carell, known for ...

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EVANSTON, Ill. (WLS) -- Northwestern University announced a series of staff and budget cuts Monday as the school braces for a "significant shortfall" of roughly $90 million for the fiscal year as a ...

Opinion: Working families deserve better than Fritz Kaegi's broken assessments Opinion: Black neighborhoods are being bled dry. Black elected officials must act now. A City That Works: Chicago's been ...

Northwestern University scientists are developing an experimental drug that could serve as an early intervention for Alzheimer’s disease.

A psychology professor at Northwestern University set out to make holiday interactions with family a lot more palatable and maybe even more fun by inventing a new game called "Point Taken." ...