The University of Chicago will begin offering the only joint Theater and Performance Studies (TAPS) PhD program in the country, placing students in direct dialogue with humanities disciplines across the...Read more

Scientific diplomacy wasn’t the first career path that came to mind for Kyle Dolan, a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Chicago. Instead he discovered the field—and possible job opportunities—while...Read more

Graduate students in different fields recognized for outstanding instruction

When UChicago’s Arts, Science & Culture Initiative began in 2010, program director and curator Julie Marie Lemon had a vision of artists and scientists working together, sharing approaches and deep...Read more

Many scientists have developed models to predict the total number of species on Earth—including those not yet discovered—of an animal or plant group, but University of Chicago researchers have developed...Read more

Scholar receives $3 million as Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow

Emily Yoon explores gender and race in U.S. and her native Korea

The University of Chicago, in pursuit of knowledge creation and dissemination at its most rigorous levels, trains graduate students committed to pushing the boundaries of what is known and who...Read more

On a Friday afternoon this winter, Daniele Macuglia was grocery shopping for an upcoming Italian meal at International House at the University of Chicago. The PhD student was preparing for...Read more

Building upon the University’s commitment to expand opportunities for graduate students from diverse backgrounds, UChicagoGRAD is developing more programming and support to meet the needs of graduate students of color...Read more

Donation to encourage law and philosophy scholarship

Amid shrinking market, UChicago doctoral students examine non-academic career paths

Fifty percent of all UChicago applicants received fellowships for 2016-17

Graduate students had the opportunity to network with university faculty and other professionals at GRADUCon 2016. Photo by Jean Lachat download Sarojini Rao, a fifth-year doctoral student in economics, knows...Read more

The University of Chicago’s myCHOICE (Chicago Options in Career Empowerment) program, which launched in 2014 to broaden experiences in scientific training and career exploration for PhD students, has taken off...Read more

Program builds clinician and researcher knowledge in rapidly growing field

Council offers travel funds, social networking and informational forums

In the Biopsychological Research Building basement, Prof. Ed Vogel swings open a metal door, revealing a metal-lined, closet-sized compartment. Vogel and fellow neuroscientist Ed Awh, collaborators since 2001 who share...Read more

Graduate students study how departments have shaped thought over 125 years