On the first of five visits to Special Collections & Archives this semester, first-year students in the seminar Maps, Territory, and Power in Asia leaned over large tables to peer at maps of the ...

Many people consider Google Maps a life-saving application because it helps them find the route to a destination in an unfamiliar place, but five students from India hoped Google's software would ...

Google Maps allegedly sent a student looking for the address of an examination center to a different place, causing him to fail the exam. He eventually arrived at the right location 27 minutes late, ...

The histories of some pieces of land in Chicago are well-known. The Thompson Center in the Loop stands on the former site of the Sherman House Hotel. The Chicago Police Belmont Area Headquarters and ...

When students need an emotional outlet, a campus cry map can show preferred private spaces to let the tears flow—or create a touch point for staff to step in and help. Being a college student means ...

At least half of college students aren’t getting sufficient sleep, even though many students report that this impacts their academic performance—in addition to their overall well-being. Seeking to ...

Whether we’re looking for buried treasure or planning our next road trip, we tend to put our trust in maps. For centuries, maps have been seen as reputable sources of information, but they haven’t ...