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Artist Theaster Gates rang the old bell at St. Laurence Elementary School as he opened The Land School, a $12 million project that transformed the vacant building into a cultural hub. The restored 40,000-square-foot center — which hosted an inaugural program featuring Black chamber music on Sept. 14 — highlighted a new chapter in South Side redevelopment.

Shovels broke ground Tuesday in South Chicago for the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park, a development expected to bring billions of dollars in private investment, thousands of jobs and new community facilities at the former South Works site. Gov. Pritzker and Related Midwest are leading the project with anchor tenant PsiQuantum, while some neighborhood groups worry about environmental impacts and local benefits.

The Library of Health Sciences is hosting a hybrid workshop on detecting retracted research that will show how to spot and verify retractions—attendees can join in person in Room 123 or online with recordings available to registered participants.

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