Where Fun Comes to Die, UChicago Comes Alive

By Ibrahim Shaheen / January 23, 2026

Since returning to the University of Chicago for my third year at the college and, consequently, my first year living off-campus, I have been forced to confront the profoundly different pressures exerted...

Phones Are Incompatible with Art

By Alek Gideon / January 10, 2026

Earlier in the quarter, I attended a performance of The Lion King along with a cohort of students from my dorm. The musical was enthralling, yet every few minutes the conspicuous white glow of an iPhone’s...

Why UChicago Needs AI Literacy, Not Fear

By Yeonwoo Cho / January 7, 2026

Failure to integrate AI into University life leaves students ill-prepared.

A Message for Tomorrow’s Budget Town Hall: UChicago Hasn’t Learned Its Lesson.

By Clifford Ando / December 10, 2025

UChicago is financing its latest endeavors as it did in 2006, resulting in diminished University ambition across multiple areas of historic eminence.

R.I.P., LRS

By Brent Fergusson / October 29, 2025

The new writing class works in theory, and that’s the problem.

Slashing Beyond Prisons Is a Political Choice

By Taji Chesimet, Harley Pomper, and Neomi Rao / October 28, 2025

The University’s budget cuts to the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture will end the educational initiative by the end of the quarter.

Institute of Propaganda? New IOP Director Facilitated Genocide

By Students for Justice in Palestine / October 24, 2025

John Kirby will one day be prosecuted for abetting war crimes. For now, he’s the new director of UChicago’s Institute of Politics.

USG’s Statement on ICE Presence in Hyde Park

By Elijah Jenkins and Alex Fuentes / October 23, 2025

Undergraduate Student Government President Elijah Jenkins and Executive Vice President Alex Fuentes speak out against Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in Hyde Park.

Transportation Is More Than Just Mobility

By UCDems Transportation Policy Caucus / October 12, 2025

Improving UChicago’s transportation offers the University a chance to be a pioneer of campus transit.

Information and Misinformation about the University of Chicago’s Budget

By Clifford Ando / October 2, 2025

Clifford Ando addresses recent financial communications from the University, analyzing institutional priorities, spending choices, and faculty composition.

Pigs and Pandas in American Higher Education

By Zhao Fang / October 1, 2025

Recent reorganization plans in the humanities and social sciences suggest certain fields risk joining the ranks of endangered species.

Academic Workers Will Defend Free Inquiry

October 1, 2025

AAUP, Faculty Forward, and the GSU swear to fight for the humanities in the face of continuing attacks