Dispatches from Abroad

Highlighting UChicago community members who are researching, studying and working around the world.

UChicago language immersion grants inspire ‘a curiosity for the world’ A group of five students on a bridge in front of a pagoda-like building and willow trees.

UChicago language immersion grants inspire ‘a curiosity for the world’

Two College students share their summer experiences abroad through the FLAG program

From Andean forests to ancient sites in Turkey, UChicagoans spent the summer abroad Bisola-Mariam

From Andean forests to ancient sites in Turkey, UChicagoans spent the summer abroad

Faculty, students share how they spent summer 2024

UChicago’s Study Abroad contest winners share the stories behind their art A lobster crew out at sea before dawn

UChicago’s Study Abroad contest winners share the stories behind their art

Students discuss creative process behind photo, video and writing entries

At Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, UChicago student unravels the mysteries of galaxies Zewei Wu

At Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, UChicago student unravels the mysteries of galaxies

During summer internship in Germany, rising fourth-year Zewei Wu simulates astrophysical plasma

UChicago students share “life-changing” experiences as Fulbright scholars Seven covers of "Critical Space," a Japanese literary journal.

UChicago students share “life-changing” experiences as Fulbright scholars

Three Humanities graduate students discuss professional and personal benefits of their time abroad

Aboard a drilling rig in the Mediterranean, scientists seek to understand Earth’s past climates A group of people in jackets stand on a dock in front of a very large ship with a drilling rig in the center of it

Aboard a drilling rig in the Mediterranean, scientists seek to understand Earth’s past climates

A UChicago student finds connection and career path in Berlin Dannerys Peralta stands holding and speaking into a microphone in front of a group of women sitting and eating at a long table outside.

A UChicago student finds connection and career path in Berlin

Meeting with alum during career trek inspires entrepreneurial journey

Global treks provide students with new perspective on their careers Students take a photo outside the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico.

Global treks provide students with new perspective on their careers

Immersive spring break trips range from Asia to Switzerland to Mexico City

A UChicago composer finds inspiration in Rome Baldwin Giang sits in front of a piano

A UChicago composer finds inspiration in Rome

Ph.D. student Baldwin Giang strikes a new chord in an ancient city

From Israeli digs to Greenland villages, UChicagoans travel the world for research Greenland

From Israeli digs to Greenland villages, UChicagoans travel the world for research

Students, faculty share how they spent their summers studying everything from languages to glaciers