Archives for 2019
Chicago — City Reborn from the Great Fire
Author: Siqi Zou Program of Study: Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering Refernces：UChicago Identify Guidelines from UChicago; http://www.architecture.org/learn/resources/architecture-dictionary/entry/the-great-chicago-fire-of-1871/; Tragedy in the Chicago Fire and Triumph in the Architecture Response by Jo Ann Rayfield Music from https://icons8.com/music/ Small Intro: Most Americans know the story of the Great Chicago Fire. Few know the story of the city’s remarkable recovery. The architects who...
Boystown: A Fancy Theme Park or a Broken Land
Author: He Huang Program of Study: SSD Middle Eastern Studies Boystown, the gayborhood in the north of Chicago renowned for its inclusiveness of LGBTQ+ groups, has experienced the progress of gentrification during recent years. Things have changed. So, what is it now? A fancy Disneyland designed with the theme of homosexuality or still a land broken ethnically, but...
Breaking My Lunch Break in America
Author: Reginaldo Gomes Program of Study: Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering Research has found that more than half of Americans spend less than 30min on lunch break. As a Brazilian who recently moved to Chicago, I’ve been experiencing this in a firsthand. Why is the lunch break in America so short? What are the impacts on our health? ...
Finding Chicago? Find the Bear Champ!
Author: Yue Yang Program of Study: Law LLM People say that if you live in Chicago, you must have passed by a mural at some point that involves a yellow bear; if you haven’t, then you most likely never leave your neighborhood. This podcast will explore stories behind this giant but cute bear and its creator—JC Rivera....
High tax rate in Chicago
Author: Hong Qiao Program of Study: Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering Is the tax killing Chicagoans? In this podcast, I’d like to talk about the high tax rate in Chicago. How does it influence people’s life? What are the reasons behind it and what we can do about it? Is the tax friendly to non-US citizens? This podcast is trying...
Exploration of Andersonville, a Congregation of Swedish immigrants — Comparison of Chinese and Swedish Immigration
Author: Yongfei Lu Program of Study: SSD Computational Social Science On the morning of September 7th, I took a bus with my teammate from Hyde Park to Andersonville. It was a sunny day. On the way to our destination, we passed by long tracks along the Michigan Lake. People were running or cycling in the lanes. Outside of those...
Transit in Windy City : A System in The Right Direction
Author: Gangbin Yan Program of Study: Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering Most of the buses in Chicago run in one direction and do a loop, which is quite different from my hometown in China. After deeper investigations into bus system, I learnt different gender travel patterns and diverse reasons for the loop-transportation routes. References Invisible Women- https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/invisible-women/ Chicago...
The Propagation and Adaption of Shin Buddhism in Chicago
Author: Wuxing Shi Program of Study: Divinity Religious Studies The Propagation and Adaption of Shin Buddhism in Chicago Kuan-Wei Lin The Midwest Buddhist Temple (MBT), located at 435W Menomonee Street in the Old Town neighborhood, is a Japanese Jodo Shinshu (淨土真宗) temple. My two classmates and I set out our journey on Saturday morning Sep 7. The present minister...
To Be by Your Side – Monarch butterfly at Chicago
Author: Da Teng Program of Study: PSD Chemistry Monarch butterflies are frequent visitors of Chicago in summer, but have you really noticed them? Besides their beautiful appearances, these colorful butterflies has inspired a lot of biological research on migration and navigation mechanisms. Reference: Eli Shlizerman, James Phillips-Portillo, Daniel B. Forger, and Steven M. Reppert, Neural Integration Underlying...
How Gangsters in History Influenced the City Of Chicago
Author: Guofu Program of Study: Harris School of Public Policy MPP Chicago was once infamous for its gangsters, though most of the mobs vanished, their legacies still influenced the city a lot. reference: http://www.historyrocket.com/Biography/al-capone/How-Did-Al-Capone-Influence-Our-Society.html https://timeline.com/chicago-murder-violence-48a71c395640?gi=23d49f630857 https://www.1920s-fashion-and-music.com/jazz-in-1920s.html https://www.jstor.org/stable/3786412?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents http://www.organized-crime.de/lauhtm01.htm https://film.avclub.com/america-s-gangland-how-chicago-became-a-cultural-capit-1798259723 https://www.wbez.org/shows/curious-city/history-of-violence-chicago-during-the-capone-era-and-today/6bff3ad9-097a-42e8-ac23-bc90d83d5bdb https://www.greatamericancountry.com/places/local-life/chicago-how-the-gangster-era-shaped-the-city https://chicago.suntimes.com/2018/6/11/18405967/social-media-altering-chicago-street-gang-culture-fueling-violence...