Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 28, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National Weather Service,

The university posted a more than $50 million operating surplus and recorded its second-best fundraising year ever. Still, school leaders remain cautious about the road ahead.

Here are some parting thoughts as the 2024 college football season officially came to a close for the major programs around Illinois.

The University of Chicago is partnering with a health care investment firm that has pledged up to $130 million to help turn the school’s research and discoveries into medications more quickly. The university and Deerfield Management are partnering on the initiative,

Nothing says democracy like a majority-voted burrito bowl order. With a Chipotle buffet spread, Mayor Daniel Biss talked about his position as mayor with Northwestern students in a discussion roundtable in University Hall held by NU College Democrats Tuesday evening.

After striking similar deals with Northwestern and UIC, Deerfield Management aims to help the University of Chicago turn more of its research into successful drugs and other treatments.

For nearly 30 years, Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management ... the minority entrepreneur program's godfather and veteran Chicago management consultant who was McKinsey's first ...

It was the Illini's ninth straight win at State Farm Center against the Wildcats, who haven't swept a season series since 1966.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Kylan Boswell scored 17 points and had six rebounds to lead No. 17 Illinois over Northwestern 83-74 on Sunday. Morez Johnson Jr. had 15 points, nine rebounds and three ...

The bloom is off the rose for these Illini (14-6, 6-4 Big Ten), who went from being underrated by the college basketball illuminati early this season to now arguably underperforming as the expectations around them have risen. The climb up the mountain, as always, gets harder with every subsequent step toward the top.

Shermann “Dilla” Thomas honored the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and his complicated history in Chicago during his keynote speech in Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall Tuesday night. Thomas’ keynote speech was the culmination of a series of MLK Commemoration events hosted by Northwestern.

A high school student on the South Side is heading to Northwestern University on a full ride scholarship. Teniola Ajagbe is an aspiring astronaut and she credits the unique UChicago Space Explorers program as part of her success.