Inspiring Innovation for Meaningful Change

in Education, Health Care, the Environment, and Culture

Featured Stores of Real-Life Impact

Education Environment

Inspiring The Next Generation Of Scientists to Solve the Problems of Tomorrow

Culture Comer Family Foundation

CITY 2000 25th Anniversary: The Origin Story

Looking for climate clues in Norway

CITY 2000 25th Anniversary: A Moment of Chicago History Frozen in Place

Comer Family Foundation

Love Letter to Linden

Pancakes and time machines: Richard Alley charts abrupt climate change science one story at a time

The Museum of Contemporary Photography is a Chicago gem that’s ready to come out of hiding

Health Care Community

Harm reduction as love in action

Searching for clues on the Irish Coast

A visit with Changelings members at Oxford University

Comer Family Foundation Community

Bayview Renovates the Blueprint for Affordable Housing Communities

A Conversation with Caitlin Haskell

Education Environment

Teens take on the climate change challenge in Maine

George Denton Goes After the Big Questions

In the News

Environment

Flyway City: Architecture for a Flourishing Ecosystem

Environment

The Morton Arboretum named a finalist in World Business Chicago’s ‘Horizon Lines: Visions for Chicago 2050’ competition

Environment

Comer Fellow Daniel Sigman elected to the National Academy of Sciences

Environment

Comer Fellow Michael Kaplan Receives 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship