By DASCHELL M. PHILLIPS Staff Writer After an unexpected five-year stint at the Museum of Science and Industry, the Smart Home: Green + Wired exhibit will end in January. When the Museum of Science and Industry (MSI), 5700 S. Lake Shore Drive, built the functioning, three-story modular and sustainable “green” home on the east side(…)
By DASCHELL M. PHILLIPS Staff Writer Mayor Rahm Emanuel joined University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer Monday afternoon to announce the launch of UChicago Promise, a program that will help Chicago high school graduates that attend the university graduate debt free. “As a society we need to be clear, a college degree makes a huge(…)
BY LINDSAY WELBERS Staff Writer After nearly 30 years in Hyde Park, Village Foods closed its doors on Tuesday Oct. 16, and donated the remaining unsold foods to Hyde Park area nonprofits. The long time, affordable grocery store, opened its doors in 1983, said general manager Barry Monroe. “We outlasted Mr. G’s, the Co-op, Michaels,(…)
