The gift supports the first step of the University’s historic building modernization plan, according to a March 23 email from President Paul Alivisatos. Features added during the project will be named the David M. Rubenstein Commons, but the building will keep its name.
Ahead of primary election day on March 17, Peters spoke with the Maroon about his background in community organizing, his time in the state senate, and his Congressional campaign.
University of Chicago professor Paul Sereno led several expeditions to Niger that culminated in the discovery of Spinosaurus mirabilis, the first evidence of a new species of the Spinosaurus genus in over 100 years.
The local grocer did not reopen Thursday morning after operating the previous evening. A notice on the door stated that the store’s business license had expired, although it is not clear why the license had not been renewed.
In spring 2025, former UChicago students Ethan Ostrow and Harley Pomper settled a lawsuit against Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart after he revoked their clearances to participate in a creative writing program at the Cook County Jail.
The robbery took place at approximately 11:30 a.m. in front of the William Eckhardt Research Center at East 56th Street and South Ellis Avenue, according to a security alert emailed to the University community.
From the famous Scav nuclear reactor to the discovery of new subatomic particles, the University’s history is marked by breakthrough experiments in nuclear and particle physics.
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