Evgenia Anastasakos is a fourth-year in the College majoring in history and English. She has previously interned for The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Hyde ParkHerald and the Pacifica Evening News. When she’s not in the newsroom, you can find her on the WHPK 88.5 FM airwaves, making lattes at Harper Cafe, or going for long walks around Hyde Park.
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Here’s what the Maroon has been covering this week.
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A member of the UChicago community was robbed at gunpoint by two suspects in front of William Eckhart Research Center...
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Chair of the University of Chicago Board of Trustees David Rubenstein met and directly...
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After 12 years, the Marine Biological Laboratory will be ending its partnership with the University this summer. The...
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Three Illinois Democratic candidates for senate faced off in a live primary debate...
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A volunteer-run immigration legal aid clinic on the South Side is delivering groceries, accompanying children to school,...
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Fourth-year student Joyce Qi passed away on Sunday due to injuries sustained in a car accident. Qi was 21 years old.
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Law enforcement officers detained a man in Hyde Park around 7 a.m. on Wednesday. In...
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Welcome back to campus! Here’s what you missed over break.
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Leaders from harm reduction advocacy organizations discussed drug policy and the harm reduction movement in Chicago...
In one undated image, Thomas Pritzker is shown at a gathering with Jeffrey Epstein, filmmaker Woody Allen, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, and magician David Blaine.
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Snow is falling, the libraries are full, and finals are nearly here. Read on for the Maroon’s latest coverage.
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The University’s budget deficit shrank by 44 percent in...
The University’s budget deficit shrank by 44 percent, from $288 to $160 million, in 2025. “That’s probably our biggest singular reduction in any year ever” outside of the COVID era, CFO Ivan Samstein told the Maroon.
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Week eight has come and gone. Before you head off for a much-needed break, here are the Maroon’s latest stories.
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The notorious financier and sex offender wrote in a text message that UChicago Trustee Thomas Pritzker (M.B.A. ’76, J.D. ’76) was “like family,” according to documents released by the House Oversight Committee on November 12.
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Happy first snow! While you enjoy the winter wonderland outside, here’s what you need to know about the latest news on campus.
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Second-year Calista Lee passed away on October 27 at 19 years old. A memorial on Lee’s behalf was held last week in the East Dean’s Lounge of Woodlawn, with more than 75 people in...
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We’ve officially made it to the end of Week Five. From film crews on campus to the 45th annual Arts and Humanities Day, here are the headlines you might have missed during midterm season.
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) immigration crackdown has reached Hyde Park. In this newsletter, you’ll find coverage of ICE arrests and sightings near UChicago, along...
In an October 15 interview with the Maroon, University of Chicago President Paul Alivisatos discussed doctoral education amid admissions pauses, the University’s protection of free speech and its community, and how AI might fit into the Core Curriculum.
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It’s hard to believe we’re already three weeks into the quarter. With classes ramping up and midterms just around the corner, here’s what you might’ve missed in the Maroon this...
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Happy Week 3! After a brief warm spell, it finally feels like fall on campus. Here’s what the Maroon has been covering this week.
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To the Class of 2029: Welcome to UChicago! It’s a feat just to have made it to your first days of university, and we warmly congratulate you.
It may feel like your first week, and perhaps even your...
On the first anniversary of UChicago United for Palestine’s “Popular University for Gaza,” the Maroon revisits last spring’s protests and the University’s response.
The Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois Scholarship sought to increase the number of minority tenure-track faculty at Illinois colleges and universities.
Protests over UCMed’s lack of a Level I adult trauma center beginning in 2010 resulted in student arrests and misconduct by an undercover UCPD officer, forcing the University to reevaluate its protest policies and how it communicates them to students.
Three current students and four recent graduates were recently informed that the federal government had revoked their student visas, but the reason for the terminations is unknown.
As Vietnam War protests raged on campus during the late 1960s, University administrators constructed a new program of discipline that avoided involving Chicago police or the courts.
UChicago’s policy on institutional neutrality has not stopped the University from spending millions on federal lobbying, drawing both criticism and support from the University community.
The Department of Education informed educational institutions in a letter Friday that they must end diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and policies or risk losing federal funding.
“This is the biggest effort to reshape the U.S. Constitution since the Civil War,” David Super, a Georgetown University administrative and constitutional law professor, told the Maroon.
A potential Trump administration executive order seeking to fundamentally alter the Department of Education could threaten FAFSA, Pell Grants, and Title IX enforcement at UChicago.
A Wednesday executive order titled “Additional Measures to Combat Anti-Semitism” cited two sections of the U.S. federal code concerning conspiracy against civil rights and immigration restrictions on the basis of terrorism.
As the Trump administration begins immigration arrests in Chicago, places like the Augustana Lutheran Church are trying to support migrants in Hyde Park.
The Regenstein Library’s B-level was closed to the University community on Monday morning due to a hot water leak. The area is tentatively set to reopen on January 21.
Demolition of the Accelerator and High Energy Physics buildings began on September 9. Construction of a new engineering and science facility is scheduled to begin this year.
A Maroons for Israel installation depicting news reports of hate crimes against Jewish people has been stolen at least twice since its installation on November 18.
The Maroon spoke to Megha Bhattacharya (A.B. ’19) about her path from interning for the Institute of Politics to working on the upcoming Democratic National Convention as deputy director of surrogate communications.
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.
After over six months of stagnant negotiations, SEIU Local 73—which represents 125 building trades and supply chain workers at UChicago Medicine—voted to walk out unless an agreement is reached with UCM.
Canada geese are often found on the Midway, yet the birds aren’t as silly as they seem: They pose a liability to airplanes, disturb humans, and leave large amounts of excrement.
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