by Leopoldo Jacobsen | Nov 5, 2018
Scene: A bar crowded with groups of young people being social with friends and family, posting, tweeting, hashtagging, taking selfies alone and in groups. The 8 zillion TV monitors overhead show something that no one is paying attention to. Action: All of the 8...
by Leopoldo Jacobsen | Nov 5, 2018
Zooniverse, 2019 Zooniverse, a collaboration between the Adler Planetarium, the University of Oxford, and the University of Minnesota, is the world’s largest and most popular platform for people-powered research. It is made possible by volunteers—1.8 million...
by Leopoldo Jacobsen | Nov 5, 2018
The 48-year-old Lakeview Pantry’s new 7,500-square-foot space with large storefront windows and colorful, bright interiors reinforces the Pantry’s mission to feed the hungry and remain a stabilizing force on the North Side. And, says Chief Executive Kellie O’Connell,...
by Leopoldo Jacobsen | Nov 5, 2018
Sixty-year-old Aspire has launched an innovative segment that departs from its 60-year-old model of providing support services to children and adults with developmental disabilities. The Hillside-based non-profit last year created additional employer-driven...
by Leopoldo Jacobsen | Nov 5, 2018
“Chicago is an AA town, so we have a strong AA program,” says Daniel Hostetler, executive director of Above and Beyond Family Recovery Center in downtown Chicago, and himself a product of AA. But, he adds, Above and Beyond targets clients with a “radically different”...
