August 5, 2026, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Lama El Baz, Jose Luis Magana / AP, Download Report (PDF), New polling finds 68 percent of Americans believe the costs of the war with Iran have outweighed the benefits, though Republicans stand apart., The 2026 Chicago Council Sur...

May 12, 2026, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Lama El Baz, Vahid Salemi / AP, Download Report (PDF), But Republicans stand in stark contrast, favoring the Trump administration’s actions in Iran., The US-Israeli war against Iran remains at a stalemate after US President Donald ...

September 21, 2026, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, Evan Vucci / AP, More than half of the US public supports a policy of cooperation and engagement with China, including a growing number of Republicans., US President Donald Trump is set to host Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sep...

Caroline Pavlecic is a recent graduate of the University of Minnesota, where she received a degree in supply chain & operations management and minors in business law and strategic management. While at Minnesota, Pavlecic was involved in student government and several student boards on campus. She...

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Cohort, 2014, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, Seth Kravitz is the former co-founder of Technori, a publication that celebrates entrepreneurship, and Bow Truss, a premium coffee roasting company. After falling in love with the Chicago entrepreneur community, Kravitz starte...

Cohort, 2016, Industry, Healthcare, Sector, Private Sector, Natasha Krol's work has included facilitating collaboration across distributed higher education systems, supporting the government of Nigeria in reducing poliovirus cases, and designing innovation labs. Recently, Krol supported Chicago a...

Cohort, 2011, Industry, Banking & Finance, Sector, Private Sector, Prior to his time at Equator Capital Partners, Paul Christensen was a faculty member of the finance department at Northwestern University and the president and COO of ShoreCap Management, an international private equity company ba...

Cohort, 2011, Industry, Banking & Finance, Sector, Non-profit, Tony Davis serves as the president and managing partner of Linden Capital Partners and has more than fifteen years of principal investing and consulting experience. He is a member of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC...