The Division of the Humanities, Social Sciences Division, the Crown School, and the Divinity School will cover the student services fee for all Ph.D. students starting autumn quarter 2022.
Minutes before being shot by UCPD officer Nicolas Twardak, Rhysheen Wilson told 911 dispatcher he was seeking “suicide by cop.” After five gun wounds, Wilson is now in serious but stable condition and Twardak is on mandatory administrative leave.
“The new university made a number of statements about higher education in general, largely quite critical, that diverged very significantly from my own views,” Zimmer said in a statement.
Associate professor Rochona Majumdar, who was accused in a since-dismissed Title IX case by former Ph.D. candidate Zain Jamshaid, is suing alum C. Christine Fair for defamation of character and damages to her career.
Student activist groups are demanding the Department of Cinema and Media Studies restore Zain Jamshaid to its Ph.D. program and support his continued research.
From attending UChicago as an undergraduate to serving as provost at UC Berkeley, future university president Paul Alivisatos understands the importance of collaboration and open discussion.
Following four years of federal review and community criticism, the Obama Foundation will move forward with the $500 million construction project and begin recruiting employees.
Following a $75 million donation and faculty discussions, the school of social work will be renamed to better reflect the interdisciplinary nature of its studies.
The Graduate Council was informed that the Presidential Search Committee has selected President Zimmer’s successor and that the Board of Trustees will vote on the candidate next month.
Viral testing and vaccines were years away from widespread use, but Chicagoans in 1918 implemented similar hygiene and social distancing measures to prevent the viral spread.
After calls to boycott the Hyde Park mainstay circulated on Facebook, Medici owner Kathy Morsbach said head baker Gracie Gamero was furloughed over COVID-19 health concerns.
The legislation is a compromise between aldermen Taylor and Hairston’s advocacy for a community benefits agreement and Mayor Lightfoot’s initial proposal.
In recent years, the University has moved its local investments from residential properties to commercial real estate, such as Harper Court and Jewel Osco.
Higher education’s high-price, high-financial aid model is no longer feasible under the economic constraints brought on by coronavirus. But students and their families need financial aid now more than ever.
In a panel hosted by the history department, titled 1968 to 2020: History Town Hall on Race, Protests, and Policing, professors pointed out that today’s protests seem unprecedented in scale and influence.
In a live taping of “The Axe Files,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot and David Axelrod discussed plans to reopen Chicago as well as the city’s inequities that COVID-19 has revealed.
At a symposium, Phoenix Survivors Alliance debuted an art installation of jackets lost at fraternities as a metaphorical medium to tell stories of what sexual assault survivors have lost.
The president of UC Dems speaks about their preparation for local elections, the importance of canvassing, and plans after a Democratic nominee is elected.
Reclaim Our Gift reenvisions the Senior Class Gift by encouraging graduating students to donate to grassroots South Side organizations instead of to the University.
The discussion explored the rhetoric and development of self-care, as well as nuances of mental health, including identity, ability, stigma and the economic consumption of self-care.
Three undergraduates revived The Midway Review, a campus literary journal.
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