Jay Ellison appointed Dean of Students in the College
John “Jay” Ellison, associate dean and secretary of the Administrative Board at Harvard College, has been appointed Dean of Students in the College at the University of Chicago. John W. Boyer, Dean of...
View ArticleFive UChicago students win Davis Projects for Peace grants
Three graduate students and two undergraduates have been awarded Davis Projects for Peace grants to design and implement grassroots projects around the world this summer. Graduate students Kelli Bosak,...
View ArticleTwo new Resident Masters to join South Campus and Max Palevsky residential...
College Housing has appointed two members of the faculty as Resident Masters in the South Campus and Max Palevsky Residential Commons. Starting this fall, Jason and Suzanne Riggle will begin their...
View ArticleThird-years win Goldwater Scholarship for scientific achievements
Two students in the College have been awarded prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships for academic merit in the fields of mathematics, science and engineering. Ryan McGillicuddy and Anne Marsden...
View ArticleStudent filmmakers win awards for bioresearch documentaries
Two students in the College have won cash prizes at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York for documentary shorts about their fellow students. Yoonji Kim, a second-year biological science student, won...
View ArticleMetcalf paid internships reach new milestone—1,000 students this year
More than 1,000 students in the College will work in paid internships this academic year through the Jeff Metcalf Internship Program, a new height for the program that has seen exponential growth since...
View ArticleGroundbreaking for new residence hall and dining commons on June 6
The UChicago community is invited to a Friday, June 6 ceremonial groundbreaking for the new campus north residence hall and dining commons. Students, faculty, staff, alumni and neighbors are welcome to...
View ArticleUniversity to celebrate Class of 2014 during Spring Convocation
The UChicago community will gather on Saturday, June 14 to honor the accomplishments of its degree candidates during the University’s 519th Convocation . [view:story=block_1] More than 17,000 family,...
View ArticleUChicago students win 11 Critical Language Scholarships from State Department
The U.S. Department of State has awarded Critical Language Scholarships to 11 UChicago students who will spend the summer learning languages overseas. These highly competitive scholarships pay all...
View ArticleKathleen Paige Bohanon, fourth-year in College, 1992–2014
Kathleen Paige Bohanon, fourth-year in the College, was guided by a passion for science, an infectious kindness, and an endless curiosity about the people and the world around her. She died on May 8 in...
View ArticleClass of 2014 sets record with Senior Class Gift participation and giving
Graduates in the Class of 2014 gave back to the College in record numbers and with a record amount this year, raising $107,000 for the Senior Class Gift . The 1,013 students who participated represent...
View ArticleStudy abroad creates scenes of discovery
College students share cultural adventures through photo, video, and essay contests
View ArticleExtra effort by staff members keeps UChicago community safe and warm
As Chicago endured a pummeling from snow and record cold temperatures in the last few days, hundreds of people at the University of Chicago have been working behind the scenes and around the clock to...
View ArticleFourth-year Sarah Peluse wins Schafer Prize for excellence in mathematics
Sarah Peluse, a fourth-year student in the College, has been recognized for her excellence in mathematics and her contributions to the field with the Alice T. Schafer Mathematics Prize. The prize,...
View ArticleUChicago to host NPR show Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me! on Jan. 30
The University of Chicago will host a special free taping of the popular NPR news quiz Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me! for UChicago students and the general public. The show will present its first-ever...
View ArticleDisability Matters series creates dialogue about the benefit of differences
UChicago graduate students have launched a university-sponsored speaker series on disability with the goal of spurring conversation about disability “as a critical category and as a lived experience.”...
View ArticleGift to Career Advancement program benefits students interested in education...
University trustee Charles Ashby Lewis and Penny Bender Sebring have endowed UChicago Careers in Education Professions with a named directorship, investing in students who pursue careers in education....
View ArticleStudent chronicles Iraq’s intellectual crisis
Second-year Matthew Schweitzer studies how violence ushered in decline of country’s universities.
View ArticleFourth-year economics and history student Tim Rudnicki wins Gates Cambridge...
Tim Rudnicki is one of 40 students in the United States to win a full-cost Gates Cambridge scholarship to continue his studies at the University of Cambridge next fall. The fourth-year from Barrington,...
View ArticleNicholas Barnes, third-year College student, 1993–2014
Nicholas Brastins Barnes was a warm and loving friend, a lively debater, a dedicated student and an adventurous traveler. A third-year in the College from Fox Chapel, Penn., he was found dead in his...
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