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UChicago’s Class of 2025 urged to ‘forge a stronger future’

The UChicago community celebrated the Class of 2025 during Saturday’s Convocation ceremony with encouragement from speakers Prof. Kunle Odunsi and President Paul Alivisatos. “Right now, the world needs you,” said Odunsi. “It needs your voice, your vision, and your courage to become advocates—not just for what is, but for what could be.”

Rethinking prison labor under the 13th Amendment

A UChicago legal scholar examines how forced labor persists in U.S. prisons—and what it will take to change the system

Class of 2025 reflects on the many roads to Convocation

Graduating students share how UChicago shaped their experiences—from Mount Athos to the Main Quads

Class Day speakers to focus on lessons learned from UChicago experiences

Fourth-years Lila Melkumova, Dhirpal Shah and Helen Wu to deliver speeches at annual event

$25 million gift from Priscilla and Steven A. Kersten to advance and strengthen K–12 education research

Commitment will support scholars, applied research and school social workers to help transform schools and increase student achievement

UChicago Convocation 2025 celebration to begin June 6

UChicago will celebrate the Class of 2025 with a weekend of events, starting this Friday with College's Class Day event and culminating with campus-wide ceremony Saturday on the Main Quad.