Three undergraduate students at the University of Chicago won a new housing challenge for proposing a citywide vacancy tax. The tax would fund affordable, infill housing.

I’ve been a faculty member at the University of Chicago for 27 years; for 12 of them, I was married to the university’s late president, Robert J. Zimmer. Bob was well known for his endorsement ...

Ivo Daalder, who was the longtime president and CEO of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, will begin his new position ...

A vintage Renaissance Revival-style mansion in the South Side Kenwood neighborhood was sold in late March for $1.15 million by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago to a University of Chicago ...

Long before the sounds of celebration reverberate across the University of Chicago campus this weekend, the spirit of Convocation fills the air. There’s levity, some anxiety and maybe a bit of ...

University of Illinois braces for visa revocations for Chinese students The school’s flagship campus, which has the second largest number of international students of all public universities in ...

A $21 million gift from philanthropist Thea Berggren to the University of Chicago will establish the Berggren Center for Quantum Biology and Medicine, launching a bold scientific field that merges ...

The Bank of America Chicago 13.1 is just hours away, with hundreds of runners preparing for the start-of-summer race on the city's West Side.

Philanthropist Thea Berggren has donated $21 million to establish a new quantum center at the University of Chicago, which has distinguished itself as a leader in quantum research.

A Chicago police officer was shot and killed just before 10 p.m. Thursday on the city's South Side, the Chicago Police Department confirmed. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. WATCH HERE ...

Chicago police Officer Krystal Rivera was killed in a Chatham shooting on South Drexel Avenue. She was shot by a fellow officer, CPD says.

The Evanston Fire Department arrived at the scene with the man at 7:45 p.m. While inside a room during the intake process at the ER, the man became agitated toward hospital personnel, Sophier said.