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One of the most influential physicists of our time, Lisa Randall’s research has helped shed light on dark matter, supersymmetry and expanding our knowledge of the Standard Model of physics. Her new theoretical work proposes multiple “brane” dimensions to account for the “fine-tuning” needed to harmonize quantum mechanics and the Standard Model

How many ‘Hidden Figures’ does it take to make a ‘Theory of Everything?’: (Harvard physicist Lisa Randall says biases are holding back discovery)

April 9, 2020
As the Trump administration threatens to deploy elite Border Patrol tactical units to help ICE increase arrests and deportations in sanctuaries, people are increasingly questioning whether ICE actually keeps communities safe or just tears them apart (graphic by: Jessica Tapia)

Immigration advocates: If ICE is coming for you, then we’re coming for ICE

March 12, 2020
If the students’ goal is to remove the hate group from campus, why do they keep playing into the hate group’s hands? (graphic by: Jessica Tapia)

Hey students! You’re the reason the homophobes keep coming back!

March 5, 2020
As politicians battle over the adoption of the Equal Rights Amendment, what lessons can we learn from the women who fought for their right to vote 100-years ago and wrote the ERA? (graphic by Jessica Tapia)

Have we forgotten what the Equal Rights Amendment truly means?

February 28, 2020
Will history judge President Trump’s impeachment trial as an indictment on his record and the surge of American populism, or as precedent further normalizing the political dominance of the executive branch and divisive partisanship? (graphic by Jessica Tapia)

Does Trump’s impeachment trial set a dangerous precedent for our nation’s future?

February 21, 2020
As the number infected by the novel coronavirus has surpassed 63,000 and the death toll mounts 1,300, local Health Department officials are on the frontlines of tracking potentially infected people and preventing contagion of the deadly virus amongst the American public

What’s preventing a coronavirus outbreak from happening here? (How Health Department officials are preapared to fight the deadly outbreak)

February 14, 2020
Demonstrators in Chicago wear blindfolds to protest society's blindness to violence against women and to remember the women who have been silenced by femicide (photo by Gabriela Hernandez Chico)

Protesters ask ‘How many more women need to be murdered before we demand change?’

December 11, 2019
Artist and Mexican folklorist Jade Nava demonstrates establishing Mexican identity through ancestral folk stories. Artists gathered at the Burning Bush art gallery in Wheaton, in an event hosted by Immigrant Solidarity DuPage, to discuss the influences of Frida Kahlo on their art and the enduring relevance of her revolutionary political spirit (photo by Gabriela Hernandez Chico)

What would Frida do? (Don’t misunderstand her political message)

November 29, 2019
Dr. William Hartsell medical director of Northwestern Medicine Chicago Proton Center in Warrenville planning treatment to use protons to break down a patient’s tumor (photo provided by Northwestern Medicine)

Is proton beam therapy the future for cancer treatment?

November 21, 2019
Physicist Damon Bice works on a quantum dilution refrigerator at Fermilab National Laboratory. The lab hopes their research inspires the evolving quantum computing industry (photo provided by Fermilab)

Will quantum computers revolutionize the world?

November 14, 2019
Elected official Bushra Amiwala speaks before the College of DuPage in an event hosted by the school's Girl Up club on empowering women in politics (photo by Kate Zadell)

Women in Politics are Not Just Labels: (Bushra Amiwala discusses being a female Muslim elected official)

November 7, 2019
High school tutors of Dialekt, a non-profit, help immigrant learners with math and reading comprehension skills necessary for adjusting to new jobs in America (photo by Brian Schatteman)

Educating immigrants is an investment, not charity

October 30, 2019
College of DuPage Professor of Chemistry Richard Jarman (photo by: Kate Zadell)

Got what it takes to win a Nobel Prize? (why lithium-ion’s award should inspire you)

October 16, 2019
The documentary “Beyond Borders: Undocumented Mexican-Americans” shown at the College of DuPage as part of Hispanic Heritage Month, features the tragic stories of those torn apart from loved ones due to immigration policy (graphic by Jessica Tapia)

