Videos

CNN’s Jake Tapper & The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor

In The Outpost, CNN's Jake Tapper gives us the powerful saga of Combat Outpost Keating, the ill-fated American military base in a remote Afghan valley, the site of one of the deadliest battles in the U.S.’s longest war.

The 67th Annual Latke-Hamantash Debate

The Latke-Hamantash Debate has been a University of Chicago tradition since 1946. UChicago faculty members apply the knowledge and tools of their disciplines to resolve this age-old question in an evening of fun and frivolity! Past participants have in...

Angle of Vision: Then, Now, and The Arabic Novel - Plenary Address by Gamal Al Ghitany

Join Gamal Al Ghitany and participants for discussions on the reception, transformation, and reiteration of classical Arabic biographical and autobiographical literature in modern Arabic fiction, as well as the process of translation and its relationsh...

Visiting Committees: In the Presence of Scholars

Winnie Scott discusses the benefits of being a member of the Visiting Committee to the Divinity School at the University of Chicago. For more information, please visit: http://vc.uchicago.edu

Visiting Committees: Developing the University

President Robert J. Zimmer discusses the different strategic roles that Visiting Committees play at the University of Chicago. For more information, please visit: http://vc.uchicago.edu

Visiting Committees: Giving Back

Norman Winarsky discusses how being a member of the Visiting Committee to the Physical Sciences Division allows him to give back to the University of Chicago. For more information, please visit: http://vc.uchicago.edu

Visiting Committees: Valued Service

Marianna Tax Choldin reflects on what it means to her to serve on the Visiting Committee to the Library at the University of Chicago. For more information, please visit: http://vc.uchicago.edu

Visiting Committees: Impact on the Humanities

Martha Roth, Dean of Humanities, discusses how she works with the Visiting Committee to the Division of the Humanities to support the work of researchers and scholars. For more information, please visit: http://vc.uchicago.edu

Visiting Committees: Fostering Community

Susan and Lawrence Gianinno, members of the Visiting Committee to the Social Sciences, share their thoughts about why community is important at the University of Chicago. For more information, please visit: http://vc.uchicago.edu

Visiting Committees: An Intellectual Adventure

Margaret Foorman, member of the Visiting Committees to the Oriental Institute and to the Library, describes the intellectual culture at the University of Chicago. For more information, please visit: http://vc.uchicago.edu