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The Maroon’s Spring 2024 Staff Survey

By Nikhil Patel, Lead Developer / November 16, 2024

Hello, Maroon reader! This page summarizes the results of our second annual staff survey. Click here to see last year’s survey results. In spring 2024, we asked our staff their demographics to...

The Clarence Darrow Bridge, located in Jackson Park.

Community Members Organize to Preserve Historic Jackson Park Bridge

By Evgenia Anastasakos / August 5, 2024
The Chicago Department of Transportation’s Clarence Darrow Bridge replacement project raised concerns among community members who hope to conserve and repair the nearly 150 year-old bridge.
Students board an UGo bus.

University Replaces Shuttle-Tracking App TransLoc with Passio GO!

By Vernon Li / May 7, 2024
The new UGo shuttle-tracking service has both advantages and drawbacks, according to students.
The encampment on the Quad enters its second day.

LIVE UPDATES: Pro-Palestine Encampment Enters Its Second Day on Quad

By Maroon Staff / April 30, 2024

UChicago United for Palestine (UCUP) launched an encampment on the quad at 10 a.m. on Monday. After a first day marked by protest, University responses, and tensions between supporters of Palestine and...

So What Brings You Here: A Cadet on Campus

By Celeste Alcalay and Erica Cai / April 4, 2024

On their third episode, Celeste and Erica interview first-year and cadet Sara Garcia about training at Fort Knox, the first time she put on her uniform, and what being part of the ROTC program at UChicago...

Head of Operations and Growth Geneva Kirk Drayson, Lynkr Founder/CEO Emily Wheeler, and Head of Finance RJ Czajkowski at their final CNVC pitch.

Event-Planning App Lynkr Wins Record $160,000 in College New Venture Challenge Funding

By Austin Zeglis / April 3, 2024
The Maroon spoke with Founder and CEO Emily Wheeler and Head of Operations and Growth Geneva Kirk Drayson about Lynkr’s online pushback and next steps.

So What Brings You Here: O-Week for Transfers

By Celeste Alcalay and Erica Cai / March 20, 2024

On their second episode, Celeste and Erica discuss navigating O-week as a transfer — from awkward first impressions over Zoom to extravagantly fancy lunches — with guest Saia Patel, a transfer student...

From left to right: Dina Rashed and panelists Maliha Chishti, Gregory Khalil, and Omar Shakir.

Panel Illuminates Cultural, Institutional, and Legal Perspectives on Gaza

By Alia Bencheqroun / February 10, 2024
Panelists spoke about hypermasculinity culture, structural violence, and international legal accountability in the context of the Palestinian territory.
A pair of lovers, perhaps, walk past Saieh Hall.

Why Valentine’s Day is February 14th

By Katherine Chen / January 29, 2024
A tale of academic balancing acts, historical whimsy, and the pursuit of love post–midterm madness
The Midway Plaisance.

From Mudway Nuisance to Midway Plaisance

By Feifei Mei / January 25, 2024

Don’t get hit by a car flying down the road. Don’t jump into a puddle. Don’t stand still for too long lest a bird attacks. This is what goes on inside the mind of a Crossy Road chicken, and also...

From your Public Safety Liaison: Where is the Peace in Arresting Peaceful Protestors?

By Monica Ruiz House / November 16, 2023

 In May of last year, the University announced, to little fanfare, that it was establishing its inaugural Public Safety Advisory Council. Composed of decorated academics, passionate community members,...

The Great Displacement by Jake Bittle (Photo courtesy of Simon & Schuster)

“One Evening… It Disappeared”

By Sofia Castro / November 7, 2023

“The town had been there for a century and a half. Then one evening, in the summer of 2021, it disappeared.”In his first book, The Great Displacement, Jake Bittle, A.B. ’17, tells stories of disappearing...

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