Dawn Rhodes

Amaia Gabantxo, an adjunct professor at the University of Chicago, said she works on a short-term contract and must hope her appointment is renewed each year.

As pay and benefits stagnate, nontenured faculty and graduate students in Illinois, Chicago look to unions

December 14, 2018 at 6:03 p.m.

Amaia Gabantxo has taught at the University of Chicago for seven years, but her job is hardly stable. Gabantxo is an adjunct instructor, meaning she is paid per course and...

Howard Tullman, former CEO of the 1871 tech hub in downtown Chicago, was named the first executive director of the Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship at the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Former 1871 CEO Howard Tullman named first director of Illinois Tech innovation institute

December 14, 2018 at 5:38 p.m.

If Chicago is to compete for the likes of Amazon's second headquarters, it's going to need to develop its technology talent. It's with that idea in mind that the Chicago...

Medill Dean Bradley Hamm to step down

May 2, 2018 at 5:03 a.m.

Bradley J. Hamm, the dean of Northwestern University's journalism school, announced Wednesday that he is stepping down from the job. University Provost Jonathan Holloway said in a statement that Hamm...

University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer is flanked by Thomas Pearson, left, and Timothy Pearson after an announcement of a $100 million gift to establish the Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts at the university on Sept. 30, 2015.

U. of C. seeks to dismiss lawsuit over $100M gift, files counterclaim against benefactor

May 23, 2019 at 5:42 a.m.

The court dispute between the University of Chicago and one of its largest donors is escalating as the university fired back against a lawsuit aiming to negate a $100 million...

University of Alabama junior Emily Mandel, from Lisle, has two roommates fron Naperville.

Growing brain drain: University of Alabama’s gain in drawing Illinois students is a loss for Illinois

December 14, 2018 at 4:24 p.m.

Sydney Whalen's first dorm meeting last fall at the University of Alabama started with a typical icebreaker: Where is everyone from? Several hands went up when her residential adviser asked...

Loyola nontenured faculty members stage one-day strike

May 23, 2019 at 5:41 a.m.

Members of Loyola University Chicago’s nontenure-track faculty staged a one-day strike Wednesday, frustrated that more than two years of negotiations have yet to produce the union’s first contract. Instructors in...

Loyola guard Clayton Custer and teammates greet fans as they welcome the Ramblers back to campus March 18, 2018, after they advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament in their first appearance since 1985.

With NCAA success, Loyola now looks for gains off the court

June 1, 2019 at 2:18 a.m.

On Thursday night, Loyola University Chicago and its alumni across the country will tune in to see if their beloved Ramblers and Sister Jean can extend their improbable run in...

Gibson becomes first black female president at NEIU

May 23, 2019 at 5:38 a.m.

Northeastern Illinois University trustees hired Gloria J. Gibson as the new president, making her the first black woman to hold the role in the university’s 150-year history. Trustees voted unanimously...

Police exit Engelhart Hall after a hoax call of shots fired at Northwestern University on March 14, 2018, in Evanston.

Police: Call of shots fired at Northwestern graduate dorm was ‘swatting’ hoax

May 23, 2019 at 5:37 a.m.

A call of shots fired that sent scores of heavily armed officers to a Northwestern University graduate dorm Wednesday afternoon was apparently a case of "swatting," a false emergency designed...

Northeastern Illinois University was among schools hit hardest by the state budget crisis, which drastically cut critical support to public universities in 2016 and 2017.

NEIU to hire Baltimore administrator as next president

December 14, 2018 at 9:45 p.m.

Northeastern Illinois University trustees are set to hire a Baltimore administrator as the school’s new president this week, officials announced Tuesday. Gloria J. Gibson, the provost and senior vice president...

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