Loop Campus News Today

Houston Community College’s bachelor’s degree program in artificial intelligence and robotics is gaining momentum since the addition in August, and their students are getting noticed.

Houston Community College became the first community college system in Texas to offer both associates and bachelors degrees in the artificial intelligence and robotics field in late 2023.

It is springtime in Chicago, and that means the surge of apartment-hunting is kicking off.  As an exodus of Chicagoans leave with other life plans, the properties left behind create a competitive game for those coming into the city with new degrees, careers and plans for the summer. Real-estate scape is crafted every season: apartments...

Houston Community College graduated its inaugural 911 dispatcher class of five students at a small ceremony in its West Houston campus March 24.

Having a car on campus as a DePaul student just got more expensive.  Beginning July 1, students can purchase parking permits for DePaul’s Lincoln Park campus from parking services. Parking services do not control parking at the Loop Campus, , nearby parking facilities offer a reduced rate for DePaul students. The Demon Discounts website has...

The DePaul community rang in the Year of the Tiger last  week with a vibrant celebration — hosted by the DePaul Chinese Studies Program, the DePaul Chinese Studies and Scholars Association (CSSA), and the Chinese Studies Association (CSA). The event was held in the Student Center in the Lincoln Park Campus on Feb. 8 and...

DePaul’s updated mask requirement announcement left some students with a bad taste in their mouth. The announcement alerted students, faculty and staff that they are required to wear medical-grade masks like a KN-95 mask or an N-95 mask, or to double mask with a cloth and surgical mask.Tight-fitting surgical masks are also okay to wear....

SHIELD Illinois, the University of Illinois System’s in-state, non-profit COVID-testing unit, is partnering with DePaul University and the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) to launch a free community testing site at DePaul’s Loop Campus.

DePaul will not require students to receive a Covid-19 booster shot, but the Department of Housing may ask on-campus students to show proof of a negative Covid-19 test prior to returning to campus.  After Loyola University announced that returning students would be required to receive the booster, DePaul is only recommending students, faculty and staff...

Nationwide debates continue to rage over the efficacy and necessity of mask-wearing during this stage of the pandemic. In addition to a vaccine mandate, DePaul University is one of over 600 colleges in the country with an active campus mask mandate, posing a new set of challenges for staff members tasked with enforcing it. The...