Tag: University of Chicago

News Roundup

‘Preeminent Scientist and Entrepreneur’ Named President at The University of Chicago

The University of Chicago has appointed “preeminent scientist and entrepreneur” Dr. Paul Alivisatos as its 14th president. Alivisatos is currently executive vice chancellor and provost at the University of California, Berkeley, where he is also a professor and the Samsung Distinguished Chair in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Research in the Department of Chemistry. As a UC […]

March 1, 2021

Campus Climate

Rankings Find UChicago Best, DePauw Worst Campuses for Free Speech

A 2020 list focused on free speech on college campuses found that the University of Chicago ranked highest, followed in sequence by Kansas State University, Texas A&M University, University of California, Los Angeles and Arizona State University, the FIRE reported. The 2020 report titled, “What’s the Climate for Free Speech on America’s College Campuses”? was […]

September 29, 2020

News Roundup

University of Chicago Removes Campus Tributes to Stephen Douglas

The University of Chicago has removed two campus tributes to Stephen Douglas, a former U.S. senator from Illinois who owned slaves under his wife’s name, reported the Chicago Sun-Times. “Douglas does not deserve to be honored on our campus” because he “profited from his wife’s ownership of a Mississippi plantation where Black people were enslaved,” […]

July 8, 2020

Students

African American Banker Pays Off Tuition Balances of 50 New Spelman Graduates

African American banker Frank Baker and his philanthropist wife Laura Day Baker have announced a gift of $1 million in scholarships for graduates of Spelman College, a historically Black college or university (HBCU). The first recipients of some of the funds are 50 graduates from the class of 2020, whose tuition balances were paid off, […]

May 26, 2020

COVID-19

U of Chicago Students Begin Strike, Call For Halved Tuition During Pandemic

University of Chicago students began a tuition strike Tuesday, demanding the school halve the cost of tuition and waive fees during the COVID-19 pandemic, reported the Hyde Park Herald. As of April 29, which was the spring quarter payment deadline, roughly 200 people, including undergraduates and graduate students, were withholding tuition from the school. Additionally, […]

May 1, 2020

COVID-19

Many U of Chicago Students Want 50% Tuition Cut During Pandemic

A student group at the University of Chicago is demanding a 50% tuition cut and the elimination of student fees for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic, reported the Chicago Sun-Times. The group, called UChicago for Fair Tuition, is threatening to not pay spring quarter tuition if the university refuses to negotiate with it on […]

April 6, 2020

African-American

Cultural Spaces on Campus Reduce Minority Students’ Stress, Says Author

A recent comment from a Black student at the University of Virginia that there were “too many White people” at a multicultural student center brought forward long-simmering racial grievances on campuses around the country, but a new book says that such centers help reduce stress in minority and underrepresented students.

February 26, 2020

News Roundup

Study Finds GPA Stronger Than ACT in Predicting College Success

Contrary to popular belief, students’ high school grade point averages are five times stronger than ACT scores at predicting college graduation. That’s according to a new study published in Educational Researcher. Conducted by the University of Chicago’s Dr. Elaine M. Allensworth and Kallie Clark, the study examined 55,083 students who graduated from the Chicago public […]

January 28, 2020

News Roundup

Clark University Appoints Alumnus as President

The Board of Trustees at Clark University in Worcester, Mass., unanimously voted to name alumnus Dr. David B Fithian its 10th president. Currently executive vice president at the University of Chicago, Fithian credits Clark for inspiring him to pursue a life in higher education. Before his time at the University of Chicago, he served in […]

January 13, 2020

News Roundup

Vanderbilt University Names New Chancellor

Following an eight-month search, Vanderbilt University, one of Nashville’s most prominent institutions, has appointed Dr. Daniel Diermeier as its ninth chancellor. Originally from West Berlin, Germany, Diermeier was a first-generation college student who came to the U.S. to pursue his doctorate in the 1990s. He most recently served as provost at the University of Chicago […]

December 5, 2019

Sports

Elliot Charles Named Director of Intercollegiate Athletics at Chicago State University

Chicago State University (CSU) announced that Elliot Charles will be the university’s new director of Intercollegiate Athletics. Charles, who has more than 14 years of athletic leadership experience at Clemson University (CU) and Florida A&M University, will succeed Eric Hyman on Dec. 16. “Elliott rose to the top as a candidate in our search for […]

November 20, 2019

Latest News

UChicago Access Initiative Increases Enrollment From Underrepresented Groups

A student sent Sara Urquidez, executive director of the Academic Success Program, two videos she won’t soon forget, despite seven years of work at the helm of the Dallas college counseling nonprofit for underprivileged students. One video showed him submitting his application to the University of Chicago – and dancing the “Harlem Shake” in celebration. The other showed him jumping up and down while opening his acceptance letter months later.

July 13, 2019