Contact Us
To contact the News Office during normal business hours, please call 773.702.8360. See below for more staff contact and beat coverage details.
The University of Chicago News Office is located in Rm. 200 of the Administration Building, 5801 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637. We can be reached by phone at 773.702.8360.
The News Office provides these services for University faculty and
administrators:
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Communications planning for announcements such as academic and
building projects.
» Strategic planning to reach media in order to call attention to
important scholarly work: Suggesting approaches to work with media,
preparing media advisories, writing news releases, and contacting
targeted media outlets.
» Assistance in editing and pitching op-ed pieces to major newspapers.
» Counsel on planning media coverage for events.
» Media training to help faculty and administrators deal effectively
with interviews.
» Assistance with radio interviews, including high quality broadcast
interviews done via an ISDN line.
Social Sciences and Oriental Institute
William Harms covers the Oriental Institute and the Social Sciences, including Education, Economics, the School of Social Service Administration, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology and Urban Affairs.
773.702.8356 | w-harms@uchicago.edu
Physical Sciences
Steve Koppes covers Astronomy & Astrophysics, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geophysical Sciences, Mathematics, Physics and Statistics.
773.702.8366 | s-koppes@uchicago.edu
The University of Chicago Chronicle
Laurie Davis is the editor of the Chronicle, a biweekly newspaper covering faculty research and other University news.
773.702.8353 | l-davis@uchicago.edu
The College and the Law School
Julia Morse covers the College and the Law School.
773.702.8359 | morse@uchicago.edu
Arts, Humanities and Divinity School
Josh Schonwald covers the arts, humanities and the Divinity School.
773.702.6421 | jschonwa@uchicago.edu
Biological Sciences
John Easton and Catherine Gianaro cover Ecology, Evolution, Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Anatomy and the Pritzker School of Medicine.
773.702.6241
john.easton@uchospitals.edu or catherine.gianaro@uchospitals.edu
Graduate School of Business
Allan Friedman covers the Graduate School of Business.
773.702.9232 | allan.friedman@ChicagoGSB.edu
Physical Education and Athletics
Dave Hilbert covers physical education and athletics.
773.702.4638 | dave_hilbert@athletics.uchicago.edu