Zareen Syed

Third-year education student Amy Chen supports the faculty strike on Jan. 19, 2023, at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

UIC faculty still at bargaining table after several days of strike

January 21, 2023 at 4:27 p.m.

Negotiations continued Friday between University of Illinois at Chicago faculty and administration over pay increases and better mental health services for students. The bargaining session, which began Friday afternoon and...

Filip Dudic, an applied technologies teacher at MacArthur Middle School in Prospect Heights, interacts with eighth graders during a robotics class on Jan. 11, 2023.

Robotics class in Prospect Heights lets 8th graders earn high school credit and aims to accelerate pandemic learning recovery

January 15, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

A new, dual-credit robotics class for eighth graders at Douglas MacArthur Middle School in Prospect Heights is allowing students to dive deep into engineering and other STEM fields while addressing...

The Weber Arch at Northwestern University in Evanston on Nov. 13, 2020. Northwestern graduate student workers voted to unionize after years of organizing.

Northwestern graduate student workers vote to unionize after years of organizing

January 15, 2023 at 8:45 a.m.

Following two days of casting ballots — and years of grassroots organizing — Northwestern University graduate students voted Thursday to unionize and will join the United Electrical, Radio and Machine...

A sign outside the fire station on the 1000 block of North Orleans Street in Chicago. A newborn who was left in a duffel bag at the building died in 2022.

NBC’s ‘Chicago Fire’ episode criticized by city Fire Department and safe haven advocate for baby box surrender scene: ‘We just don’t do that here’

January 8, 2023 at 10:30 a.m.

On Wednesday's episode of NBC's "Chicago Fire," a storyline involving an infant safe surrender box sounded the alarm for both the Chicago Fire Department and an advocate for abandoned children,...

Resource coordinator Sheila Williams, right, with members of the Student Voice Committee. From left, Aniya Hall, Tevell Clayborne, Benai Murphy and Rayana Ward are inside the space they are transforming into the Collaboratory, which includes a care closet, at Gale Community Academy in Rogers Park.

Care closets — stocked with clothes, shoes and toiletries — equip students at 2 Chicago schools with necessities and confidence

January 4, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

At Gale Community Academy in Rogers Park, a small closet in a classroom holds significant meaning. When students need a pair of leggings or a tube of toothpaste, or something...

420 S. Park Avenue Hinsdale. Historic homes in Hinsdale will soon have the opportunity to take advantage of flexible zoning regulations. The Hinsdale Village Board voted to create a village-wide Historic Overlay District, Hinsdale. Sept. 26, 2022.

Elmhurst District 205 investigating ‘deeply disturbing’ video of York Community High School student with disability getting pushed, officials said

December 12, 2022 at 6:08 p.m.

A video that surfaced out of York Community High School in Elmhurst School District 205 on Thursday showed "an aggressive physical altercation by a student toward another student with a...

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UIC faculty still at bargaining table after several days of strike

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Elmhurst District 205 investigating ‘deeply disturbing’ video of York Community High School student with disability getting pushed, officials said