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High school woodshop teacher builds desks for students with no workstation at home

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Tuesday, September 08, 2020 04:14 PM

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When Hillcrest High School began the school year online, woodshop teacher Marty Coyle noticed several of his students sitting on their bed, couches or even the floor during classes. To ensure every student has a dedicated workspace for at-home learning, Coyle began making desks with the leftover woodshop materials from the previous school year. 

Coyle, who has been teaching at Hillcrest High School for the past three years, wanted to give back to his community. He shared a photo of his desks on Facebook, saying, “Turns out lots of students do not have desks to work at during E-Learning.....So I figured I might as well build some."

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Abbott will hire 2,000 workers in Chicago area to make rapid COVID-19 tests

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Friday, August 28, 2020 02:55 PM
  • COVID-19

COVID_Innovations_BAMC.jpgThe FDA just approved Abbott Laboratories’ rapid COVID-19 test, which will provide results in just 15 minutes. The size of a credit card, this test is 97% accurate and works similarly to a pregnancy test. However, it is still to be administered by a health care provider, rather than at home.

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Illinois chosen to host two of the nation’s National Quantum Information Science Research Centers

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Wednesday, August 26, 2020 03:01 PM

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Governor J.B. Pritzker announced Wednesday, Aug. 26 that Illinois will be home to two of the five new National Quantum Information Science Research Centers led by Argonne National Laboratory and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in affiliation with the University of Chicago.

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New rankings place two Chicago hospitals in the top 20 nationwide

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Tuesday, July 28, 2020 03:23 PM
  • COVID-19
  • Hospitals

RUMC_-_new_tower.jpgAnother Chicago hospital – Rush University Medical Center – has cracked U.S. News & World Report’s list of the top 20 hospitals in the country, joining Northwestern Memorial Hospital, who has been ranked the top hospital in the state for the ninth consecutive year.

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Illinois-born Dairy Queen chain turns 80

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Tuesday, June 23, 2020 10:43 AM
  • Made in Illinois

DQ.jpgHarrison Ford, Robin Williams, Harold Ramis… and soft-serve ice cream?

That’s right—Dairy Queen is an Illinois native, born on North Chicago Street in Joliet. The fast food and ice cream chain turned 80 on Monday.

According to a 1991 article from the Associated Press, founder Sherwood “Sherb” Noble broke into the business after taking a dairy course at Iowa State College and managing an ice cream store in his hometown of Clemons, Iowa.

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