Two Bradley legends featured in the new building The idea of teaming up business and engineering has existed at Bradley long before the Business and Engineering Convergence Center. At last Friday’s dedication ceremony for the convergence center, university president Gary Roberts announced that a painted…
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“Grand Salami,” “juice” and “chalk” will soon become common jargon inside Illinois casinos. All are terms related to sports betting, which has now been legalized in Illinois. This was also a topic of a panel discussion at the fifth annual Charley Steiner Symposium on Tuesday.…
The Peplow Pavilion in the Hayden-Clark Alumni Center was filled on Thursday with finely-dressed business investors, eager to hear five startups and businesses present their ideas. NTS Innovations, Lux Blox, Engineering People, Empire Fishing and Moxie Fitness Apparel all pitched ideas about their products and…
This Halloween the Hilltop Safety Cruisers reached a new record of students transported, with 457 students transported in a single night, spread over 217 calls. The safety cruiser program, implemented in 2012 by the Bradley University Police Department, provides nightly transportation to Bradley students. It…
What do you get when you add a Middle Eastern upbringing, a lifetime of strange experiences, a math degree and a sharp, fast-paced sense of humor? The “sines” of a good night. This past Tuesday, several dozen students piled into the Marty Theater for an…
Panaderia Ortiz Bakery offers a slice of traditional Mexican cuisine with a menu that includes more than just baked goods. The family-run bakery offers a variety of dishes that can satisfy the cravings of any indecisive customer. The bakery’s menu spans far beyond popular Mexican…
A manager at Advantage Auto Sales on Main Street was robbed at gunpoint at approximately 8 p.m. on Nov. 1. The male suspect demanded that the manager turn over the day’s bank deposit bag, then fled the scene. No one was hurt, and Peoria Police…
On Bradley’s campus, Heather McCord is known as the assistant dean for budget and administration for the Foster College of Business. But beyond Bradley, her passion for volunteering and leading others has spread across Peoria. McCord also serves as the president of the board of…
Approximately 38.1 million people, or 11.8 percent of Americans are in poverty, according to the 2018 United States census. While it may be a challenge to imagine what it is like to be in those shoes, this week’s poverty simulation illustrates the reality of the…
Author visits the Hilltop A 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 13 in the Wyckoff Room of the Cullom-Davis Library, Caitlin Horrocks, author of “The Vexations” and the story collection, “This is Not Your City,” will be on Bradley’s campus to give a public reading and…