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: Published June 27, 2021

The Goldilocks Shower System is a new, award-winning temperature control invention from Horizon Science Academy - McKinley Park student Thomas Bittings Jr., who won a $2,000 cash prize he'll use to help launch his product.

Horizon Science Academy - McKinley Park student and inventor Thomas Bittings Jr. wins top honors from the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship.
Goldilocks Shower System invention lands $2,000 prize, which Bittings will invest in product launch.
Graduating high school senior plans to study engineering and business on a full-ride scholarship starting fall 2021.

A screen capture of maps from the UIC School of Public Health's study on environmental justice and public schools shows disparities in the impact of Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) sites on schools and Latino students.

: Published May 19, 2021

The research team at the University of Illinois - Chicago's School of Public Health has published interactive maps illustrating disparities in toxic impact among Chicago schools and Latino schoolchildren found from their study results.

University of Illinois - Chicago School of Public Health research team publishes interactive maps illustrating environmental justice disparities.
Maps join final draft of study that measures Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) sites' proximity to schools and Latino schoolchildren.
First-of-their-kind research methods quantify environmental justice impacts.

A zoomed-in screenshot of the map of the UIC study on toxic release inventory (TRI) sites' proximity to neighborhood schools shows the relative burden by community area and how McKinley Park is surrounded by some of the most severely impacted neighborhoods.

: Published May 15, 2021

A new environmental justice study from UIC researchers highlights massive disparities across Chicago for school kids' proximity to toxic sites.

New citywide environmental justice study from UIC's School of Public Health shows massive disparity for school kids' proximity to toxic sites.
Heavily burdened areas surround the McKinley Park neighborhood on all sides.
Study breaks ground by establishing new methods to measure environmental justice.

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A banner on the new commercial building at 3711 S. Ashland Ave., Chicago, announces the pending arrival of the Aviation Institute of Maintenance in summer 2021.

: Published May 10, 2021

The Aviation Institute of Maintenance looks to move into the Chicago Manufacturing District's historic East District based on building permits and promotional signs at the new commercial building at 3711 S. Ashland Ave., Chicago.

Aviation Institute of Maintenance looks to land its newest campus in the McKinley Park neighborhood.
Institute operates schools nationwide to support entry-level careers in aviation.
Building permits and signage list the Aviation Institute of Maintenance as arriving in summer 2021.

The front sign of Nathanael Greene Elementary School at 3525 S. Honore St., Chicago, hearkens to its namesake, who owned slaves on a Georgia plantation following the U.S. Revolutionary War.

: Published May 2, 2021

Three schools in Chicago's McKinley Park neighborhood — Nathanael Greene Elementary, Edward Everett Elementary and Evergreen Middle School — may be in line for name changes following new naming polices at Chicago Public Schools.

Three Chicago Public Schools in the McKinley Park neighborhood may be in line for name changes.
Greene Elementary, Everett Elementary and Evergreen Academy Middle School have namesakes associated with slave ownership.
School district equity officer announced policy changes in late 2020.

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