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The University of Chicago’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1892

Chicago Maroon

The University of Chicago’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1892

Chicago Maroon

To the Class of 2029: Welcome to UChicago!

To the Class of 2029: Welcome to UChicago!

By Tiffany Li, Elena Eisenstadt, and Evgenia Anastasakos / September 22, 2025

To the Class of 2029: Welcome to UChicago! It’s a feat just to have made it to your first days of university, and we warmly congratulate you. It may feel like your first week, and perhaps even your...

William Rainey Harper Memorial Library.

UChicago to Overhaul Undergraduate Writing Program and Introduce New Core Writing Course

By Sophia Liu / September 22, 2025
The University’s multi-year plan to revamp the writing program will introduce the new Core course Inquiry, Conversation, Argument and discontinue the writing specialist position.
The admissions office housed in Rosenwald Hall.

UChicago Expands Early Admissions Round for Summer Session Students

By Anika Krishnaswamy and Eliot Aguera y Arcas / September 22, 2025
Beginning with the Class of 2029, the “Summer Session Early Notification” option allows all Summer Session participants to apply to UChicago on an accelerated schedule and receive decisions on a rolling basis before November 1.
From Left: Undergraduates Alyssa Manthi, Alexandria Porter, and Shannon Dye, and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson take audience questions during the IOP event.

Chicago and Illinois Government 101

By Kati Langille and Nathaniel Rodwell-Simon / September 22, 2025
News reporter Kati Langille gives a crash course in local and state government.
The White House in Washington, D.C.

How President Trump’s Second Term Has Affected UChicago

By Nicole Ochoa / September 22, 2025
Federal funding cuts have exacerbated the University’s financial challenges, while other executive actions have affected DEI programs, gender-affirming care, and international students.
The University of Chicago's Booth School of Business

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Minor Among UChicago’s New Academic Offerings

By Naina Purushothaman / September 22, 2025
The interdisciplinary program launches this autumn quarter, alongside a new Core writing requirement and an archaeology major.
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.

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?
College Writing Is Fundamental to Deep Learning

College Writing Is Fundamental to Deep Learning

By Camille Cypher / September 22, 2025
Camille Cypher shows how academic writing still matters despite growing incentives to use AI.
You Get the Best of Both Worlds

You Get the Best of Both Worlds

By Sofia Cavallone / September 22, 2025
In the face of indiscriminate threats against all facets of higher education, double majoring is your best bet.
Sunrise at Promontory Point.

Hyde Park First-Date Spots

By Nolan Shaffer, Shawn Quek, Emily Sun, and Elizabeth Eck / September 22, 2025
Arts editors present a dozen options for dates—with budding romances, new friends or, in proper UChicago form, your course book.
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