The UChicago Student Activist Network demanded a “people’s university,” a vision that ties the University’s relationship with its students and the South Side to its impact in international affairs.
Officers on bicycles pushed groups of Chicagoans around 53rd Street shortly after a demonstration against UCPD by #CareNotCops. Other community organizers were also in the area to help de-escalate tense situations.
The coalition of faculty, affiliated with the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture, published a letter detailing their grievances and demands.
Police confrontations and a block party followed the week-long occupation of the space surrounding Provost Ka Yee Lee’s home where protestors slept, ate, held meetings, and socialized.
UChicago’s sociology department hosted a two-day conference to discuss the ways to reform the police with immediate results and reimagine public safety that does not involve police at all.
Organizers were not able to use the building’s bathrooms or bring in supplies. Although organizers were able to leave the building, that would have ended their action to “defund, disarm, disclose, and disband” UCPD.
Changes ranged from expanding aid available to students via the Financial Aid Office’s Special Circumstances Request Form to eliminating late fees on spring-quarter tuition.
UChicago for Fair Tuition, a student-led group that has advocated for a 50 percent reduction in all costs for students, considers the move a start but not enough.
Dr. Emily Landon estimated that the United States lost roughly two months of time to prepare for the coronavirus because of a delayed federal response, a factor that epidemiologists hadn’t previously predicted when planning for a pandemic.
Leading up to the March 17th Primary, The Maroon has put together a series of explainers and candidate guides to help UChicago and Hyde Park voters make informed choices.
The Cook County state's attorney race features incumbent Kim Foxx facing off against multiple challengers for the Democratic nomination and two candidates vying for the Republican nomination.
UChicago medical student Hayder Ali pounded pavement last weekend on behalf of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and discussed how he came to support Sanders for president.
The Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture (CSRPC) received a $4 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as UChicago United intensified efforts for the creation of an Ethnic Studies department.
Going into the last weekend of canvassing, UChicago students supporting the Vermont senator are preparing to redouble their efforts ahead of the Illinois primary.
Marchers were drawn to the event for a variety of political issues including climate change, reproductive justice, and to protest the Trump administration.
Grey City's exploration of student publication censorship continues this week with the story of the Chicago Review, whose literary bent drew administrative concern.
In the first of a two-part series, Grey City looks back at the University's complicated relationship with free speech and the student press in the 1950's.
Grey City gets to know the UChicago Folklore Society as they prepare for their annual Folk Festival, one of the oldest in the country, and takes a trip through the history of folk music from its roots to today.
Since 2003, the Employer-Assisted Housing Program has offered loans to University employees to buy homes in several South Side neighborhoods.
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