Love separated by borders

October 10, 2019
College of DuPage’s Girl Up club will host Henna for Mali on Thursday, Oct. 17. All proceeds from giving students henna tattoos will be donated to the Heroic Hearts Organization’s programs for women, children and orphans in Mali, Africa (graphic by Jessica Tapia)

Climate change is a fight for gender equality

October 5, 2019
The Nachusa Grasslands in northwestern Illinois is one of the few remaining examples of the once-dominant tallgrass prairie ecosystem in the state. The Nature Conservancy reintroduced bison, natural grasses and wildflowers to the prairie (photo: Joey Weslo)

While facing unprecedented mass extinctions, Trump proposes weakening Endangered Species Act

October 1, 2019
The College of DuPage Faculty Association and community supporters protest before the Aug. 15 board of trustees meeting (photo by: Alison Pfaff)

COD President: “Very remote” chance of class cancellations

September 12, 2019
The increased burning and deforestation of the Amazon represents a global problem. With the rise of populist rhetoric hindering diplomatic solutions, could the flames represent a new reality to a changing international order? (graphic by: Jessica Tapia)

Why is the Amazon rainforest really burning?

September 5, 2019
Faculty Members protest before a COD board meeting on Aug. 15 (photo by: Alison Pfaff)

Will stalled teacher contract negotiations result in a strike?

August 29, 2019
Students of College of DuPage's Speech Communication course study nonverbal animal communication like the hoof stomping, tail flicking and eye movement of horses at Galusha Farm in Warrenville (photo by Lindsay Piotter)

Become one with the beasts: Understanding speech through animal communication

May 31, 2019
Brian Caputo has been selected by the board to become the next president of the College of DuPage

Brian Caputo named next president of College of DuPage

May 24, 2019
After Northern Illinois' 2008 shooting, killing six and injuring 21 people, the school solicited help from licensed counselors to help students cope with symptoms resulting from the senseless trauma. What services should be available to students, friends and family after such tragedies? And in the long-run, what required attention is still needed to make sure the tragedy doesn’t claim any more lives?

The Trauma that Persists: How counseling helps survivors after school shootings

May 17, 2019
Brandon Beckwith

Feeling numb to the News? :Overcoming desensitization in the media

May 8, 2019
College of DuPage Interim President Brian Caputo -

How will Illinois’ raised minimum wage affect student-aged workers?

May 2, 2019
The inclusion of former State Rep. Jeanne Ives has drawn outrage from students and faculty

What does COD gain from Jeanne Ives’ divisive discrimination?

April 18, 2019
The Hinsdale Fire Department teaching the community vital life-saving training techniques

How to save a life: DuPage Narcan Program training against opioid overdose

April 15, 2019
(SATIRE): Don’t miss College of DuPage’s delicious headlines! – Rondeau’s Guided Pathway - State Rep. Ives lawsuit against school - Art the viewer can taste - Amputations for playing piano - Professor Isla Roka awarded Outstanding Faculty Member

BREAKING COD NEWS STORIES YOU CAN’T MISS

April 2, 2019
With questions surrounding where the gay rights movement desires to go and how it wants to define itself, have the divisions in opinion hindered solidarity and progress?

Have we become too dependent on superficial sexual labels?

March 30, 2019
A federal investigation uncovered how wealthy parents have bribed their children’s way into prestigious and highly-selective schools, like Georgetown University (pictured). Their illegal practices bring to light the numerous legal maneuverings the wealthy use to ensure back-door entrance into elite institutions, disadvantaging deserving, less-affluent student applicants

Should the college admissions scandal make me angry?

March 22, 2019
Researchers at the Northwestern Center for Genetic Medicine use the gene-editing technology CRISPR to isolate and alter disease-causing mutations in DNA

Do we already have the power to eradicate genetic disease?

March 6, 2019
Did former Trustee Deanne Mazzochi’s decision to hold off her resignation help smoothen the transition process, or did it increase polarization amongst the COD Board?

