Clara Tripp is a second-year in the College from the Hudson Valley in New York. She landed her first reporting gig at age six, when she interviewed Michelle Obama about her Let’s Move! campaign. Clara has since written for her middle and high school newspapers, served as a student correspondent at the Highlands Current, and spent five years as a digital fact-checker with the MediaWise Teen Fact Checking Network. Outside of journalism, she chases “Type 2” fun, including trail running, skiing, and ice climbing.
Ahead of the midterms, Mitchell—who was previously UChicago’s vice president for civic engagement—spoke with the Maroon about his background in politics, his time at UChicago, and his campaign with J. B. Pritzker.
Memory Lane (1926), directed by John M. Stahl, screened on October 9 at the Logan Center for the Arts on 35mm film, with live accompaniment by David Drazin.
In a Wall Street Journal op-ed about educational approaches to AI, University President Paul Alivisatos also confirmed that a previously reported Core technology ban will extend to humanities classes.
Twenty-five Colby College first-years were conditionally accepted to UChicago master’s degree programs through the University’s first early-acceptance partnership with another undergraduate institution.
Eighty-nine percent of eligible workers across University of Chicago Press facilities voted to form a union affiliated with the Chicago News Guild. The union will soon begin contract negotiations.
The University of Chicago Press chose not to voluntarily recognize a union formed by employees last week, prompting an election overseen by the National Labor Relations Board.
The union is seeking voluntary recognition by Friday to begin contract negotiations. A supermajority of the 139 eligible workers have already signed union authorization cards, a union spokesperson said.
CPOST hosted its fifth annual Hagel Lecture, where former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and former Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell discussed the war in Iran and its impact on global alliances, economics, and foreign policy.
Ahead of primary election day on March 17, Peters spoke with the Maroon about his background in community organizing, his time in the state senate, and his Congressional campaign.
In spring 2025, former UChicago students Ethan Ostrow and Harley Pomper settled a lawsuit against Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart after he revoked their clearances to participate in a creative writing program at the Cook County Jail.
Political science professor John Mearsheimer discussed President Trump’s actions in Venezuela and Iran at an event hosted by the Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory last week.
The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures launched a new initiative integrating traditional scholarship with digital technologies to advance interdisciplinary research.
The Maroon spoke to candidates running to represent the Class of 2029 on Undergraduate Student Government’s College Council to hear about their goals and ideas for USG.
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