HOW THE ADLER GOT ITS GROOVE BACK 
The "Space is Freaking Awesome" campaign helped the Adler Planetarium draw 550,000 visitors in 2015, the most since 1993, when the museum was free. Attendance this year is up 6 percent over last, putting the planetarium on track for another record-breaking year. Adler's CEO
Michelle Larson is the reason behind the planetarium's fresh and fun scientific focus.
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GENDER BIAS IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION
Andrea Kramer, a partner at McDermott Will & Emery in Chicago and co-author the book,
Breaking Through Bias, was quoted in an article about confronting gender discrimination in the legal profession.
 The article also highlighted a statistic from a survey of Chicago area women, commissioned by
Crain's and
The Chicago Network earlier this year, which showed 46 percent of the lawyers who responded believed they were paid less than their male counterparts.
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THERESA MINTLE OP ED
Theresa Mintle, President and CEO of Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, wrote an op ed for
Crain's Chicago Business. The article, "The Private Sector Must Unite to Halt City Hall's Anti-Business Agenda," explores the relationship between business and government in Chicago.
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KELLOGG-HKUST EXECUTIVE MBA PROGRAM RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD
Sally Blount, Dean of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, was quoted in a South China Morning Post article that highlighted Kellogg-HKUST's Executive MBA program, which has been ranked number one in the world six times in the last nine years. The Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA program is a unique partnership between the Kellogg School of Management and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
"The combined 'east-meets-west' strength of the HKUST and Kellogg faculties brings incredible breadth and depth to the classroom," said Sally Blount. "Our students enjoy a clear advantage from working collaboratively across continents and schools. From this, they gain experience of global leadership challenges and practices, combined with rich, local expertise."
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NEW HOTEL AND ELEVATED WALKWAY APPROVED AT NAVY PIER
The Chicago Planinng Commission signed off on a seven-story, 240-room hotel and an elevated walkway and reflecting pool under a new chapter of the pier's centennial makeover. They also approved a seasonal ice-skating rink within the footprint of the fountain and surrounding lawn, a slope-roof welcome pavilion with 4,000 square feet of café, retail, cultural and recreation space and short-term boat docking facilities.
"Daniel Burnham called it the 'people's pier' and that it is. It's been truly rewarding to see the new pier come to life and see the way our guests are interacting with the incredible new space," said Marilynn Gardner, president and CEO of Navy Pier, Inc. Read more...
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 STUDIO GANG PROPOSES NET-ZERO SCHOOL WITH THREE-ACRE URBAN FARM
In the near future, the Academy for Global Citizenship
on the Southwest Side of Chicago
will relocate to a Studio Gang-designed (Jeanne Gang)
campus
that will collect enough solar power to be completely off the grid. Along with producing its own power, the school will also produce a portion of its own food. Students will help grow breakfast and lunch for their classmates. "The whole thing is really all about growing a power- and food-conscious community and designing a replicable system that can be used by other schools in the future," firm founder Jeanne Gang said.
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DORRI MCWHORTER ON WINDY CITY LIVE
YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago CEO Dorri McWhorter told Windy City Live about yshop.org, an online shop where part of the proceeds for each purchase
goes directly to the YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago to help girls and women learn to be business leaders and entrepreneurs of tomo
rrow. Dorri showed a few of the products and services available. Click here to watch the full segment!
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CAROL BERNICK APPOINTED TO NORTHWESTERN BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Carol Bernick, Principal of Polished Nickel Capital Management, was appointed to the Northwestern University Board of Trustees. Carol brings expertise from the world of investment management. Carol has also spent more than 18 years on the board of Northwestern Memorial HealthCare and serves as the vice-chair of the Board of Tulane University, her alma mater.
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KATHRYN J. HAYLEY APPOINTED TO FIRST MIDWEST BANCORP, INC.
First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. ("First Midwest"), the parent company of First Midwest Bank, announced the appointment of Kathryn J. Hayley to its board of directors, effective immediately. Ms. Hayley is the chief executive officer of Rosewood Advisory Services, LLC, a management consulting firm. Previously, she was an executive vice president of UnitedHealth Group, Inc., where she oversaw a number of strategic initiatives at this global healthcare company.
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SHEILA TALTON FEATURED AMONG DIRECTORS TO WATCH 2016
Directors & Boards, a quarterly journal dedicated to the topics of leadership and corporate governance, featured
Sheila Talton, President and CEO of Gray Matter Analytics, as one of 20 women directors to watch in the publication's 2016 Annual Report.
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