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Class of 2026 joins the University of Chicago community

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Aims of Education

Agnes Callard encourages UChicago students to reflect on humanity’s distant future

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appointment

Theaster Gates Jr. named Special Advisor to the President for Arts Initiatives

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science honors

2023 Breakthrough Prizes recognize discoveries made at Marine Biological Laboratory, UChicago

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UChicago Explainer Series

Learn about breakthroughs pioneered at UChicago

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University honors

Ed Yong, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, to receive 2022 Benton Award

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Announcement

Matthew Tirrell to transition out of role as dean of the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering next year

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The College

Ukrainian students excited to begin studies at UChicago

Event

South Side Science Festival to offer free hands-on demos and science experiment…

Announcement

Vanja V. Malloy appointed the Dana Feitler Director of Smart Museum of Art

Announcement

New $12.5 million center at UChicago to investigate zero-emission hydrogen ener…
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Humanities

UChicago alum finds ‘aha!’ moments in the Newberry Library archives

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U.S. Postal Service

Stamps of approval: Katharine Graham latest UChicagoan to appear on postage

Meet a UChicagoan

“I love to learn, and I think that’s the type of student that UChicago caters to.”

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Economics

How Michael Kremer is transforming global research in development economics