U Of Chicago Professors To Receive India's 3rd Highest Civilian Award
Pranab Mukkerjee, India's thirteenth president, will confer the Padma Bhushan Award to two University of Chicago professors at a ceremony in Rajasthan, India this spring.
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Pranab Mukkerjee, India's thirteenth president, will confer the Padma Bhushan Award to two University of Chicago professors at a ceremony in Rajasthan, India this spring.
The president of the University of Chicago is the highest-paid president of America's elite private universities.
Where's Waldo isn't a topic you would think would be on a college application, but it is.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's argument for stiffer firearms sentences is bolstered by a new study showing gun possession offenders placed on probation are more likely to get re-arrested for murder than other felons, his police superintendent says.
Eugene Fama and Lars Hansen shared the Nobel economics prize with Robert Shiller of Princeton. The U of C has been affiliated with nearly 90 Nobel laureates.
Former Mayor Richard Daley brought his grad students to Gary today to help Gary's mayor and a group of volunteers with a neighborhood clean-up, reports WBBM's Mike Krauser.
A new study bolsters Mayor Emanuel's argument that summer jobs programs for teenagers are helping to hold down the crime rate, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
If you want to pursue an MBA along with your medical school degree, consider getting the inside scoop from a Chicago-based ophthalmologist.
The family of a University of Chicago student whose body was found in Lake Michigan on Wednesday, a week after he went missing, said the death appeared to be a tragic accident during last week's heavy storms.
Volunteers, friends and family were out in force Tuesday morning, resuming the search for a missing University of Chicago student.
Police have issued an alert for a missing 20-year-old University of Chicago student, last seen near the school's Hyde Park campus on Wednesday afternoon.
A fraternity at the University of Chicago isn't getting its mail until it apologizes to a postal employee for a crude prank.
Denise Kiernan is a journalist and writer whose work and travels have taken her from the undulating and stiletto-crippling cobblestoned streets of Rome to the soccer stadiums of Central America and the Great Wall of China. Here, she shares her best spots for a clandestine meeting.
Activists who have been staging demonstrations and sit-ins and marches and sometimes getting themselves arrested as they try to get the University of Chicago to get back into adult trauma care, say new research from Northwestern suggests that lives could be saved if there were a south side trauma center.
A new study commissioned by the University of Chicago paints a disappointing picture of technology use among public school students in Chicago.
A University of Chicago Terrorism analyst says the Boston Bomb placement shows it was designed not for maximum lethality but to send a message by maiming and wounding.
University of Chicago cosmologist Michael Turner predicted an orbiting observatory might find an excess of positrons over electrons, from dark matter particles annihilating each other.
A new study indicates autism is much more widespread than previously thought. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now says 1 in every 50 school age kids has autism—that is about 1 million children nationwide.
Dr. Monica Peek, an assistant professor of internal medicine at the University of Chicago, said, "From the recent findings, the top 11 communities for diabetes death rates, 10 of those are African-American."
A University of Chicago economist says sequestration might help a bit, certainly will not hurt nearly as badly as the administration is warning, reports WBBM's John Cody.
Around 70 protesters marched on the University of Chicago Medical Center demanding the school provide a Level 1 trauma center to the surrounding South Side neighborhoods.
The University of Chicago, encouraged by early success of its Harper Court redevelopment, is pushing forward with plans to build a retail and apartment building less than a half-mile away from it.
Scientists at the Field Museum have been studying a meteorite from Mars that could lead to a demotion of the Red Planet.
Local residents were being warned to keep their pets on a tight leash, as coyotes are out in bigger numbers, and acting more aggressively, likely due to their mating season.
A program on Chicago's South Side is being touted as a model for the nation in combating the high rate of diabetes in poor neighborhoods.
Organizers said this is the largest suicide prevention event in the country, and it will step off from Montrose Harbor.
Police found an 18-year-old man unresponsive on the street with a gunshot wound to the head just before midnight.
A Chicago man turned an old pool hall into a new Mexican-American cocktail bar and kitchen in the Pilsen neighborhood, and he's got quite the story to tell about what it means to honor his parents' legacy.
While summer is officially over, the FBI is touting its latest sting, Operation Summer Heat, which netted the arrest of 25 of Chicago's most dangerous fugitives.
One day after ICE agents detained a tamale vendor in Chicago, there's growing concern over the chilling effect that could linger among the wider street vendor community.
Attorney General Pam Bondi said she has ordered DOJ agents to guard ICE facilities — and directed counterterrorism task forces to look into attacks against federal agents.
In a message sent out to the district community, school board chair Jackie Norris confirmed that Des Moines Superintendent Ian Roberts had been detained Friday morning.
President Trump's Justice Department has brought criminal charges against James Comey, indicting him on two counts, though a federal grand jury rejected one count.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed generals and admirals, as well as some of their staff, from around the world to come to Quantico, Virginia, next week.
Cook County Republican Party Chairman Aaron Del Mar will be Bailey's running mate.
Insurance companies are increasingly using drones and aerial surveillance to snap photos of home, then reviewed by AI, to inform underwriting. That can cause mistakes, like the one that affected a homeowner in Kane County, Illinois.
