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 ...

Early LGBTQ+ history can be hard to find. Photos, letters, literature and other artifacts have been destroyed or hidden away, ...

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 ...

Elemental: Crafting Books from Nature” is an ode to the physical book, exploring thousands of years of practical knowledge ...

Libraries are so much more than books,” Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias said. “They offer things like job searching and training courses, literacy support, de facto child care for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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