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Zareen Syed

Chicago

Reporter at Chicago Tribune

@chicagotribune reporter | formerly @ThePioneerPress, Boston 25 News, NBC Sports Chicago, WGN-TV

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  • 1 week ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Kayla Samoy |Ahmed Akbar |Zareen Syed

    To kick off the 2025 James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards red carpet outside the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Kristen Reynolds, the new president and CEO of Choose Chicago, made it loud and clear: Chicago has every intention of keeping the coveted awards in the city. "We are definitely keeping the James Beard Awards beyond 2027," Reynolds said while walking the star-studded red carpet.

  • 1 week ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Kayla Samoy |Ahmed Akbar |Zareen Syed

    Kumiko and Noah Sandoval of Oriole were announced as 2025 James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards winners at the Lyric Opera House in Chicago Monday evening, where the uncertainties of the country's shifting immigration landscape hung heavy over the ceremonies. Julia Momosé, who accepted the Outstanding Bar award for Kumiko, spoke of her Japanese heritage, while a representative for Sandoval, who was unable to attend, read his pre-prepared comments, which ended with "(expletive) ICE."

  • 1 week ago | dailyitem.com | Kayla Samoy |Ahmed Akbar |Zareen Syed

    To kick off the 2025 James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards red carpet outside the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Kristen Reynolds, the new president and CEO of Choose Chicago, made it loud and clear: Chicago has every intention of keeping the coveted awards in the city. “We are definitely keeping the James Beard Awards beyond 2027,” Reynolds said while walking the star-studded red carpet.

  • 1 week ago | dailygazette.com | Kayla Samoy |Ahmed Akbar |Zareen Syed

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  • 1 week ago | thederrick.com | Kayla Samoy |Ahmed Akbar |Zareen Syed

    To kick off the 2025 James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards red carpet outside the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Kristen Reynolds, the new president and CEO of Choose Chicago, made it loud and clear: Chicago has every intention of keeping the coveted awards in the city. “We are definitely keeping the James Beard Awards beyond 2027,” Reynolds said while walking the star-studded red carpet.

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Zareen Syed
Zareen Syed @zareensyed
9 Jun 25

My latest: I spoke with lab directors and researchers at Northwestern about the deep and dangerous impact of having nearly $800 million in federal funds frozen ⬇️

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The Trump administration’s freezing of $790 million in federal research funding for Northwestern University has left concerned lab directors without key grant money and forced the university to spend millions to keep vital research afloat. https://t.co/60ZSBV80ut

Zareen Syed
Zareen Syed @zareensyed
9 Jun 25

RT @labonnelab: I helped explain to the Chicago Tribune the enourmous and irrational damage the NIH funding freeze is causing at Northweste…

Zareen Syed
Zareen Syed @zareensyed
5 Jun 25

RT @mickeyd1971: As Chicago schools struggled to respond to a surge of students still learning English, teachers got creative, using Google…