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Whitney M. Young Magnet High School in Chicago ranked #2 most diverse school in America

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Tuesday, June 30, 2015 04:48 PM

Whitney M. Young Magnet High School in Chicago

Illinois has an amazing array of public and private high schools throughout the state, and one Chicago high school recently received national honors.

After performing a comprehensive assessment of the culture and diversity of public high schools in all 50 states, niche.com found Whitney M. Young Magnet High School in Chicago to be the second most diverse school in the entire nation. Located on Chicago’s Near West Side, the school has about 2,100 students in grades 7-12.

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Chicago’s Navy Pier to host first-in-the-nation new Ferris wheel design

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Monday, June 29, 2015 04:10 PM

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Tourists to the Windy City will have an even more impressive view of Lake Michigan from the top of the planned 196-foot Ferris wheel that will replace the current 147-foot wheel, which was installed at Navy Pier in 1995.

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Annual Pride Parade held just days after historic Marriage Equality ruling

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Monday, June 29, 2015 03:56 PM

Annual Pride Parade held just days after historic Marriage Equality ruling

The Supreme Court’s historic decision to extend Marriage Equality nationwide came just two days before Chicago’s 46th Annual Pride Parade, giving extra meaning to the annual celebration of the LGBT community. The parade, which was held yesterday and traveled through Chicago’s Uptown, Lakeview and Lincoln Park neighborhoods, is one of the oldest and largest pride parades in the nation.

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Allerton Park: Statues, landscape gardens and scenic forests (VIDEO)

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Friday, June 19, 2015 03:59 PM

Robert Allerton ParkFrom zip-lining in the Shawnee National Forest to amusement parks in Lake County, Illinois offers a number of ways to enjoy the outdoors.

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University of Chicago team to tackle world class problems

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Friday, June 19, 2015 03:35 PM

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The Hyde Park university’s Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) Fellowship, aims to bring in world-class researchers and apply the study of data toward addressing some of the world’s most persistent problems.

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