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Brian Crowder gets into a vehicle after leaving the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on July 1, 2025. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Chicago school board approves $17.5 million sex abuse settlement for former student

December 4, 2025 at 5:27 p.m.

The Chicago Board of Education approved a historic $17.5 million settlement regarding the sexual abuse of a student by a former high school dean.

SEIU Local 73 President Dian Palmer speaks during a news conference at the union's office in Chicago on Oct. 10, 2019. SEIU Local 73 filed a petition to add about 1,600 school-based CPS workers to its ranks. (Raquel Zaldivar/baiduhai)

SEIU looks to beef up CPS ranks amid dispute with teachers union

December 3, 2025 at 1:53 p.m.

SEIU Local 73 filed a petition to add about 1,600 school-based Chicago Public Schools workers to its ranks. The Chicago Teachers Union contends some below with it.

Northwestern University’s Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center, which houses the Simpson-Querrey Biomedical Research Center in Chicago, on Dec. 2, 2025. Federal research funding is scheduled to be restored to Northwestern after the university accepted a deal with the White House. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Northwestern deal with Trump administration divides students, faculty

December 2, 2025 at 5:46 p.m.

Northwestern's deal with President Trump restores nearly $800 million in research funding and halts probes related to federal anti-discrimination laws.

The Chicago Public Schools emblem is on its headquarters on West Madison Street in Chicago, seen on July 10, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

More CPS students are graduating high school, but finishing college is a challenge

December 2, 2025 at 6:47 a.m.

Chicago Public Schools students are graduating high school at near record-high rates, but only half who enroll in college will complete graduate.

People make their way through the Northwestern University campus in Evanston on Aug. 27, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/ baiduhai)

Northwestern agrees to $75 million fine to settle Trump dispute

November 28, 2025 at 8:35 p.m.

Northwestern’s $75 million settlement, to be paid over three years, is the second-highest amount agreed to by a university.

Students move through the Evanston campus during the first week of undergraduate classes at Northwestern University on Sept. 19, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Northwestern University nears deal with White House to restore funding

November 26, 2025 at 4:14 p.m.

President Donald Trump has sought to crack down on elite universities, painting them as hubs for liberalism and antisemitism.

A police investigator walks through the scene of a shooting involving several young people outside the Chicago Theatre in the 100 block of North State Street on Nov. 21, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Investigation continues into pair of downtown shootings, including one that took the life of ‘vibrant’ teen Friday night

November 24, 2025 at 6:45 p.m.

Chicago Police continue to investigate a pair of shootings that unfolded in the Loop Friday night, leaving a 14-year-old boy dead and eight other teens wounded in the latest "teen...

DePaul University graduate students attend a social gathering for international students at the school’s downtown campus on Jan. 26, 2024. International enrollment dropped at nearly two dozen Illinois universities this fall, including DePaul. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

International student enrollment declines at nearly two dozen Illinois universities

November 24, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

A Tribune analysis of 27 of the state’s largest universities found that total foreign enrollment dipped at all but five institutions.

Tom Pritzker hosts an evening of dinner and conversation with University of Chicago faculty leaders at the Park Hyatt Chicago on April 8, 2013. (Nuccio DiNuzzo/baiduhai)

Tom Pritzker, cousin of Gov. JB Pritzker, named in latest release of Epstein documents

November 19, 2025 at 3:54 p.m.

Tom Pritzker, cousin to Gov. JB Pritzker and a Hyatt Hotels heir, is named in documents of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Shantay Bolton is Columbia College’s first new president in 11 years and is working to change the trajectory of the arts-focused institution. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Under new leadership, can Columbia College Chicago overcome its financial woes?

November 15, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Columbia College Chicago's new president, Shantay Bolton, said she plans to boost the school's attendance and solve its financial problems.

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