The announcement comes one month after the Department informed institutions and agencies that they had 14 days to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.
The University's statement on the vandalism of a pro-Israel installation was released hours after the Department of Justice announced that the Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism is directing its attention to antisemitism at Chicago-area universities.
Philip Venticinque, who began his tenure as dean of students in the College in February 2024, spoke with the Maroon about his efforts to bolster academic advising and improve student outreach.
As Vietnam War protests raged on campus during the late 1960s, University administrators constructed a new program of discipline that avoided involving Chicago police or the courts.
Instructional faculty will no longer be able to apply professional development funding toward “expenses related to original research activity,” according to an Office of the University Provost memo obtained by the Maroon.
The Department of Education informed educational institutions in a letter Friday that they must end diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and policies or risk losing federal funding.
The lawsuit aims to block a Friday NIH directive that would slash “indirect” cost funding for researchers, threatening 52 million dollars in UChicago’s annual revenue.
A potential Trump administration executive order seeking to fundamentally alter the Department of Education could threaten FAFSA, Pell Grants, and Title IX enforcement at UChicago.