Beginning Monday, homeowners in Cook County can apply for a chunk of $15 million as part of a property tax relief program.
Marilyn Hagerty, the North Dakota newspaper columnist whose earnest review of her local Olive Garden became a social media sensation, has died.
Some municipalities have decided to keep the tax in place at the municipal level, on the grounds that they need the revenue.
Some local gas stations as of Tuesday afternoon were posting prices of $4 per gallon for regular unleaded, and more than $5 for premium.
The treatment involved a patient with uveal melanoma — a rare cancer of the eye — that had spread to the patient's liver.
The person who died was a suburban Cook County resident in their 60s.
The department said the patient was a 4-year-old child who was not vaccinated.
Colon cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in men under 50 and the second leading cause in women of the same age, according to the American Cancer Society.
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed an executive order last week to protect state residents' access to COVID and other vaccines in the fall respiratory virus season.
The Chase for Business Make Your Move summit is in Chicago to help small business owners learn and grow their companies.
On Saturday, Sept. 27, the Goodman will host an ice cream social with ice cream from Rainbow Cone, accompanied by stories from the owners of three of Chicago's most beloved businesses
The funding was made possible through the second round of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program.
Chicago-based sandwich maker Potbelly is being acquired by the gas station and convenience store chain RaceTrac for $566 million.
The other two American Science & Surplus stores, in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva and in Milwaukee, may stay open as employee-owned and operated businesses.
Rocki Irish Mayers was born on Sept. 13, according to Rihanna's caption on Instagram.
Jimmy Kimmel returned to his late-night show just less than a week after network broadcaster ABC pulled "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" over remarks he made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
News of Carroll's death was shared on social media early Monday by multiple friends and collaborators.
"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" had been preempted on Wednesday following comments Kimmel made on the show in response to the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Clad in black leather, Stamos joined founding Beach Boys member Mike Love, 60-year group veteran Bruce Johnston, and the touring band that now plays with them.
This week's PAWS Chicago Pet of the Week is Trixie! She is the perfect pet for anyone who needs hands-free companionship.
It's Fat Bear Week, and you can vote online for the bear you want to see in the finals!
Stop by Dogtopia of Oakbrook Terrace for Small Business Saturday.
The annual “Out of the Darkness” walk will take place in Chicago on Saturday to honor those impacted by suicide.
Protesters are expected to return to Broadview after Friday's clash with federal agents outside the ICE facility.
Police found an 18-year-old man unresponsive on the street with a gunshot wound to the head just before midnight.
One day after ICE agents detained a tamale vendor in Chicago, there's growing concern over the chilling effect that could linger among the wider street vendor community.
Federal agents deployed pepper balls at 50 to 75 protesters standing outside the facility, despite the fencing. At least two protesters were detained on Friday morning.
While summer is officially over, the FBI is touting its latest sting, Operation Summer Heat, which netted the arrest of 25 of Chicago's most dangerous fugitives.
Organizers said this is the largest suicide prevention event in the country, and it will step off from Montrose Harbor.
A growing group of Chicago artists is pulling their music from the number 1 streaming service in the world, over concerns about AI-generated music and compensation on the Spotify platform.
Chicago's violent crime is down double-digit percentage points so far in 2025 compared to 2024, according to a CBS News analysis of Chicago Police Department data.
Village of Lisle moves to find alternatives to high water bills for homeowners who get water from a private company
Ald. Vasquez said it's the first time he's seen such an act, but is open to speaking to whoever left the dead rat and note about immigrants, calling them both vermin.
What do barbecued monkey, ostrich eggs, and whale meat sausage have in common? They've all recently been seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection specialists at O'Hare Airport.
Colson Montgomery hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the ninth inning, Lenyn Sosa was 3 for 3 with a homer and three RBIs, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Washington Nationals 10-9 to snap a five-game losing streak.
Pete Crow-Armstrong hit a two-run shot to become the first Cubs player with 30 homers, 30 doubles and 30 stolen bases in a season as Chicago pounded the St. Louis Cardinals 12-1 on Friday.
Following in the steps of the Wieners Circle, Dicey's Tavern in West Town are betting on the Chicago Bears and Caleb Williams this weekend.
Francisco Lindor homered to reach the 30-30 milestone for the second time, Brett Baty went deep and the New York Mets beat the Chicago Cubs 8-5 to remain in position for the final National League wild card.
The playoff-bound Yankees finished a three-game sweep to move a season-high 23 games above .500.
In a message sent out to the district community, school board chair Jackie Norris confirmed that Des Moines Superintendent Ian Roberts had been detained Friday morning.
A Chicago man was arrested after police say he was involved in identity theft and financial fraud across Metro Detroit.
Two vehicles were involved in the burglary at the GameStop at 120 S. Mannheim Rd., which happened around 4:15 a.m., Hillside police said.
At least eight burglaries were reported since Sunday in the Brighton Park, Chicago Loop, Lake View East, Edgewater, and Logan Square neighborhoods.
One person was killed and two people are in critical condition after a shooting at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office in Dallas, authorities said.
