What UChicago students, community organizations from Woodlawn and Hyde Park, and the UChicago Institute of Politics got up to as our city hosted the Democratic National Convention.
The Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago concluded on Thursday with Vice President Kamala Harris accepting the party's nomination. Two UChicago students were among the delegates who had cast their votes for her in a virtual nomination process earlier in August.
Day three of the DNC featured a speech from vice-presidential nominee and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. Here’s what UChicago students and the Institute of Politics (IOP) were up to.
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.
