Dawn Rhodes

Bela Lugosi takes his turn as Frankenstein's monster in the 1943 film, "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man," directed by Roy William Neill.

DePaul celebrates ‘Frankenstein’ at 200 with a reading on Halloween

May 23, 2019 at 6:25 a.m.

DePaul University is hosting a live readathon of the novel “Frankenstein” on Halloween, capping off days of celebrations to commemorate the 200th year since the novel’s original publication. The first...

Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, shown in May, has received DEA approval for SIU researchers to grow hemp.

SIU to create medical marijuana certificate program, launch new research into industrial hemp

December 12, 2018 at 4:46 p.m.

Southern Illinois University is creating new programs to study industrial hemp and medical marijuana with the hope of offering a new certificate for students and farmers, school officials announced Friday....

J.B. Pritzker meets with college students at Benedictine University in Lisle on Oct. 23, 2018.

How Rauner and Pritzker would fix Illinois education

May 12, 2019 at 6:40 p.m.

Illinois’ gubernatorial candidates have argued bitterly over the state’s finances, but education poses one of the most daunting challenges for the next governor. Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s hard-charging style drew...

Sister Jean's personalized bobblehead doll on display at the Gentile Center on March 2, 2013.

Loyola’s Sister Jean, 99, is inducted into state’s Senior Hall of Fame

June 1, 2019 at 2:21 a.m.

Sister Jean can’t wait for the season to start. As chaplain of Loyola University’s men’s basketball team, the joyful nun catapulted to international superstardom as the squad stormed its way...

President Donald Trump talks to reporters upon his arrival at Topeka Regional Airport on Oct. 6, 2018, in Topeka, Kansas.

U. of I. journalism class to study ‘Trumpaganda’ — the president’s approach to the news media

December 12, 2018 at 11:11 a.m.

A pop-up journalism course at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign this fall will be devoted to studying President Donald Trump’s adversarial relationship with news media and how his administration...

SIUC Chancellor Carlo Montemagno speaks to prospective students on the campus of Southern Illinois University on Feb. 19, 2018, in Carbondale.

SIU Chancellor Carlo Montemagno dies at 62

December 12, 2018 at 11:00 a.m.

Carlo Montemagno, the chancellor at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, died unexpectedly Thursday morning, university officials announced. The cause of death was not immediately known. Montemagno revealed on his blog...

People walk on campus at the University of Illinois at Chicago on Oct. 8, 2018.

University of Illinois at Chicago flourishes amid struggles at state’s public universities

December 12, 2018 at 10:41 a.m.

When Chris Tejeda first started thinking about college, he set his sights far away from his home on Chicago’s South Side. But after attending Harold Washington College in the Loop,...

Students walk on the campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago on Sept. 19, 2017.

UIC to offer free tuition to state’s top students

May 23, 2019 at 6:22 a.m.

A new scholarship program made possible by state funding will provide free tuition to University of Illinois at Chicago for high-achieving local students. UIC’s Chancellor’s Fellows program, in place for...

People rally at 71st Street and Jeffery Boulevard after the jury's guilty verdict was delivered on Oct. 5, 2018, in Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke's trial for the shooting death of Laquan McDonald.

Cheers, tears and relief: Demonstrators react to Jason Van Dyke conviction

May 23, 2019 at 6:21 a.m.

On the steps of the Leighton Criminal Court Building and the sidewalk outside City Hall, demonstrators and curious Chicagoans gathered nervously Friday afternoon, huddled around cellphones and television screens, holding...

NIU promotes interim President Lisa Freeman, hiring first female leader in school history

May 23, 2019 at 6:18 a.m.

Northern Illinois University has elevated its acting president into the permanent role, marking the first time the school has installed a female leader in its 119-year history. Trustees formally named...

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