Aimee Levitt

Chicago

Writer and Editor at Freelance

Mild-mannered freelance girl reporter for hire. Previously seen in, among others, @eater, @theguardian, @Chicago_Reader, @thetakeout, and @RiverfrontTimes

Articles

Aimee Levitt | St. Louis Magazine

1 week ago | stlmag.com | Aimee Levitt

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Researchers explore the power of analogy to shape corporate strategy

1 month ago | phys.org | Aimee Levitt

About 15 years ago, Glenn Carroll and Jesper Sørensen began teaching a mandatory course for first-year MBA students called Critical Analytical Thinking. "It was not a particularly popular course," Carroll recalls.
Tapping Into the Incomparable Power of a Good Analogy

1 month ago | gsb.stanford.edu | Aimee Levitt

About 15 years ago, Glenn Carroll and Jesper Sørensen began teaching a mandatory course for first-year MBA students called Critical Analytical Thinking. “It was not a particularly popular course,” Carroll recalls.
Salad chain Sweetgreen is caving to conspiracy theories about seed oils. Why?

Jan 21, 2025 | theguardian.com | Aimee Levitt

It’s January, season of resolutions and virtue, when Americans collectively decide to throw out the butter and sugar and booze and embrace grain bowls and bone broth. Most of these resolutions – 80%, according to some studies – will fade by February, Super Bowl Sunday at the latest, so advertisers pushing dietary health trends have to strike fast. Earlier this month, for example, the salad chain Sweetgreen unveiled a new January menu that is completely free of “seed oils”.
MPA Student Uses Internship to Help Improve Healthcare for Trenton’s Homeless

Jan 15, 2025 | spia.princeton.edu | Aimee Levitt

Jan 15 2025 By Aimee Levitt Source Princeton School of Public and International Affairs Ben Harris’s first job after earning his undergraduate degree was at the Erie Family Health Centers in Chicago, where he got to see firsthand the intersection of community and physical health. One of his mentors there was the chief clinical officer, David Buchanan, who studied the role of housing in healthcare.
Maida Heatter Always Had Brownies in Her Bag

Dec 23, 2024 | eater.com | Aimee Levitt

Lille Allen/Eater Maida Heatter carried brownies with her wherever she went. They were always wrapped, for hygienic purposes, and also so her purse wouldn’t be filled with crumbs. She would distribute them to people she met during the day, the way other old ladies in Miami would give out hard candies. But this was not simple generosity. It was blatant self-promotion.
Rewind: Chicago sculptor Richard Hunt’s six-decade career gets two concurrent exhibits

Dec 23, 2024 | chicagoreader.com | Aimee Levitt |Kerry Cardoza
‘Martha Stewart’s Hors d’Oeuvres Handbook’ Loves Its Tiny, Pretty Food

Dec 5, 2024 | eater.com | Aimee Levitt

Lille Allen/Eater On Election Night, I stayed up late with my dog. We lay on the couch together. He napped. I tried to avoid checking the stupid New York Times needle every 10 seconds by reading scholarly articles about the meaning of Martha Stewart. The deadline for this piece was coming up.
What other countries could teach the US about bringing down drug prices

Dec 3, 2024 | msn.com | Aimee Levitt

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What other countries could teach the US about bringing down drug prices

Dec 3, 2024 | medicalxpress.com | Aimee Levitt

Last year, Kevin Schulman, a health economist at Stanford Graduate School of Business and Stanford School of Medicine, taught a course on health information technology and strategy. Sitting in on the class was Iselin Dahlen Syversen, the head of the Norwegian government department that works with pharmaceutical companies to set drug prices. "We were talking about some regulatory thing," Schulman recalls, "and she couldn't take it anymore.