Why wasn’t public input sought in COD Board of Trustees’ new appointment?

March 6, 2019
Former astronaut Mark Kelly speaks at the College of DuPage, bringing audience members on a voyage, explaining how the lessons he’s learned throughout his life have shaped the leader he has become

Astronaut Mark Kelly: The making of an American Senator?

February 20, 2019
CLASSIFIEDS: A lonely Democrat longing to give my love to the presidential candidate who can steal my heart.... (pictured: Bernie Sanders, Cory Booker, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris)

LONELY HEARTS: Democrat desperately seeking love

February 16, 2019
In 2017, millions protested against President Nicolas Maduro dissolving the opposition-led National Assembly congress to create a puppet congress, the Constituent Assembly. The opposition to his increasingly authoritarian actions signaled support in Hugo Chavez’s 1999 Bolivarian socialist revolution was finally waning

Is American intervention in Venezuela justified?

February 7, 2019
Dangling for all to see, the Wall Street Bull's testicles roar out,

Challenging the dangers of toxic masculinity

January 30, 2019
The argument goes, those who commit acts of violence should pay for their crimes. However, almost all people on death row are poor. A significant number are mentally disabled. And about 40% of death row inmates are African American

Is there a right end of the noose?

January 24, 2019
In an effort to rebuke President Trump's handling of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder, the Senate has garnered support voting on a measure to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led campaign in the war in Yemen. After 10,000 deaths and 85,000 children under-the-age-of-five starving to death, the question remains, 'What took so long?'

Let the murder of Khashoggi end the war in Yemen

December 17, 2018
COD Professor Marco Benassi takes his speech students canoing in a forest preserve while studying the techniques and beneifts of Interpersonal Communication. Benassi believes experiential education can break down the traditions of lecture teaching and reach and inspire students on a more personal level

Using experiential education to define your own future

December 6, 2018
Ed Yohnka has for 19 years strived to promote the American Civil Liberties Union's mission to protect the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person by the law and Constitution of the United States

The ACLU’s frontline battle challenging Trump’s overreach

November 22, 2018
The Elgin Symphony Orchestra performed pieces from Richard Wagner's

Why college students should listen to classical music

November 15, 2018
Conspiracies derive from our cognitive disposition to see patterns and meaning in a chaotic universe. Also serving as an antidote to our insecurities, they become enhanced by our suspicions of authority

Anatomy of a Conspiracist

November 8, 2018
Bassem Youssef performs his political satire routine before a sold-out theater at College of DuPage on Oct. 19

Egyptian Satirist Bassem Youssef: A Comedian in Political Exile

November 1, 2018
Salacious lyrics like,

The Rocky Horror Picture Show vs. Trump’s America

October 24, 2018
Co-presidents Djimon Lewis and Taria Murphy of the Black Student Alliance at College of DuPage

What changes will the Jason Van Dyke murder verdict bring? (“Do the right thing”)

October 16, 2018
COD Professor of Physics Alexandra Bennett worked at Fermilab, and Europe’s CERN’s Compact Muon Solenoid, one of the detectors along the Large Hadron Collider

Challenging gender inequality in the world of physics

October 11, 2018
Trump’s isolationist policies contrast UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres’ advocacy for globalism

Trump boasts his isolationist policies before an opposing United Nations

October 4, 2018
Justice Brett Kavanaugh vociferously denies all allegations of sexual assault and misconduct

Kavanaugh’s sexual assault allegation brings #MeToo’s cultural progress into question

September 26, 2018
All questions about the probation have been strategically directed to McVey, the one person at the school who seems incapable of providing answers

Athletic Director Greg McVey addresses the 2017-18 athletic probation and the importance of transparency

September 12, 2018
Photo by Evan Anderson: College of DuPage’s storm chasing program pursuing super-cell formations, near Eagle Butte, South Dakota

COD’s Meteorology Department explores the fascinations of weather

September 5, 2018
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