Here’s how DIY face masks can help our local hospitals
Tag: University of Chicago Medical Center
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Report: State senator Daniel Biss will run for governor in 2018, and other Chicago news
Also, Senator Dick Durbin wants to help kids who live in violent neighborhoods with trauma and psychological stress.
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This black collective trains bystanders to give first aid to shooting victims
Amid rising violence, Ujimaa Medics seeks health care justice and self-determination for the black community.
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O’Hare aviation cops will no longer respond to incidents outside security barrier, and other Chicago news
Also, Bow Truss coffee shops didn’t open Thursday because unpaid employees walked out.
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A thousand-plus more people shot this year than through this time last year, and other Chicago news
Also, Yoko Ono’s new permanent art installation in Jackson Park’s newly restored Wooded Island is unveiled.
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Chance the Rapper wants to replace Rahm with Obama, and other Chicago news
Also, a man is shot to death on his front porch over his car keys.
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Young black activists tally successes, and other Chicago news
Also, Jon Stewart calls Trump a “man baby” during UofC podcast taping.
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Sons of the Silent Age drummer Matt Walker talks Bowie, Ava Cherry, and playing for a cause
Local David Bowie cover band Sons of the Silent Age play a concert at Metro benefitting cancer research at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
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How Emily Graslie went from YouTube science star to full-time at the Field Museum
A 20-year-old aspiring artist visited a zoological museum. Four years later, Emily Graslie is working at the Field Museum.
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Don’t do cocaine or your ears will fall off
A veterinary drug mixed with cocaine is causing ghastly side effects.
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Morning Newsfeed: Parking Meter Account Sort of Replenished, Jesse Jackson Sued for Discrimination, Prostitution Safe Zones, Vegas’s Lady Liberty on a Stamp, Verizon Pitchman’s Remorse, and More
Hey, that depleted parking meter fund is getting some coin. Mayor Daley announced increased revenues will result in $50 million being put back into the reserve account, which once sat at more than $1 billion before being tapped to plug the city’s deficit. Currently, there is $125 million left from the lease of the meters. […]
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Hyde Park & Kenwood Issue: Volunteering
Building bikes, visiting patients, leading Robie House tours, and more