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Recreational therapy (sometimes called therapeutic recreation) is an expanding field that uses activity-based interventions to help people with physical disabilities, sensory disorders, or mental-health needs fully participate in life. About 17,000 professionals work as recreational therapists,...

Aurora University is winning accolades for the beauty of its campus. The university was named among 20 beautiful college campuses in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, joining Duke University, Harvard University, Indiana University—Bloomington, the University of Washington, and...

Scores of monarch butterflies filled the walls outside Crimi Auditorium this spring as part of an art installation featuring the print work of 125 artists from Chicago and Michoacán, Mexico. The exhibition, “Mariposa Migrantes” (Migrant Butterflies), explores the...

Aurora University named Paaige Turner, PhD, to the new position of provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, effective July 1. Turner is currently dean of the College of Communication, Information, and Media at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, a post she has held since...

Christy Savellano Beretta ’16 understands the meaning of home. As a manager at the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, Savellano Beretta works with the growing population of young adults facing homelessness and helps families understand their housing rights. One of the most compelling...