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The University of Chicago’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1892

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The alley between UChicago’s Community Programs Accelerator and an apartment complex near East 53rd Street and South Maryland Avenue.
Officers Detain Man in Hyde Park, Tasing Him and Pointing a Gun at His Head
By Elena Eisenstadt and Nathaniel Rodwell-Simon / January 14, 2026
Hyde Park’s Rapid Response network called the detention “federal immigration activity,” writing that officers also “attempted to detain multiple people outside their homes” at the same location.
The Obama Presidential Museum through a chain-link construction fence.
Photo Essay: Obama Presidential Center Set to Open in June
By Nathaniel Rodwell-Simon / January 13, 2026
The Center’s 19.3-acre campus in Jackson Park will include a museum devoted to Barack Obama’s presidency, a basketball court, a community garden, and a branch of the Chicago Public Library.
An Interview with Fourth-Year Tori Harris, 2026 Rhodes Scholar
By Vittoria Angeloni / January 13, 2026
Fourth-year Tori Harris was named a 2026 Rhodes Scholar and will pursue a fully funded master’s degree at Oxford University next year.
Student’s Startup Streamlines High School Club Communication
By Clare Struzziery / January 12, 2026
Third-year Ilan Puterman is working to change how high schools nationwide manage clubs and organizations’ data.
ISAC’s New Data Research Center Brings the Ancient World Into the Digital Age
By Clara Tripp / January 12, 2026
The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures launched a new initiative integrating traditional scholarship with digital technologies to advance interdisciplinary research.
Harper Memorial Library
“A Step Backwards”: Students and Faculty on the Arts & Humanities Restructuring
By Kaci Sziraki / January 15, 2026
Following reorganization efforts in the arts and humanities, students and faculty reflect on how proposed consolidation could affect the future of small departments and language programs.
New Website, Cramwell AI, Helps Students “Find Easy Courses and Professors” for Upcoming Quarter
By Celeste Alcalay / November 21, 2025
A free course ratings website with an AI chatbot has generated buzz among students as they pick classes for the next academic quarter.
What Information Does the University of Chicago Police Department Make Public?
By Kalyna Vickers and Grace Beatty / November 18, 2025
As a private police force, UCPD is not subject to Illinois open-records laws or extensive city oversight, unlike police at some other peer institutions.
$16.6 Million in Terminated Federal Research Grants at UChicago, Visualized
By Celeste Alcalay, Gabriel Kraemer, and Nolan Shaffer / October 9, 2025
The Maroon used publicly available data to track millions of dollars in research grants that were terminated at UChicago last spring, as the Trump administration cut funding for universities nationwide.
A child experiences actuation with a demonstration of the Xs sculpture at the Robot Block Party 2024, courtesy of the AxLab.
AxLab Blends Art and Technology
By Deniz Kurdi / January 15, 2026
Yoko Ono’s work still provokes and questions in Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind. Courtesy of Robert Chase Heishman and the MCA.
Sounds Echo at Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind
By Ciara Balanzá / January 14, 2026
Nick Cave, Soundsuit, 2008. Mixed media with mannequin; 100 x 25 x 14 in. (254 x 63.5 x 35.6 cm). Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Promised gift of Marilyn and Larry Fields, PG2023.21. Courtesy of James Prinz.
City in a Garden Brings Chicago’s LGBTQ+ History to Light
By Elias Buttress / January 14, 2026
Soldier Field.
A New Home or a New Identity? Inside the Bears’ High-Stakes Stadium Crossroads
By Rahul Murthy / January 7, 2026
The New Zealand players perform the traditional Māori Haka before taking on Ireland at Soldier Field.
International Men’s Rugby Returns to Soldier Field
By Joe Baldwin / November 19, 2025
Bulls guard Josh Giddey on the United Center jumbotron.
Josh Giddey Is Leading a New Era in Chicago
By Klara Bagaric / November 14, 2025
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Daily Minis – 83
By Piyush Garodia and Carter Otis / January 15, 2026

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