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William Tan, Reporter

William Tan is a reporter who began in Beginning Journalism as a sophomore in the 2020-21 school year.

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Alexis Chia presents with Eliza Doss about their May project called

Seniors present creative, innovative May Projects

June 4, 2021
Dauwad Talib, head coach of the varsity tennis team, has been appointed to the IHSA tennis advisory committee.

Dauwad Talib appointed to IHSA tennis advisory committee

June 3, 2021
Seth Parker Woods, a University of Chicago Cellist and contemporary artist experiments with the boundaries of contemporary music in his new Sound/Sites concert series.

UChicago cellist, contemporary artist breaks boundaries with concert series

May 23, 2021
Junior Jennifer Huo gets her second vaccine dose April 8 at the University of Chicago Hospital. The University of Chicago will offer free COVID-19 vaccines to all Lab or UChicago Charter students, employees, children of employees and family members and caregivers of students and employees ages 12 or older on May 22.

University of Chicago to provide free COVID-19 vaccines to students May 22

May 19, 2021
Zilkia Rivera-Vazquez has been offered the position of U-High’s assistant principal and plans to ensure student voices are heard at all times.

New high school assistant principal selected

May 14, 2021
The InFlame History and Economics Journal is accepting history papers, and the Ouroboros Review literary translation journal is accepting student literary translations for their upcoming publications.

Student submissions open for journals’ upcoming publications

May 13, 2021
On June 1, members of the Laboratory Schools community protested police brutality on the Midway. Members of the Families for Antiracism group are involved with Monday marches on the Midway to get the Lab community involved in fighting for their rights.

New group engages in anti-racism work through discussion, protest

April 30, 2021
Only maintaining disciplined and responsible measures like mask-wearing will take us out of the pandemic and into safety, writes reporter William Tan.

Lifting mask restrictions sets an irresponsible precedent

March 31, 2021
Representatives of businesses from Chicago and Maryland give a presentation and answer questions Feb. 24.

Expo features presentations by Black business owners

March 1, 2021

Netflix documentary ‘The Minimalists: Less is Now’ sheds light on growing popularity for minimalist lifestyle

March 1, 2021
A person strikes an elegant pose in junior Tech Nix's project for their AP photography class, made in Adobe Illustrator. Without the school's dark room available for student use, photo teacher Benjamin Jaffe has shifted his curriculum toward digital art.

Art classes adapt classic curriculum to distance learning

February 19, 2021
The U-Highlights achieves high rankings for general excellence along with seven other categories.

U-Highlights earns distinctions for creative coverage of school year

January 19, 2021
Students in 2019 enjoyed Eid dinner in Café Lab. Members of Muslim Students Association look toward second semester for opportunities to host in-person events.

Muslim Students’ Association members accommodate distance learning with new activities

January 18, 2021
Store emmployee Michael Kinnavy is noticing an alarming rate of toilet paper purchases at Kramer Foods in Hinsdale in response to rising COVID-19 cases.

Panic purchasing, sanitary product sales: what to expect for the future of COVID-19

January 15, 2021

Rising COVID-19 cases may result in panic purchasing again

January 15, 2021
A young girl helps her grandfather find the inspiration he lost to paint since his wife had past in the new Netflix short 'Canvas.'

Nine minute Netflix short film ‘Canvas’ rounds out 2020 with an uplifting story.

January 7, 2021
As the election progresses, follow student and faculty reactions to voting, working the polls, election results and community discussions.

Election 2020: Final lap and recap

November 2, 2020
The online spirit store offers items including T-shirts, water bottles, mugs, hats and seasonal items.

Online spirit store to sell Lab merchandise

October 23, 2020
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