Parting Words

Georgie Geraghty and The Nature Conservancy put the planet first. From wildfires and drought to severe winter storms and flooding, 2024 was a tough year for the nation. The toll for these natural disasters totaled $182.7 billion. And we’re not alone. Over 13 million acres burned in Canada while devastating floods impacted Spain, Afghanistan, and

The North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic—founded by Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering—celebrates its 10th anniversary. In 2020, Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering was unted by the presence of a second and silent pandemic—a spike in the rate of domestic violence during the COVID-19 lockdowns. Houses, sanctuaries to most during the worldwide sread of a new

Decades before Christopher Howe became a venerated University of Cambridge biochemis- try professor, he was a young boy so fascinated with science that his parents allowed him and his brother to convert the family’s spare bedroom into a chemistry lab. “They were great about it,” Howe recalls with a smile. “It was pretty clear by

Robotic surgery. Genome editing. Cell therapy. These are just a few of the milestones that have reshaped modern medicine in recent years. But not every innovation springs from a lab. And not every road to wellness begins with a prescription pad. Functional Medicine, a patient-based, individualized approach to ascertaining the root cause of disease, is

Growing up in Winnetka, Alina Taber wasn’t really exposed to The Hobbit until she started watching the films as a student at New Trier Township High School. But when she landed the role of the half-elven queen Arwen in Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s (CST) The Lord of the Rings – A Musical Tale, which made its

While younger Chicagoans may not be familiar with Bendel’s, the elegant midsized department store that once reigned on Manhattan’s 57th Street and later on Fifth Avenue and on Chicago’s Mag Mile, most fashion mavens will recall the store’s iconic brown and white striped logo. When magazine writer and editor Tim Allis learned that a biography