Health
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
News Analysis with Carol Marin
Next week marks the 30th anniversary of unabomber Ted Kaczynski's first mail bomb attack – it was at Northwestern University. Carol Marin talks to Chicago Tribune reporter, Robert K. Elder, who was granted rare access to Kaczynski's family and recently wrote about his experience.
Women's Health Initiative
Why do some diseases affect women more than men? Why do women respond to some drugs and treatment therapies differently than men? What environmental factors and behaviors most influence women's health? Those are some of the questions that researchers at Northwestern University are trying to answer under a new initiative studying gender differences in medicine. We'll meet the director of the program.
Foods of Chicago: Soul Food
From barbecue, to Creole, to soul food, African Americans have had a huge impact on how we eat here in Chicago. Geoffrey Baer will sample the culinary history of Chicago's African American residents.
Scholarship Winner
A Whitney Young High School student gets a big honor. Nate Marshall is the only local high school senior to be awarded a Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship. He'll tell us about his big plans for the future.
Maps before Mapquest
The summer travel season unofficially begins this weekend. Rich Samuels shows us how motorists got from point 'a' to point 'b' in the days before Mapquest and GPS devices.
Dennis DeYoung's Hunchback of Notre Dame
Years after his much publicized breakup with Styx, Dennis DeYoung is tackling a new challenge: musical theater. We'll talk with DeYoung and hear some selections from his adaptation of Hunchback of Notre Dame.
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