In this week's newsletter: National Nurses United brokered a tentative contract agreement with the University of Chicago Medical Center, preventing a strike that was planned for Tuesday.
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.
In this week's newsletter: Former President Barack Obama spoke about the Obama Presidential Center at the third annual Obama Foundation Summit, which was hosted by the Illinois Institute of Technology.
In this week's newsletter: the University enforces multiple safety protocols for students and community members throughout Hyde Park and Kenwood in preparation for Halloween.
In this week's newsletter: Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson spoke on the University of Chicago Public Policy Podcast show last Friday.
In this week's newsletter: the first Black graduate of the Law School, Nelson Willis (LL.B, 1918), received a plaque commemorating his life achievements on campus last Wednesday.
In this week's newsletter: Provost Daniel Diermeier announced a new funding structure for graduate students that will replace the Graduate Aid Initiative, which was introduced in 2007.
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.
Randi Weingarten and Dan Montgomery, the presidents of the American Federation of Teachers and the Illinois Federation of Teachers addressed the room, among other speakers.
The University and GSU are currently engaged in a legal dispute over whether graduate students should be recognized as workers under the National Labor Relations Act.
Further hearings are expected to continue throughout the week. The final ruling will determine if GSU’s election to form a union will be held and if so, the logistics of the future vote.
The letter, sent by President Robert J. Zimmer and Provost Daniel Diermeier, challenged whether the formation of a union truly benefits graduate students.
The four new astrophysics courses include: Observational Techniques in Astrophysics, Cosmological Physics, Radiation Processes in Astrophysics, and Physics of Galaxies.
Saturday Night Meal Swipes will be automatically added to student accounts on the Unlimited, Phoenix, and Apartment meal plans, as well as resident staff accounts.
Jamie Kalven, founder of the Invisible Institute, argues for civil action based on the findings of a Department of Justice report on systemic failures within the Chicago Police Department.
The week of programming, sponsored by Axis UChicago and Active Minds, aimed to create a campus climate that is more inviting to open discussion of both mental health and physical dis/abilities.
The aim of these discussions will be to combine the realms of politics and social identity as one unanimous conversation.
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