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The University of Chicago’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1892

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Grey City is the Maroon’s features and investigative journalism section. We cover campus culture and local news in an in-depth, often long-form style, and we are dedicated to all things serious and curious at the University of Chicago.

Edward Chun (A.B. ‘25) promotes his new course ratings website, Cramwell.ai, on the main quad. “This School is just Too Damn HARD,” reads the cardboard sign. In the lead-up to pre-registration week, Chun embarked on an aggressive marketing campaign.

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.
A parked UCPD patrol car outside the Sigmund E. Edelstone Center in 2022.

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

$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.
At “Transforming Mobility: A Summit on Campus Transportation” in April 2025, participants commented on pedestrian safety on and around Midway Plaisance. Jinny Kim

Students, Faculty Advocate for Pedestrian Safety on Campus, With Attention on the Midway

By Jinny Kim / October 8, 2025
After continued concerns about the safety of Midway Plaisance, students and faculty are calling for a comprehensive campus mobility plan.
Aerial photo of International House. Courtesy of Denise Jorgens.

I-House: The Good, the Bad, and the History

By Jack Rich / September 22, 2025
Grey City reporter Jack Rich explores the many masks worn by UChicago’s “worst” dorm.
The Joseph Regenstein Library.

The Faces Behind the Face Cards

By Kaci Sziraki / September 22, 2025
Kaci Sziraki provides a deep dive into the poker scene at UChicago.
Regenstein Library at sunrise.

Is UChicago Really the “Last Bastion” of Reading?

By Leah Tabakh / September 22, 2025
Last fall, the Atlantic published an article claiming that elite college students are unable to read full books. The article describes UChicago as the “last bastion of people who do read things,” but how true is that statement really?
Students participate in a conclave simulation held at Rockefeller Chapel during the University of Chicago's "pope class," formally titled "Italian Renaissance: Petrarch, Machiavelli, and the Wars of Popes and Kings." Courtesy of Joseph DePaula.

Students Elect a Fake Pope Every Year. They Didn’t Expect a Real Pope From Chicago.

By Celeste Alcalay / June 25, 2025
A historian, religious scholars, and the students who staged a Renaissance-era conclave reflect on the significance of the first U.S.-born pope—and speculate that the Holy Father might pay a visit to Hyde Park.
The interior of Bartlett Dining Commons.

Where Are All the “Real Chicago Intellectuals?”

By Anika Krishnaswamy / May 22, 2025
Students, alumni, and faculty reflect on perceived shifts in UChicago’s undergraduate culture—away from “intellectualism” and “quirkiness” and toward pre-professionalism.
Political donations from the current trustees by election cycle from the 1999–2000 election cycle to the 2023–24 election cycle. Source: Federal Election Commission

Current UChicago Trustees’ Donations to Republicans Skyrocketed in Last Two Years

By Zachary Leiter / May 22, 2025
UChicago trustees’ donations to Republican candidates increased considerably in the 2024 election cycle, according to Federal Election Commission records reviewed by the Maroon.
Professor Linda Ginzel in her office in Booth Harper Center.

A Day in the Life (of the Mind): Professors at UChicago

By Anushka Bansal / May 22, 2025
The Maroon sat down with two UChicago professors to explore their approaches to teaching, the rhythms of their work, and how they experience life at the University.
Examining Title IX at UChicago in the Trump Era

Examining Title IX at UChicago in the Trump Era

By Agathe Demarolle / May 14, 2025
A look at gender discrimination and sexual misconduct at UChicago and how the Trump administration’s policy changes could affect Title IX cases at the University.
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