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Eighteen students selected as 2026-27 University of Chicago Obama Foundation Scholars

Eighteen rising leaders have been selected to the newest cohort of the University of Chicago Obama Foundation Scholars Program, which was announced Sept. 15.

As World Cup referee, UChicago student tests Machiavelli’s vision of leadership

Joe Dickerson draws on his soccer officiating career in studying ‘The Prince’ and philosophy at Graham School

With flowery name, new tool uncovers hidden genetic pathways that cause disease

Dubbed DANDELION, the computational approach developed at UChicago identified central disease-driving genes for asthma, most not previously linked to the condition

Kenneth Warren to deliver Aims of Education speech to Class of 2030

English professor will urge UChicago undergraduates to push through uncertainty of modern times

UChicago launches $300 million initiative for students from rural areas and small towns

$100 million gift from Byron and Tina Trott will expand college access, student support and career pathways

New study shows reward can spread through complex memory networks

UChicago psychologists find our brains use a web of recalled associations to help us make decisions that lead to good outcomes

UChicago-led team builds AI data filter for CERN's particle collider

Award-winning research merges computer science and physics to preserve rare events, boost discovery