Jeff Link

Chicago

Journalist and Writer at Freelance

Senior Editor at Toptal

Senior editor @toptal. Journalist and former contributor @fastcompany @WIRED @architect @dwell. He/him.

Articles

How a Loyola alum built the world's first touch-sensing bionic hand

2 days ago | news.luc.edu | Jeff Link

In summer 2014, Aadeel Akhtar (BS ’07, MS ’08) arrived in Quito, Ecuador, for his first test of a bionic hand prototype on an amputee. In partnership with the Range of Motion Project, a nonprofit that provides prosthetic devices to people who can’t afford them, Akhtar and a fellow researcher embarked on the trip to test the device on Juan Suquillo, a former soldier in the Ecuadorian Army, who, in 1989, had lost his left hand in a landmine explosion.
Tornado researcher Karen Kosiba (BS '99) has her eye on the storm

1 week ago | news.luc.edu | Jeff Link

“You want to be semi in the path of a tornado, a couple of kilometers away,” explains Karen Kosiba (BS ’99), managing director of the FARM (flexible array of radars and mesonets) research facility at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. “There’s something called the hook, and the tornado forms at the bottom of that.
Alum's business Bookclub brings underground music to the masses

2 weeks ago | news.luc.edu | Jeff Link

By artists, for artistsStacey’s time as a student at Loyola’s Quinlan School of Business has played a role in the business decisions he has had to make to get Bookclub off the ground. But even more important to his evolution as a musical entrepreneur was “the programming that I was able to enjoy beyond Quinlan that inspired me to figure out what the heck I was going to do after graduating,” he says.
At Volkswagen, Pablo Di Si (BA ’94) paved the way for a greener future

2 weeks ago | news.luc.edu | Jeff Link

This past fall, Pablo Di Si (BA ’94) led the U.S. rollout of the Volkswagen I.D. Buzz, an electrified update of the iconic VW Bus that became a symbol of 1960s American counterculture, transporting a generation of outsiders and activists to Grateful Dead shows, protest rallies, and polling stations. But the transformational work of the charismatic Loyola finance major extends beyond advancing the legacy automaker toward a decarbonized future.
Match Day: Class of 2025 opens envelopes that change their lives

1 month ago | news.luc.edu | Jeff Link

On Friday, March 1, cheers erupted in the Loyola Center for Fitness as fourth-year medical students at the Stritch School of Medicine tore open envelopes containing letters that would change their lives. As maroon and gold balloons fell from the rafters, classmates, family members, and friends embraced, clinked champagne flutes, wept, and quite literally, jumped for joy.
How ESPN's Shams Charania (BA '17) became the NBA's scoop king

1 month ago | news.luc.edu | Jeff Link

Just after 11:00 p.m. Central Time on Feb. 1, Shams Charania (BA ’17) got a tip that the Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Lakers were making a trade. He confirmed the details with five sources. By 11:12 p.m., the 30-year-old ESPN Senior NBA Insider was ready to take the story to X. “BREAKING,” he wrote. “The Dallas Mavericks are trading Luka Dončić, Maxi Kleber and Markieff Morris to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis, Max Christie and a 2029 first-round pick, sources tell ESPN.
With head, heart, and guts, Allison Guth is coaching the Ramblers to success

1 month ago | news.luc.edu | Jeff Link

Now in her third season as head coach of the Loyola women’s basketball team, Allison Guth brings a tough-minded grit to her coaching style. “I believe you are capable of holding people accountable and still holding them up,” she says. “Our connectivity comes from loving each other enough to tell each other the hard truth.”That raw, heartfelt approach grew out of her experience.
Ramblers serve others in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day

2 months ago | news.luc.edu | Jeff Link

On many Thursday nights, just before 8 p.m., Zoe Abrahamson (MD ’25), a fourth-year medical student in the Community and Global Health Honors Program, arrives at the Forest Park Blue Line station in Chicago to provide on-site medical care for unhoused riders as part of Loyola’s Street Medicine program. Seeking overnight shelter on CTA trains during the winter months, these “continuous riders” are often cold and in need of urgent care, she says. Some have frostbite and open sores on their feet.
Students, Jesuits connect over basketball at Jesuit Jam

Jan 23, 2025 | news.luc.edu | Jeff Link

Hours before Loyola men’s basketball edged out Fordham 70-66 in Gentile Arena, students poured into the Damen Student Center for Jesuit Jam, a nearly 25-year-old pre-game tradition that brings students and Jesuits together for pizza, carnival-style games, prizes, and Loyola swag.
Eastside Recreation Center's lighting design illuminates a facade and world-class natatorium

Feb 19, 2024 | lightspeconline.com | Jeff Link

Taking cues from the nearby earth tones and distinctive folds and forms of the petroglyphs at Hueco Tanks State Park & Historic Site, the $40 million Eastside Recreation Center seemingly erupts from the desert landscape of El Paso, Texas.