Sixth-year Ph.D. candidate Cesar Favila and first-year law student Deepa Das Acevedo have been selected as the student ombudsperson and associate student ombudsperson respectively. Favila and Acevedo have held the position since February 1, taking over for Charles Otte, a doctoral student in Near Eastern languages and civilizations. Acevedo said they have dealt with half...
The University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) created the new position of dean for faculty affairs last week in an effort to coordinate between the faculty of the UCMC and of the Biological Sciences Division. Karen Kim, associate professor in the Department of Medicine, and Melina Hale, professor in Organismal Biology and Anatomy, will work...
Open Produce, a late-night grocery store in East Hyde Park, was robbed at gunpoint on Tuesday night. A Chicago Police Department investigation is underway. Around $400 was stolen, according to Becci Behlen, the store’s manager. Behlen was assaulted by one of the four assailants as they were fleeing the scene. “I confronted them for some...
Changes to the Elections & Rules committee were voted down at the SG Assembly meeting Thursday night, but SG president Michael McCown remains confident in their ultimate passage.
The UCSC announcement of a staff overhaul and a shift in focus has not been taken well by several students, who decry the lack of transparency in decision making.
Administrators have put the conversion of Hallowed Grounds into an RSO Advising Center on hold until they solicit more student input on the proposal during fall quarter.
After a series of e-mail blasts were sent to UChicago students and faculty in his name last Wednesday, fourth-year Kevin Zhang figured out the identity of the person he believes to be behind it.
Leading the national trend of surging applications to most top-tier U.S. universities, UChicago’s acceptance rate is down nearly five percentage points from last year.
Dean Polonsky discussed the importance dialogue around the trauma center at a public roundtable last night meant to focus on the new Center for Care and Discovery.
After a year of art, music, poetry, and writing workshops, the Southside Hub of Production is struggling to find an outlet for when their current lease ends.
Recent findings from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) show that universities are among the worst contributors to greenhouse gas emissions in Chicago.
Ricardo Legorreta Vilchis, designer of the Max Palevsky Residential Commons and pioneer of Mexican modernist architecture, passed away December 30 of liver cancer in Mexico City. He was 80.
A senior lecturer at the Law School and his wife have donated $25 million to the Becker Friedman Institute toward the establishment of a interdisciplinary program in the social sciences. Under the direction of economists Steven Levitt and Kevin Murphy, the new Andrew and Betsy Rosenfield Program in Economics, Public Policy, and Law will aim...
A $25,000 contribution from the Office of the Dean of the College and an additional $10,000 from the Student Activity Fund have boosted the Uncommon Fund to $75,000—the highest ever in its six-year existence and a 47 percent increase from 2010.
Dr. Bruce A. Beutler (M.D. ’81) was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine on Monday, making him the 86th U of C affiliate to win the award.
Fifteen University of Chicago students joined over 200 community activists at Chicago’s third annual Roll Beyond Coal rally.
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