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Members of UCUP creating art on Wednesday to replace a previously removed installation. The art installed Wednesday was also removed.
Art Installed During UCUP Demonstration Removed for a Second Time
The removed installation was not registered with the University, as required by the student manual.
By Feifei Mei / November 30, 2023
Professor Alejandra Díaz de León discussing her book.
Professor Alejandra Díaz de León Talks Migration Through Mexico in Her First Book
By Feifei Mei / November 27, 2023
William Howell, the Faculty Director of the University’s Center for Effective Government (CEG), and Sadia Sindhu, the Executive Director of CEG.
The Center for Effective Government Wants to Fix Democracy
By Ava Iwasko / November 20, 2023
Chang-rae Lee talking with a student.
The Arts & Trouble Literary Arts Lab Celebrates Fiction, Food, and Festivity
By Jin Oishi / November 18, 2023
Grey City
The donation of a basket of oranges for SJP protesters on a table covered by the Palestinian flag. (Photos courtesy of Hui)
Dispatches from the First Week of SJP’s Occupation of the Quad
By Kelly Hui / November 28, 2023

Editor’s note: Kelly X. Hui attended the quad protests and documented them as a protester with Students for Justice in Palestine UChicago and...

The Great Displacement by Jake Bittle (Photo courtesy of Simon & Schuster)
“One Evening… It Disappeared”
By Sofia Castro / November 7, 2023
Jay Berwanger’s 1935 Heisman Trophy.
Brains Over Brawn: How Football Found Its Place at UChicago
By Leo Vernor / September 19, 2023
“The Masque of Youth” mural by Jessie Arms Botke. Courtesy of the University of Chicago.
The Masque of Youth
By Elena Eisenstadt / September 19, 2023
A student hotspot, Ex Libris provides a large study space as well as some of the most inventive drinks on campus.
An Incidental Goodness: In Search of a Third Place at UChicago
By Josie Barboriak / September 19, 2023
University of Chicago Medicine
UChicago Medicine Abolishes $173.7 Million in Unpaid Medical Debt for 85,060 Patients
By Nick Rommel / November 30, 2023

On October 25, UChicago Medicine announced their participation in Cook County’s Medical Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI), abolishing $173.7 million...

Dr. Selwyn Rogers, founding director of the UCMed Trauma Center, stands outside the adult emergency room.
UCMed’s Trauma Center Celebrates Five Years of Treating Patients on the South Side
By Naina Purushothaman and Anika Krishnaswamy / November 27, 2023
The Director of the Trauma Center speaks to The Maroon about the center’s impact on the South Side
Multiple individuals stand facing many different directions, some in groups having conversations, in front of a multistory brick building with a sign that says Ivy and Rentivy.com above the door.
Ivy Residences to Lay Off 10 Unionized Employees Without Severance
By Nikhil Jaiswal / November 24, 2023

Last Thursday, November 16, employees and community allies rallied in front of Ivy Residences’ 53rd Street office after all 10 building maintenance...

The Latest from Viewpoints
Students created an art installation on the quad to memorialize Palestinians killed since October 7.
SJP UChicago Statement on Recent Events in Palestine
By University of Chicago Students for Justice in Palestine / December 1, 2023
SJP UChicago Statement on Recent Events in Palestine
Arts
From left to right: Derrick Davis as Larry, Judy McLane as Joanne, and Britney Coleman as Bobbie in the North American Tour of Company.
"Company’s" Judy McLane Talks Physicality, Performance, and Sondheim
By Miki Mukawa / December 1, 2023
Britney Coleman as Bobbie (center) and the North American Tour of Company.
A "Company" for a New Age Comes to Chicago
By Miki Mukawa / November 29, 2023
In The Lion in Winter, Henry (John Hoogenakker) and Eleanor (Rebecca Spense) negotiate while their youngest son and Henry’s mistress look on.
At the Court Theatre, “The Lion in Winter” is Compelling, but Unimaginative
By Nora Schultz / November 29, 2023
Riovaz performing “waiting alonE.”
Riovaz and Kanii: Young and Emo
By Toby Chan / November 29, 2023
Faye Webster loses herself in the music.
Mythical Magical Faye Webster
By Sofia Hrycyszyn / November 19, 2023
Sports
A Bears fan in Chicago.
Halfway Through the Season, What's Next for Justin Fields and the Bears?
By Shrivas Raghavan / November 14, 2023
Electric scooters and bicycles outside Ratner.
Why Are Student-Athletes So Obsessed With Scootering Around Campus?
By Jacob Lachs / November 13, 2023
The UChicago Geocaching team.
What is Geocaching, Anyway?
By Carlos Sole / November 10, 2023
Students at the Ratner Athletic Center.
The Best Spots to Work Out in Hyde Park
By Advaita Sood / October 27, 2023
Phillip Kroft.
In Pursuit of Excellence: An Interview with New Men’s Soccer Coach Phillip Kroft
By Victor Roberts / October 24, 2023
The Latest Crossword
67. AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!
67. "AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"
By Henry Josephson / November 19, 2023

66. Proper German
66. Proper German
By Pravan Chakravarthy / November 1, 2023

65. A Child Full of Woe
October 19, 2023

Columns
Oh My, Can We Still Talk About “The OI”?
By Salma Tageldin / June 15, 2023
Navigating names, repatriation, and the legacy of the past.
Op-Eds
Students created an art installation on the quad to memorialize Palestinians killed since October 7.
SJP UChicago Statement on Recent Events in Palestine
By University of Chicago Students for Justice in Palestine / December 1, 2023
From your Public Safety Liaison: Where is the Peace in Arresting Peaceful Protestors?
November 16, 2023
Editorials
A Hollow Core
A Hollow Core
As the new quarter approaches and students select classes, the Maroon Editorial Board asks how beneficial our Core classes are to the UChicago experience.
By Maroon Editorial Board / August 15, 2023
New Names Can’t Erase Institutionalized Mistakes
May 15, 2023
Letters
Students created an art installation on the quad to memorialize Palestinians killed since October 7.
SJP UChicago Statement on Recent Events in Palestine
By University of Chicago Students for Justice in Palestine / December 1, 2023
Latest Issue
Deputy Arts Editor Miki Mukawa sits down with Judy McLane to discuss the national tour of Company.
Podcasts
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Special Report: Interviews with Pro-Israeli and Pro-Palestinian Protesters
By Gregory Caesar, William Kimani, Nolan Shaffer, Emma Janssen, Celeste Alcalay, Erica Cai, and Jake Zucker / November 10, 2023

The following is a series of audios recorded on the main quad of the University of Chicago on Thursday, October 19, 2023. It features interviews...

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The Maroon Weekly, E112
By Pravan Chakravarthy, Jake Zucker, Celeste Alcalay, Kentaro Mathis, and Gregory Caesar / November 5, 2023

On Episode 112, we share an exclusive report on the University's precarious financial position and consider its implications for the future....

The Maroon Weekly, E111
By Gregory Caesar and Celeste Alcalay / November 2, 2023

Cops and robbers, (yet) another political rally, and more updates on the latest happenings on campus on Episode 111.   Hosted...

The Maroon Weekly, E110
By Gregory Caesar, William Kimani, and Celeste Alcalay / October 24, 2023

It's been an...eventful week on campus, to say the least. Hear about our encounters with pro-Israel and pro-Palestine protestors, a new spate...

Special Report: Professor James Robinson and the 2023 Pearson Global Forum
By Gregory Caesar / October 9, 2023

The Maroon's Gregory Caesar interviews Harris School of Public Policy professor, leading political economist, and Pearson Institute director...

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