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TOP STORY
Riders wait for buses at the 35th/Archer Orange Line station on Friday, June 6, 2025.
Campus commuters at risk after transit funding reform fails
One in five Chicago area commuters are at risk of losing access to public transit amidst a potential $771 million budget shortfall for the RTA after state lawmakers failed to act, according to transit officials.
By Marc Balbarin, Reporter • June 7, 2025
CAMPUS
The Dance Center on Michigan Avenue will be closed all summer, on Thursday, May 29, 2025.
Columbia restricts campus building access to weekdays
Every campus building, except for the Student Center, will be closed on the weekends this summer.
By Allison Shelton, Reporter
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Newly named Interim Provost Suzanne McBride talks to Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin, professor in the School of Communication of Culture, and Betsy Edgerton, associate professor in the School of Communication of Culture, during a faculty meeting on Aug. 16, 2024.
Breaking: Suzanne McBride named interim provost
By Kate Julianne Larroder
Professor of Photography Jay Wolke, one of the departing faculty members honored at the faculty farewell party, gives a brief speech in the Conaway Center at 1104 S. Wabash Ave. on Thursday, May 29, 2025.
Columbia holds farewell party for departing faculty members
By Emma Jolly and Kate Julianne Larroder
Families celebrate as their graduates cross the stage at commecement at Credit Union 1 Arena on Sunday, May 18, 2025.
In pictures: Graduates shine at Columbia’s 2025 Commencement
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TRENDING STORIES
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Senior Vice President and Provost Marcella David applauds graduates at the afternoon ceremony at Credit Union 1 Arena on Sunday, May 18, 2025.

Breaking: Marcella David out as provost • 640 Views

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Columbia College Chicago students arrive at the commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 18, 2025.

Commencement: Live updates from Columbia's 2025 graduation ceremonies • 457 Views

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After the welcome presentation during Admitted Student Day, parents and students head out to tour the campus buildings from on the 5th floor of the Student Center on Wednesday, March 8, 2025 during Admitted Student Day.

Breaking: Columbia enrollment declines 11% from fall, but more transfer students stay after their first semester • 419 Views

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The box office for Sueños Music Festival is located on East Ida B. Wells Drive and Michigan Avenue on May 21, 2025.

Sueños Music Festival takes over Grant Park this weekend • 322 Views

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Professor of Photography Jay Wolke, one of the departing faculty members honored at the faculty farewell party, gives a brief speech in the Conaway Center at 1104 S. Wabash Ave. on Thursday, May 29, 2025.

Columbia holds farewell party for departing faculty members • 309 Views



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ARTS & CULTURE
The first day of the 2025 Chicago Blues Festival kicks off at the Ramova Theatre on Thursday, June 5, 2025.
Music history comes to life at Chicago Blues Festival this weekend
By William Blakley, Reporter
Review: ‘Ballerina’ blazes as bright as its previous franchise entries
By Uriel Reyes
METRO
The group stops at the Broadway Cafe at 22 E. Adams St. to connect the tour to a Broadway play that Alan Ruck and Matthew Broderick starred in called "Biloxi Blues" by Neil Simon. On Location Tours led tourists on a two-hour walking tour through downtown Chicago on Thursday, June 5, 2025.
In pictures: Bueller? Bueller?: Chicago celebrates Ferris Bueller’s day off 40 years later
By Amelia Baird, Photojournalist
The Rev. Michael Enright, pastor of St. Paul's Catholic Church in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, keeps a portrait of the late Pope Francis as he welcomes the news of Pope Leo XIV on May 8, 2025.
Chicago celebrates city native, first pope from United States
By Sofía Oyarzún, Staff Reporter
Beauty pageant winners stop and pose in front of the stage at the end of the parade route on Saturday, May 3, 2025.
In pictures: Chicago celebrates 134th Polish Constitution Day with parade
By Charles Rahn, Photojournalist
LA CRÓNICA
Don Omar mira a la audiencia de su actuación como el artista principal del segundo día del Festival de Música Sueños el domingo, 25 de mayo de 2025.
“La gente quiere escuchar música latina y para eso estamos aquí”
By Uriel Reyes and Manuel Nocera
Bailarinas del Ballet Folklórico de Chicago realizan un baile tradicional mexicano en pareja en la intersección de Balbo y Columbus Drive en el Sueños Music Festival el sábado 24 de mayo de 2025.
En Sueños Music Festival, la moda y la cultura brillan a pesar del frío
By Uriel Reyes and Manuel Nocera
Event tents are set up for El Mercadito in Grant Park ahead of the Sueños Music Festival on May 21, 2025. The festival runs from May 24 to May 25.
El Festival de Música Sueños se apoderará del Grant Park este fin de semana
By Manuel Nocera
PODCASTS
Chronversations with Stella Huang: Columbia closes most buildings on weekends for summer
Chronversations with Sydney Richardson: Columbia recognizes graduates, honorary degree recipients at commencement ceremonies
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PHOTO OF THE DAY
A man throws away trash in an alley near 31st Street and Hamlin Avenue on Friday, June 6, 2025.
June 6, 2025
CHRONICLE TV
Chronicle TV: Students wrap up time at Columbia at the final grad expo
By Ali Brenneman, Staff Reporter • May 14, 2025
Chronicle TV: SDI kicks off Pride in May celebration with QPOC Panel, Mixer
By Ali Brenneman, Staff Reporter • May 8, 2025
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