Uncommon Hacks Awards Quirky Innovations

By Varun Joshi / January 16, 2017

The second-annual "Uncommon Hacks" competition featured inventions including a beer-pong video game and a Teletubby with a human face.

Computer Science Department to Move to Crerar

By Varun Joshi / November 29, 2016

The Department of Computer Science and the Computational Institute will be moving to the second and third floors of Crerar Library in 2018.

The Push to Be World Class: A New Direction For the Computer Science Department

By Varun Joshi / November 29, 2016

"What is the smallest size a really world class CS department can be?"

Law Professor Rejects Accusation That He Mailed Feces to Academics

By Varun Joshi / October 18, 2016

Had Clashed With Recipients Over Ranking System for Philosophy Departments.

UChicago Tied With Northwestern in New Rankings

By Varun Joshi / October 6, 2016

UChicago is the 13th best U.S. college, according to the inaugural Wall Street Journal rankings.

New Collaboration Will Explore the Microbiome

By Varun Joshi / May 20, 2016

The University Will Work With Argonne National Laboratory and the Marine Biological Laboratory to Research the Function of Microbes.

Two Donations to Support Computer Science

By Varun Joshi / May 5, 2016

The gifts will fund three new professorships and expand initiatives in data science.

Philosophy Professor Addresses the Purpose of Life in Virtue Initiative Lecture

By Varun Joshi / April 11, 2016

Müller said this question can only be “meaningfully asked, but not argumentatively answered” by philosophy.

UChicago Ranked Second Most Hardworking School

By Varun Joshi / January 18, 2016

UChicago was listed below MIT, and above academic peers such as Yale University, Princeton University, Stanford University, Columbia University, and Harvard University.