The Common Data Set for 2024–25, UChicago’s first since the Supreme Court ruled race-conscious admissions unconstitutional, showed corresponding increases in white and Asian enrollment, while transfer-student enrollment nearly doubled.
UChicago will pause or reduce admission to some of its Ph.D. and Master’s programs for the 2026–27 academic year. Funding for current Ph.D. and master’s students will remain unchanged, and students...
The lawsuit, filed by four current and former students at elite institutions, alleges that 32 schools have colluded to “reduce or eliminate competition” in the early decision application process.
Hospitals across the country have suspended care offerings for transgender youth amid threats from the Trump administration to withhold federal funding.
During a panel discussion at the Socialism 2025 conference on July 5, comparative human development professor Eman Abdelhadi decried UChicago as a “colonial landlord.”
Christian Mitchell (A.B. ’08), who previously served as a deputy governor of Illinois and a state legislator, will replace Julianna Stratton as Pritzker’s running mate in the 2026 gubernatorial election.
The legislation will decrease the amount of money graduate students can receive for federal student loans, impose new limits on Pell Grant recipients, and increase taxes on schools with high endowment-to-student ratios. The changes will not affect UChicago's current tax rate.
Garwin (S.M. ’48, Ph.D. ’49) worked with Enrico Fermi at the University before designing the first hydrogen bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico. He later advised the government on national security and nuclear deterrence.
