The union, which represents non-tenure track faculty, is currently negotiating its third contract and organized the demonstration to demand higher wages.
In the first of a series of talks discussing “What Might Peace Look Like,” founding Faculty Director of the Chicago Forum on Free Inquiry and Expression professor Tom Ginsburg discussed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with Salam Fayyad, who served as prime minister of the Palestinian Authority from 2007 to 2013.
A UChicago United for Palestine (UCUP) walkout and rally on October 11 escalated into physical confrontations between protesters and police after protesters locked Cobb Gate, graffitied University buildings...
Yinam Cohem, consul general of Israel to the Midwest, spoke on October 8 to the invite-only “Democracy in Israel” gathering about the Israeli political system, the Israel-Hamas war, and the connections between American and Israeli Jews.
A pro-Palestine rally saw three protesters arrested and physical altercations between protesters and officers. Earlier, protesters locked Cobb Gate using a bike lock, and multiple police officers used pepper spray and batons. Protesters damaged UCPD vehicles and kicked at least one officer.
The Chicago Maroon reported live from UChicago United for Palestine's (UCUP) October 11 rally, which ended with the arrest of three protesters.
Protesters locked Cobb Gate, which stands at the entrance...
In an exclusive interview on October 2, co-Editors-in-Chief Kayla Rubenstein and Eva McCord and News Editor Tiffany Li spoke with University of Chicago President Paul Alivisatos. In his autumn quarter...
The changes were announced in a September 24 email from Interim Dean of Students in the University Michael Hayes, as students return to campus for Autumn Quarter.
Aram Brunson, a second-year at the time, caused a fire in his Woodlawn dorm room in January 2023 while trying to make a black powder explosive device for Armenian nationalist causes. He is now being charged by the FBI for trying to conceal bomb-making activities.
The University suffers under growing financial pressure as costs have increased dramatically in recent decades to compete with universities with larger endowments. In 2023, the University’s budget deficit...
