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Forbes

“You can file a lawsuit to win. You can file a lawsuit for publicity. You can file a lawsuit to inflict harm on another party,” Harold Krent, a professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law, told Forbes. “But also you can file a lawsuit in hope of incremental social change. And so I think this underlying lawsuit really is both about getting more money to Byron Allen’s companies but also trying to pave the way for some kind of beneficial social change.”

Times Higher Education

Working with industry partners can bridge the gap between simply acquiring tool-specific knowledge and applying it at work. Raj Echambadi, president of Illinois Institute of Technology, described how the institution has integrated industry credentials into its existing academic framework, listening to employers about future demand. “This has huge implications in terms of students’ employment, but more importantly it gives them confidence, which they need to succeed in a corporate environment,” he explained.

Talking Points Memo

“I think one of two things is happening: (1) they’re going ahead and deciding it on the merits or (2) there is at least one justice who thinks they should be deciding it on the merits and so is writing a dissent to the dismissal,” says Carolyn Shapiro, law professor and founder of Chicago-Kent’s Institute on the Supreme Court of the United States.

Crain's Chicago Business

Myetie Hamilton, who has a master’s degree in public administration from Illinois Institute of Technology, will become the next CEO of Leadership Greater Chicago, a nonprofit that helps develop the city’s next business and civic leaders, the organization announced. Hamilton, 48, a Chicago native who grew up in the South Shore community, will be the first Black woman to lead the organization.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Disney’s Galactic Starcruiser is in many respects somewhere between a game and a playground, writes Carly Kocurek, associate dean of the Lewis College of Science and Letters and professor of digital humanities and media studies. It has a narrative arc, like many a good game, and allows the “players” a great deal of freedom to explore and enjoy this world-within-the-world on their own. Rich play like this incorporates all six of the major components of play identified by Scott Eberle: pleasure, anticipation, surprise, understanding, strength and poise. In other words, it runs the gamut of the human experience, and allows us to explore and enhance our own capabilities.