Deana Haggag, president and CEO of Chicago-based United States Artists, said she learned the hard way that generosity was the key to leadership. The 30-year-old spoke to about 60 people in Harris Hall...

English Prof. Chris Abani has always been a writer. “I published my first short story at 10 and my first novel at 16, so I kind of have always done it my whole life," he said. "There’s never really...