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University of Chicago announces Yerkes Observatory shutdown

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Foundation seeks to retract $100M pledge to U of Chicago

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Former President Barack Obama address the participants at a summit on climate change involving mayors from around the globe in Chicago on Dec. 5, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

University of Chicago symposium aims to ‘slow down’ Obama library development

By Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times

Former President Barack Obama speaks at a community event on the Presidential Center at the South Shore Cultural Center, Wednesday, May 3, 2017, in Chicago. The Obama Foundation unveiled plans for the former president's lakefront presidential center, showcasing renderings and a model at an event where Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama were expected to give more details. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) ** FILE **

University of Chicago faculty tell Obama to move presidential library

By Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 21, 2017, photo, University of Chicago students Asya Akca, left, and Shae Omonijo stand next to a plaque honoring Georgiana Rose Simpson in the Reynolds Club, the university’s student center in Chicago. Simpson went on to become one of the first black women in the country to graduate with a doctorate, records show. The statue of Simpson will be unveiled on Nov. 28, 2017. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune via AP)

University of Chicago honors woman scholar

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In this Thursday, June 1, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks about the U.S. role in the Paris climate change accord in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

AP-NORC poll: Americans want local leaders to fight warming

By SETH BORENSTEIN and EMILY SWANSON - Associated Press

University of Chicago receives 500 Vivian Maier photographs

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Fairfield University announces 9th president

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President Donald Trump listens during a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Young Americans: Most see Trump as illegitimate president

By LAURIE KELLMAN and EMILY SWANSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 24, 2001 file photo, a Bureau of Printing and Engraving employee checks one dollar bills at the plant in Washington. When the bills are due, more young blacks and Latinos feel like they can’t turn to Mommy, Daddy or even Grandma to help them out of financial trouble than whites or Asians, according to a new Associated Press poll. (AP Photo/Hillery Smith Garrison, File)

Black, Latino youth less likely to get money from folks

By JESSE J. HOLLAND and EMILY SWANSON - Associated Press

Young adults prefer Clinton on income gap, divide on jobs

By EMILY SWANSON - Associated Press

In this photo taken Sept. 30, 2016, Duke University students Paulos Muruts, left, and Ben Ezroni, talk in Durham, N.C. They say they aren't pleased with their choices in the 2016 presidential election. Ezroni, a New York native, says he will vote for Trump but finds many of his statements offensive. Muruts, a North Carolina native, says he would choose Clinton, but may need to be convinced to cast a ballot. Both say they like President Barack Obama on a personal level that neither Clinton nor Trump can match. (AP Photo/Bill Barrow)

Among young voters, Obama’s popularity may not transfer

By BILL BARROW - Associated Press

In this June 23, 2016, file photo, folice and Belgian Army soldiers patrol during a court hearing for suspect Mohamed Abrini, a suspect in the Paris and Brussels attacks, that were claimed by the Islamic State organization, at the Court of Appeals in Brussels. The threat of violence by people inspired by foreign extremists invokes fear in a majority of young Americans across racial groups. But for young people of color, particularly African-Americans, that fear is matched or surpassed by worries about violence from white extremists. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

GenForward poll: Young Americans worry over extremist threat

By Melinda Deslatte - Associated Press

Various guns are displayed at the Chicago FBI office in this July 22, 2010, file photo. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File) **FILE**

More gun control embraced by young adults: poll

By Tammy Webber and Emily Swanson - Associated Press

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at Adams City High School in Commerce City, Colo., on Aug. 3, 2016. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton knowingly broke law, most young whites think: Poll

By Emily Swanson - Associated Press

In this July 8, 2016, photo, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at the African Methodist Episcopal church national convention in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Hillary Clinton struggles to make inroads with young Americans: poll

By Julie Pace and Emily Swanson - Associated Press

President Obama is growing more confident that the GOP will yield in its blockade against Judge Merrick Garland's confirmation to the Supreme Court, with at least 16 Republican senators having met with or agreeing to meet with the nominee. (Associated Press)

Obama’s confidence higher over Supreme Court pick

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Campus security officers on the Main Quadrangles at the University of Chicago in Chicago on Monday, Nov. 30, 2015. The University of Chicago announced Sunday that all classes and other activities planned for Monday on its Hyde Park campus will be canceled after the university was informed by FBI counterterrorism officials of a gun violence threat to the campus. (Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune via AP)

Jabari Dean charged in threat to kill white students, staff at U. of Chicago

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times