Professor Augusta Read Thomas on Ear Taxi Festival
Augusta Read Thomas, University Professor of Composition in the Department of Music and the College, discusses the collaborative process behind Ear Taxi Festival, a series of concerts to celebrate Chicago’s contemporary classical music.
Composer Philip Glass returns to UChicago
University of Chicago alumnus Philip Glass discusses how an early interest in music and his University education helped spark his illustrious career as a composer. A 1956 graduate of the College, Glass returned to UChicago in February 2016 for a three-...
526th Convocation Address - “Our Expanding View Of The Universe”
The University Ceremony of the 526th Convocation of the University of Chicago was held on March 18, 2016, in Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. Provost Eric D. Isaacs introduced Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor, Professor in the Dep...
The 526th Convocation, University Ceremony - The University of Chicago
The University Ceremony of the 526th Convocation of the University of Chicago was held on March 18, 2016, in Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. The University of Chicago Pipe Band led distinguished faculty and graduating students in a procession, followed by...
UChicago Discovery Series│Future Science: Small Scale, Big Impact
On Wednesday, April 6, join experts in the University of Chicago's Institute for Molecular Engineering for TED-style talks about their groundbreaking work. 'Future Science: Small Scale, Big Impact' is the latest UChicago Discovery Series' free public l...
Composers Philip Glass and Augusta Read Thomas Discuss Artistic Collaboration
Composer and UChicago alumnus Philip Glass discusses his music career, his time at the University of Chicago, and artistic collaboration. The February 18, 2016, public conversation with Augusta Read Thomas, University Professor of Composition, Departme...
How Much Should Clean Air Cost? Innovating Affordable DIY Purifiers
At the UChicago Center in Delhi, Chicago Booth’s Thomas Talhelm delivered a lecture on how air purifiers work and how his social enterprise Smart Air has been working to deliver affordable clean air in China.
University of Chicago Office of Business Diversity Professional Services Symposium 2015
In 2009, the University of Chicago held the first symposium dedicated to creating opportunities for minority- and women-owned professional service firms. The Professional Services Symposium is a first-of-its-kind program within higher education and is ...
Francis Robinson, Mellon Islamic Studies Initiative Visiting Professor
Professor of the History of South Asia at the University of London, Francis Robinson (Trinity College, Cambridge PhD, 1970), is one of the most prominent and influential voices among Western scholars of Muslim history and Islam in India.