Performance-based funding for transportation. It’s a wonky title for an idea that could transform how we allocate money for road projects in Illinois. “We spend a lot of money on transportation, yet we still don’t have enough,” Chicago Metropolitan ...

Along with being a place to launch an education, Harper College is also where students can learn to launch rockets. A team of five Harper and three DeVry students placed fourth in this spring's NASA University Student Launch Initiative, where 36 co...

The Women's Club of Inverness is proud to announce its 2013 scholarships and donations to local charities. WCI is a philanthropic 501(c) (3) organization. All profits from WCI benefits are contributed to local community-based organizations and to un...

Zach Smith was no different from many other high school athletes when he had to face the unfortunate reality he would be competing in a Prospect uniform for the last time Monday afternoon. What was different for Smith, however, was how fortunate he...

Jim Owen's mother graduated from Harper College's Nursing program when she was an adult, telling her son at the time that no one is ever too old to learn something new. This weekend, it was his turn. Owen, who built a career as a cabinet-maker befo...

Myra Chung of Des Plaines struggled through her first high school sewing lesson. Now, she’s a Harper College fashion student designing her own collection. Chung and classmate Michelle Kreutner won $2,500 Fashion Group International scholarships to ...

The Harper College Speech Team finished fourth in the nation at the recent Phi Rho Pi National community college speech and debate tournament, besting dozens of fellow community colleges and boasting two individual champions. Elisa Galvan of Schaumb...

The revolutionary concept of seeing the lead character in Tennessee William's classic "The Glass Menagerie" as a homeless man came to creator Hans Fleischmann appropriately enough while he was living out of his 1987 Chevy conversion van on the stree...