Chicago 2050: Glenn Davis writes on the abundant future of Chicago theater
Glenn Davis is the artistic director of Steppenwolf Theatre Co. In 2050, I envision a Chicago that is world-renowned for not only its sports, politics, skyline, food and…
Chicago 2050: Alaina Harkness on a thriving city based on water
Alaina Harkness is CEO of Current and principal investigator of Great Lakes ReNEW. Current is a client of M. Harris & Kern, which is working with World Business Chicago on…
Chicago 2050: David Awschalom on the future of quantum technologies
David Awschalom is the Liew Family professor of quantum engineering and physics and the University of Chicago, founding director of the Chicago Quantum Exchange and senior scientist at Argonne National…
Chicago 2050: Professors advise on how Chicago can train workers to succeed with AI
(Left to right) Jens Ludwig is the Edwin A. and Betty L. Bergman distinguished service professor at the University of Chicago and faculty director of a new research center, the…
Chicago 2050: Poet Leslé Honoré envisions an ‘Emerald City’ in our future
Leslé Honoré is a poet and the author of “Fist and Fire,” “Brown Girl Brown Girl” and “My Brown Boy.” She is CEO of Urban Gateways and the mother of…
Chicago 2050: Ashish Sharma on how the city will learn to live with weather
Ashish Sharma leads the Climate Hub at the Discovery Partners Institute, part of the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He has a joint appointment at…
Chicago 2050: IDOT’s secretary writes about the future of transportation in ‘The City that Works’
Gia Biagi is secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation. Chicago might have too many nicknames. We’re the Windy City. The City of the Big Shoulders. City in…
Chicago 2050: Daniel Holz writes about pursuing progress and avoiding doomsday
Daniel Holz is a professor of physics at the University of Chicago, studying black holes. He is also chair of the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the…
Chicago 2050: Laura Washington wants to bring glittering downtown institutions to the city’s neighborhoods
Laura Washington is a political commentator and longtime Chicago journalist. Her columns appear in the Tribune every other Wednesday. Write to her at LauraLauraWashington@gmail.com. The future of Chicago resides…
Chicago 2050: Tracy Baim writes about the city’s next transformational ‘Great Migration’
Tracy Baim is executive director of Press Forward Chicago, a pooled fund for local journalism based at The Chicago Community Trust. She co-founded Windy City Times in 1985 and was…