Columbia College Chicago News

As a San Francisco cabdriver, Steve Woodall crafted his first book by hand in his 40s, combining images with poetry.

COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO Hundreds of film and video courses make it one of the largest and most comprehensive such schools in the country.

Gloria Chatman's life may look like her neighbor's, her friends', even her coworkers'. Nearly every day she heads to her dance studio inside Lincoln Mall in Matteson.

Share + Nov 20, 2009 12:01 pm US/Central CHICAGO A Columbia College Chicago professor was arrested and charged Thursday after federal agents conducting a search warrant allegedly found child pornography on a computer in his west suburban home.

Chicago native and "Second City" alumnus Jeff Garlin is slated to receive the 2009 Columbia College Chicago Impact Award, honoring his contributions to the entertainment industry.

A dozen groups pursuing new-media ventures in Chicago received a combined $500,000 from the Community News Matters program, a project supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Chicago Community Trust and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation .

A dozen recipients will divvy up a half-million dollars in Community News Matters Award money, part of the Chicago Communuty Trust's effort to boost new sources of local news and information.

Most college students put in a monster study session or two. Marina Levina's students get to spend sessions studying monsters.

Closing the classroom gap Oct. 28: Amid Education Secretary Arne Duncan's call for a new generation of teachers, a group is working to help place more male African-American teachers in the classroom.

Area students are invited to learn more about Lincoln Trail College programs and those of area colleges, universities and branches of the military during College Day conducted from 9 to 11 a.m. Nov.

Kevin Gosztola is a film student at Columbia College Chicago. He is also a writer and publisher for OpEdNews.com and a YP4 2009 Fellow interested in becoming more involved in progressive leadership and using media for social change.

Stephen T. Asma is Professor of Philosophy at Columbia College Chicago, where he holds the title of Distinguished Scholar.A His newest book, On Monsters: An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears , is a wide-ranging cultural and conceptual history of monsters-how they have evolved over time, what functions they serve, and what shapes they are likely ...

When Dominic A. Pacyga set out to write a comprehensive history of Chicago, the idea was almost as intimidating as reversing the flow of a river or designing the world's first skyscraper.

A Palestinian MuslimA teacher and former Chicago talk radio show producer filed a federal discrimination lawsuit today against Columbia College Chicago, sayingA she was fired after a student falsely accused her of making an anti-Semitic remark in class.

A Chicago college teacher filed a discrimination suit in which she says she was fired after a student accused her falsely of an anti-Semitic comment.

A Palestinian Muslim instructor filed a federal discrimination lawsuit Monday against Columbia College Chicago, claiming she was terminated after a student falsely reported she made an anti-Semitic comment in class.

Kerry Reid has been Chris Jones' go-to person at the Tribune for many years, and done a lot of work for Performink and The Reader.

Photographer Doug Ishar. Doug Ischar came to town in the early '80s to study photography at Columbia College Chicago.

Twenty years ago, Lake Zurich native Bill Coon made history by being only the eighth infant in the country, and the fourth in the Midwest, to undergo a heart transplant.

As Chicago celebrates the 100-year anniversary of Daniel Burnham's 1909 monumental Plan of Chicago, on Sat, Sept.