The College

Four UChicago undergraduates awarded 2026 Goldwater Scholarship

Third-years Arthur Costa, Shelley Fernando, Mason McCormack and Vincent Wang earn prestigious award for their research

UChicago student goes behind the lens at the White House

Third-year photojournalist Nathaniel Rodwell-Simon spent spring break capturing moments with the press pool

Press start to change your mind

Students in UChicago's Media Arts and Design program are using capstone projects to explore how games and video can drop us into someone else's world

In Senegal, students navigate homestays and urban Wolof with UChicago rigor

Undergrads and faculty share immersive experiences from the Dakar: African Civilizations program

Harnessing the history of Chicago through its archives

A new College course sends students to uncover the ‘hidden stories of the Second City’ in special collections from the Stockyard Institute to Harold Washington Library

A student-led quest to map the hidden history of Chicago's neighborhoods

In the Chicago Urban Heritage Project, College students are turning century-old insurance atlases into interactive digital archives of the city's built environment

David Auburn named UChicago’s 2026 Class Day speaker

Alum and Tony Award winner will kick off Convocation weekend with address to College students on June 5

Mapping surprise in the human mind, with help from AI

By comparing brain scans and AI predictions, a UChicago psychology student is researching how we process unexpected events

New course explores 100 years of anthropology at UChicago

‘Anthropology at Chicago’ pairs faculty conversations with archival research for College students as department approaches its centennial

Exploring China through a quarter abroad

Two students share their stories of immersion from UChicago's Beijing Civilizations Program