A Welcome Letter from the Maroon

September 23, 2024

Congratulations and welcome home.

Get Up-to-Date on the University’s Financial Issues

By Peter Maheras / September 23, 2024

As UChicago has sought to compete with wealthier universities in recent decades, an increase in revenues has failed to keep up with ballooning costs.

Stay Healthy Together: Your Guide to Mental Health Resources on Campus

By Naina Purushothaman / September 23, 2024

These are some of the many student resources and mental health events UChicago offers.

Autumn 2024’s Signature Humanities Courses

By Anushka Bansal / September 23, 2024

Signature course offerings this fall invite students to explore profound questions and interdisciplinary perspectives.

Recap of the DNC: Politics, Police, and Protests

By Tiffany Li and Eric Fang / September 23, 2024

What UChicago students, community organizations from Woodlawn and Hyde Park, and the UChicago Institute of Politics got up to as our city hosted the Democratic National Convention.

UChicago United for Palestine, 2023–24

By Katherine Weaver / September 23, 2024

Missed the memo on UChicago student activism around the war in Gaza? Quickly catch up with this timeline of all the events in the past year and their historical contexts.

Whose Revival, Whose Former Glory?

By Nick Rommel / September 23, 2024

As development finally comes to 63rd Street in Woodlawn, a look at its past shows how, ultimately, rebirth is in the eye of the beholder.

Queer at the Heteronormative Apex

By Camille Cypher / September 23, 2024

Camille Cypher reflects on what it means to be queer amidst hyper-femininity and hyper-heteronormativity in UChicago’s sororities.

No, Not That Kind of Clubbing

By Anushka Bansal / September 23, 2024

A columnist shares how to savor RSO experiences without losing your appetite.

The Arts Staff’s Ten Can’t-Miss Arts and Culture Spots Across Chicago

By Maroon Arts / September 23, 2024

So you’ve seen the Symphony, the Art Institute, and the Bean. Here’s what’s next.

Crowning the Best Restaurant at Hutch

By Lainey Gregory / September 23, 2024

Arts Editor Lainey Gregory settles the debate: What’s the best restaurant at Hutchinson Commons?

Summer Breeze Heated Up Reynolds Quad

By Harmonie Ramsden / September 23, 2024

This year’s Summer Breeze featured wistful Indigo De Souza, bubbly COIN, and electric NLE Choppa.