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Sandy Colbert (left), a CWA board member interviews Eric Charles May (middle), author and associate professor of creative writing, and Toya Wolfe, author and Columbia alum.

Columbia authors talk South Side representation, universal stories at Chicago Writers Association

By Laura Hawbaker, Staff Reporter
September 15, 2022
Rosalind Cummings-Yeates is a Chicago expert and adjunct faculty member in the Communication Department. Having grown up on the South Side, she highlights often overlooked places in her new book.

‘52 Things to Do in Chicago’ highlights neighborhoods that tourists overlook

By Bianca Kreusel, Deputy Director of Photography
May 12, 2022
Showstopping Columbia play Blood at the Root to take center stage at South Side theatre

Showstopping Columbia play ‘Blood at the Root’ to take center stage at South Side theatre

By Olivia Cohen, News Editor
April 26, 2022
Former Chicago Tribune columnist Dawn Turner will be speaking about her new book on Wednesday, March 23 from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Courtesy of Dawn Turner.

Q&A: Dawn Turner shares the heartache, passion behind her latest book ‘Three Girls from Bronzeville’

By Kamy Smelser, Staff Reporter
March 21, 2022
(From left to right) Timuel Black, Associate Professor of Instruction Shanita Baraka Akintonde and Zenobia Johnson-Black, Timuel Blacks wife, pose for a photo. Courtesy of Shanita Baraka Akintonde.

Columbia faculty remember Chicago activist and historian Timuel Black, service to be held Dec. 5

By Seanice Batchman, Staff Reporter
December 2, 2021
Mayor Lori Lightfoot walks alongside Chicago Public Schools representatives handing out T-shirts that say Back 2 School to paradegoers.

The Bud Billiken Parade returns to Chicago’s South Side

By Zachary Clingenpeel, Co-Director of Photography
August 18, 2021
Photos of Emmett and Mamie Till hang on the windows of their former home in Chicagos Woodlawn neighborhood.

Home of Emmett Till receives landmark plaque: ‘A pivotal role in this neighborhood’s next chapter’

By K'Von Jackson, Photojournalist
August 3, 2021
Star Farm has various locations in Back of the Yards, with more to come, but their main farm at 944 W. 50th Place is open Fridays from 1 to 3 p.m. for everyone to take what they need and pay what they can.

Fruits, veggies and opportunities: A guide to Chicago’s urban farms

By Valentina Pucarelli, Photojournalist
July 23, 2021
The healing station at Healing in the Park offered free reiki, acupuncture and herbs.

South Side and West Side organizers host ‘Healing in the Park’ to uplift Chicago’s Black and Brown communities

By Amaris Edwards, Staff Reporter
July 14, 2021
Members of Stop the violence rally hold pictures of loved ones lost to gun violence in front of City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle St.

‘We know how to build peace in our communities’: Organizers demand passing of Peace Book proposal

By Anna Busalacchi, Co-Managing Editor
June 23, 2021
Community members and organizers gathered at Beverly Park, 2460 W. 102nd St., with signs related to the Treatment Not Trauma campaign.

Chicago youth protest police involvement in mental health crisis calls

By Amina Sergazina and Valentina Pucarelli
June 16, 2021
Researchers map COVID-19s effects on BIPOC neighborhoods in Chicago

Researchers map COVID-19’s effects on BIPOC neighborhoods in Chicago

By Erin Threlkeld, Staff Reporter
May 14, 2021
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