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Kit met Evan La Ruffa of IPaintMyMind and Shared Walls at Blend an event in August and was instantly impressed with Evan’s enthusiasm for the local art scene and his desire to make art accessible to everyone. We talked to Evan about how he turned a blog...

Evan La Ruffa ’05 walked away from St. Thomas’ Justice and Peace Studies program with an important message: It’s not just enough to criticize; it’s important to come up with viable solutions for those critiques. La Ruffa has put that message into play...

The years following undergrad or grad school are filled with opportunities for you to own your career. Unfortunately for many, along with honing skills and making great connections comes a not-so-­fun task: paying down student loan debt. On the plus...

Nancy Ballesteros is completing a remarkable three-year journey from being a low-paid single mom of two kids to being a full-fledged Chicago Public Schools teacher … and all-around inspiration to kids in her Little Village neighborhood. &ldquo...

The proposal will preserve a couple more historic buildings The ambitious plan to completely overhaul the Julia C. Lathrop Homes housing project along the Chicago River near the Roscoe Village and Logan Square neighborhoods has been tweaked yet again...