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Robin Baumgarten Trost with her daughters Anna and Mary Piacente at commencement

Family tradition

She anchors the beating heart of Chicago five days a week, from god-awful early to 10 a.m., out in front of the breaking stories, the features and the crazy vignettes

portrait of Andrew Davis

Dig This!

In Disturbing the Bones (Melville House, 2024), Andrew Davis, ’68 MEDIA, and Jeff Biggers weave a geopolitical conspiracy thriller that’s set almost entirely within the state of Illinois—filled with war

portrait of Mohamad Maliki Bin Osman

A Man of Many People

Mohamad Maliki Bin Osman, PHD ’98 SW, received the University’s 2024 Madhuri and Jagdish N. Sheth International Alumni Award for Exceptional Achievement in recognition for his work to better his

Doug Busch with his large format camera surrounded by trees

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Douglas (Doug) Busch, ’74 FFA, now 73, is still lithe in a tucked-in, black, long-sleeve shirt, blue jeans, red New Balances and stylish glasses with circular frames. His thick hair has