UChicago News is a twice-weekly newsletter delivered to the University community, which features breakthrough research and discoveries, podcasts and interviews with field-defining scholars, as well as events happening on campus. See a partial archive of these e-mails below:
September
- September 30: Presidents discuss UChicago’s history, future | Grad students honored
- September 28: Welcome to Autumn Quarter | New MacArthur Fellow
- September 23: President Alivisatos’ pioneering research | Opening Convocation
- September 21: Students return for O-Week | New uchicago.edu
- September 16: MacArthur Fellows exhibition | Aims of Education
- September 14: The science of better habits | PME’s 10th anniversary
- September 9: Remembering 9/11 | What went wrong in Afghanistan
- September 7: New Obama Scholars | How air quality impacts lifespans
- September 2: A message from President Alivisatos | New quantum institute
August
- August 31: New data science major | Q&A on Delta variant
- August 26: Hidden history of space travel | Paul Alivisatos honored
- August 24: Unique admissions essays | Communities after COVID-19
- August 19: Vaccine boosters | Rethinking plastics
- August 17: $200 million commitment to undergraduate financial aid
- August 12: Martha Nussbaum on #MeToo | Behavioral economics, explained
- August 10: Discovery could help feed the world | Bridging art and science
- August 5: Summer reading | Michael Murrin, 1938-2021
- August 3: Lab's LEGO master | Noel Swerdlow, 1942-2021
July
- July 29: Cass Sunstein talks ‘Noise’ | Robert K. Ritner Jr., 1953-2021
- July 27: Nobel laureate to join faculty | COVID-19 time capsule
- July 22: Remembering Ilan Naibryf, 1999-2021
- July 20: Hugo Sonnenschein, 1940-2021 | The future of food
- July 15: Max Solomon Lewis, 2001-2021
- July 13: COVID-19 vaccine requirement
- July 1: A legacy of inclusion | New professorships
June
- June 29: Lauren Berlant, 1957-2021 | Breaking the Standard Model
- June 24: Argonne's 75th | A father's tribute
- June 22: Defining figure | First nuclear reactor
- June 17: ‘Decarbonize’ your life | History of Juneteenth
- June 15: A historic Ph.D. | Hear from Class of 2021
- June 10: Watch the 534th Convocation | Class Day speakers
- June 8: Celebrating Convocation | Honorary degrees
- June 3: Mysteries of the universe | Ta-Nehisi Coates event
- June 1: Honorary Ph.D. for Yiran Fan | NVC at 25
May
- May 27: Alumni honored | Diversity in children’s book
- May 25: Property taxes and inequality | Climate Vault
- May 20: Teaching award winners | COVID-19’s impact on giving
- May 18: Vaccine requirement for students | Connecting arts and science
- May 13: Ta-Nehisi Coates event | Alumni earn scholarships
- May 11: Taking aliens seriously | Goldwater Scholars
- May 6: New ‘Aeneid’ translation | Building connections, apart
- May 4: Convocation speaker | A statistician’s legacy
April
- April 29: COVID-19 ‘nanotraps’ | National Academy members
- April 27: National Academy of Sciences | Carnegie Fellow
- April 22: The costs of Big Tech | A post-coal climate future
- April 20: Connecting with nature | Graham School dean
- April 15: Fighting poverty and pandemics | Earth Week
- April 13: Marshall Sahlins, 1930–2021 | Solar wind, explained
- April 8: Nation’s first quantum startup accelerator | Guggenheim Fellows
- April 6: How to stay safe after your vaccine | Berlin Family Lectures
- April 1: Life after the vaccine | Max S. Bell, 1930–2021
March
- Mar 30: Autumn Quarter plans | Rudy Nimocks Sr., 1929–2021
- Mar 25: Life after incarceration | Fighting cancer
- Mar 23: Historic collection of Haggadot | Ryerson Lecture
- Mar 18: Honoring Edith Abbott | Molecules to slow COVID-19
- Mar 16: Llamas help fight COVID-19 | Top Press honor
- Mar 11: Year of COVID-19 | $2 million science award
- Mar 9: Anthony Fauci on COVID-19 | Martha Nussbaum honored
- Mar 4: From UChicago to Congress | Anthony Fauci speaks tonight
- Mar 2: Incoming president’s greeting | Musical works of art
February
- Feb 26: Meet UChicago’s next president
- Feb 25: COVID-19 vaccine ethics | Concerts on campus :
- Feb 23: Kim Ng, baseball pioneer | COVID-19 treatments
- Feb. 18: $25 million for global health efforts | A carillonneur’s inspiration
- Feb. 16: A ‘historic wake-up call’ | Theatre for One
- Feb. 11: Love at the Library | Bridging science and humanity
- Feb. 9: Making the COVID-19 vaccine | George Shultz, 1920-2021
- Feb. 4: Beating COVID-19, together | Mass incarceration’s impact
- Feb. 2: Convocation plans | Origins of life
January
- Jan. 28: Landmark gift | Roger Hildebrand, 1922-2021
- Jan. 26: Doomsday Clock | Economic Outlook
- Jan. 21: A new galaxy | Art amid pandemic
- Jan. 19: MLK’s legacy | COVID-19’s essential workers
- Jan. 14: Reinvesting in research | Norman Golb, 1928-2020
- Jan. 12: Remembering Yiran Fan, 1990-2021
- Jan. 7: New COVID-19 model | Impact of election challenges
- Jan. 5: COVID-19 clues in bats | Center in Beijing anniversary