Thirty Million Words® Initiative
The Thirty Million Words® Initiative is an innovative parent-directed program designed to harness the power of parent language to build a child’s brain and impact his or her future. In the video, mothers describe how the program has helped them to u...
Reducing youth violence and improving schooling outcomes
Crime Lab, with Youth Guidance's Becoming a Man (BAM), Boston's Match Education, and the Chicago Public Schools, studies a two-pronged approach to improving the lives of Chicago youth.
The 517th Convocation, University Ceremony – The University of Chicago
The University Ceremony of the 517th Convocation of the University of Chicago was held on December 13, 2013, in Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. The University of Chicago Pipe Band led distinguished faculty and graduating students in a procession, followed...
The 517th Convocation Address, University Ceremony – The University of Chicago
The University Ceremony of the 517th Convocation of the University of Chicago was held on December 13, 2013, in Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. The University of Chicago Pipe Band led distinguished faculty and graduating students in a procession, followed...
Meet Modo, the Rockefeller Chapel Cat
Since his adoption in 2010, Quasimodo "Modo" Rockefeller has become a beloved figure on the University of Chicago campus—and on Facebook, where he entertains his more than 600 friends with regular updates. The black-and-white cat roams freely through...
Rockefeller Chapel fosters sense of community
Since opening in 1928, Rockefeller Memorial Chapel has served as a vital spiritual, ceremonial, and artistic home for the University of Chicago. Students begin their journey at UChicago by gathering in Rockefeller Chapel for opening convocation and ret...
2013 Talat and Isabelle Othman Lecture with Roger Owen
Sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago, the annual Talat and Isabelle Othman Lecture addresses business and economic issues in the Middle East. On November 13, 2013, Roger Owen, the A. J. Meyer Professor of Midd...
Dean's Craft of Teaching Seminar Autumn 2013 with Nelson Tebbe
Presented by the Divinity School's Craft of Teaching in the Academic Study of Religion program. Led by Divinity School alumnus Nelson Tebbe (PhD, Anthropology and Sociology of Religion, 2006), Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School. Prof. Tebbe's sc...
Wednesday Lunch at the Divinity School with Joshua Frieman
A Wednesday Lunch at the Divinity School featuring Joshua Frieman, Director of the Dark Energy Survey and Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago, speaking on "The Dark Energy Survey and the Mystery of the Accelerating Univ...
Wednesday Lunch at the Divinity School with Stephan Palmie
Wednesday Lunch at the Divinity School on November 6, 2013, with Professor Stephan Palmié. Palmie conducts ethnographic and historical research on Afro-Caribbean cultures, with an emphasis on Afro-Cuban religious formations and their relations to the ...