The students, who work in College Housing and are guaranteed a place to stay, have cobbled together enough information to realize that they will not be paid next quarter.
By Deepti Sailappan, Managing Editor (’19-’20)
/ January 31, 2020
As President Zimmer traveled around the country promoting the University’s famed "Chicago Principles” on free speech, professors requested a public forum with Zimmer to discuss the Principles. They got something completely different.
In this week's newsletter: Hong Kong protesters and government officials were criticized during Monday's campus symposium on the ongoing Hong Kong protests.
In this week's newsletter: CPD superintendent Eddie Johnson reflected on the challenges the CPD has faced over the past few years and his decision to retire by the end of this year.
By Deepti Sailappan, Managing Editor (’19-’20)
/ November 7, 2019
In this week's newsletter: Chicago Police are investigating an alleged sexual assault which was reported to have occurred at the Delta Upsilon fraternity house.
In this week's newsletter: The National Labor Relations Board proposed a rule that would define student workers at private colleges and universities as nonemployees.
A former patient is suing the University of Chicago Medical Center, UChicago, and Google, accusing them of illegally sharing sensitive patient records.
More than 250 students gathered in Reynolds Club on Tuesday night to protest a College Council bill that would have restricted the application of funds allocated for student use toward abortion procedures.
CARE slate will lead Student Government 2019-2020; the University denied a grievance filed by Faculty Forward; a Capital One Café is expected to open on 53rd Street.
University of Chicago Labor Council led a May Day March, Student Government passed a pro-GSU resolution, and The Maroon interviewed the first-year “Trust Slate” student government candidates.
The student body will vote next month in a referendum that would reduce collaboration between Student Government’s College Council and its Graduate Council.
More: Confidential data breach at the Law School; Assistant U.S. Attorney Leslie Wright (J.D. ’11) is a lead prosecutor in “Operation Varsity Blues;” Fourth Ward Alderman Sophia King sits down with The Maroon to discuss her job.
Both mayoral candidates in the April runoff election, Toni Preckwinkle and Lori Lightfoot, have said that the city should not move forward with the approval process.
By Deepti Sailappan, Managing Editor (’19-’20)
/ November 12, 2018
Former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are both visiting Hyde Park this week for a taping and the kickoff of a book tour, respectively.
Unionization supporters say that graduate students would be able to negotiate better pay and working conditions in a union, while the arguments against GSU generally focus on the burden of union dues.
By Deepti Sailappan, Managing Editor (’19-’20)
/ October 16, 2017
The motion requests permission to intervene in the UChicago case so that GWC can ask NLRB member Marvin E. Kaplan to recuse himself from the UChicago case.
UChicago United published an online petition with 10 core demands to the University administration, the first of which was a demand for formal recognition of all Greek organizations as registered student organizations.
A social scientist who served as the director of research at the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, Stocking helped launch many scholars' careers during her 50 years at the University.
South Texas Family Residential Center, the United States’ largest immigrant detention center, mostly houses mothers and children who are seeking asylum from Guatemala, Honduras, and other Central American countries.
By Deepti Sailappan, Managing Editor (’19-’20)
/ February 16, 2017
Among projects Jagoda will pursue next year is an expansion of The Test, a mobile game that seeks to promote HIV testing among 14- to 19-year-old men from the South and West Sides of Chicago.
By Deepti Sailappan and Managing Editor (’19-’20)
/ October 18, 2016
“We did science as a public good. . . . We had to declare war on our own government and unethical industry to get people in Flint, Michigan, protected.”
By Deepti Sailappan and Managing Editor (’19-’20)
/ October 10, 2016
Weinrib examines the evolution of judicial enforcement of free speech throughout the 20th century.
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