Expect Growing Pains: University Presentation Reveals Severe Financial Pressures

By Elena Eisenstadt / January 4, 2024

UChicago’s plans to address its growing deficit include a temporary staff hiring freeze and budget cuts.

“Moongate” Brings Intrigue, Memes, and Controversy to a UChicago Core Class and Beyond

By Sabrina Chang and Nikhil Jaiswal / December 28, 2023

A case stemming from fabricated observations in Moon Journals went viral on UChicago social media in a case dubbed “Moongate.”

All Charges Dropped Against UCUP Sit-In Protestors

By Tiffany Li / December 23, 2023

The decision to charge protesters broke with University precedent.

A Glimpse of Chanukah on Campus

By Zev Woldenberg / December 21, 2023

“With so much darkness in the world, this year’s Chanukah should bring much light, joy, and hope,” said Rabbi Brackman of Chabad at UChicago.

A Year at UCMed: BSD and Pritzker Dean Mark Anderson Reflects, Shares Decade-Long Strategic Plan

By Anushree Vashist / December 11, 2023

In an exclusive interview with The Maroon, Mark Anderson, who joined UChicago last October as dean of the Pritzker School of Medicine, Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs, and dean of the Biological Sciences Division, emphasized unity, equity, and innovation in research and healthcare.

Here Comes the Money: University and Unions Begin Discussing Pay and Benefits

By Nikhil Jaiswal / December 6, 2023

Notably, the contract for nurses, represented by National Nurses United (NNU), expired in November, leaving the union free to strike.

John W. Boyer on the State of the University’s Finances

By John W. Boyer / December 6, 2023

We must recognize the fact that among the very top private universities in the United States, UChicago remains the most undercapitalized, owing in large part to the fateful collapse of its undergraduate enrollments in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.

UChicago Medicine Abolishes $173.7 Million in Unpaid Medical Debt for 85,060 Patients

By Nick Rommel / November 30, 2023

The initiative represents the largest bundle of medical debt forgiven since the Medical Debt Relief Initiative was established in 2022.

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.

Ivy Residences to Lay Off 10 Unionized Employees Without Severance

By Nikhil Jaiswal / November 24, 2023

Despite the dire nature of the situation, SEIU Local 1 said that members of the community have rallied around employees.

UChicago Muslim Students Association and Students for Justice in Palestine Organize Remembrance in Honor of Palestinian Victims

By Tiffany Li / November 16, 2023

Students organized a remembrance and prayer outside Kent to commemorate Palestinian lives lost in the ongoing war in Gaza on Wednesday evening.

Paul Alivisatos Talks Student Safety, Free Expression, and Hyde Park Relations

By Naina Purushothaman / November 13, 2023

Alivisatos spoke about the reduction in Lyft rides, recent protests on campus, and the state of the Hong Kong campus amid geopolitical turmoil.