The Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe is gearing up for a major leadership change, with the board naming museum veteran ...

Illinois native Gretchen Baker is returning to her roots as the incoming president and CEO of the nonprofit Chicago Botanic ...

Gretchen Baker, the Daniel G. and Carole L. Kamin Director of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Oakland, will be ...

Illinois and Northwestern each accepted bowl bids Sunday afternoon, among 12 Big Ten teams playing in the postseason. In addition to playoff participants Indiana, Ohio State and Oregon, also headed to ...

Four Western Illinois University alumni have been selected to receive the 2025 WIU Alumni Achievement Award. The recipients ...

A lawsuit, which also alleges bullying, was filed in Cook County by Kim Dulaney, a former director and vice president at the ...

For more than a century baseball has played a central role in the story of American society. The Negro Leagues Baseball ...

Experience a vibrant mix of global cultures as the Griffin Museum showcases festive traditions from around the world in its ...

That’s the magic of Hinsdale, Illinois – a place that somehow exists just 20 miles west of Chicago’s skyscrapers yet feels like it’s been protected by some sort of time-slowing force field. This ...

12/19/2023 Notice. Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 12/19/2023 Notice. Notice of ...

The Field Museum connects all of us to the natural world and the human story. Located on Chicago’s iconic Lake Michigan shore, the Field Museum opened its current building to the public in 1921—but ...

Chicago, IL, Oct. 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation has honored acclaimed actor, environmental advocate, and conservation leader Harrison Ford with the inaugural E.O ...