Talk discusses Gaza’s “reality”
Anesthesiologist Mads Gilbert, a relief worker in the recent Gaza conflict, decried Wednesday what he described as Israel’s violations of international law and crimes against humanity in recent months....
View ArticleDiv school hosts theology conference
Academics from a variety of fields explored the changing nature of theology in a two-day conference hosted by the Divinity School Wednesday and Thursday. In the closing general lecture to the...
View ArticleLooking to secure liquor licenses, Walgreens faces fight with alderman
Facing stiff community resistance, four Walgreens in and around Hyde Park are trying to obtain liquor licenses, including the Walgreens at East 55th Street and South Lake Park Avenue. The stores hope...
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Yerkes to link up with world telescopes
Photo: Kyle CudworthThe Yerkes Observatory in Wisconsin. The University’s Yerkes Observatory plans to join a network of remotely controlled telescopes called Skynet next month, in an effort to expand...
View ArticleSubpoena targets programs approved by UCMC executive
A federal grand jury subpoenaed the records of University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) executive Dr. Eric Whitaker (M.D. '93), a leader of the UCMC's Urban Health Initiative, as part of an...
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Co-op, admin solicit input for renovations
Photo: Floyd WildeTigerman McCurry, the firm chosen to renovate McGiffert House, designed the Holocaust Museum in Skokie, bringing in history with strong symbolism and exaggerated geometry. The...
View ArticleStimulus ends, but work-study still strong
As some universities and colleges around the country struggle with drops in Federal Work-Study funds of over 30 percent, the University’s federal work-study funding increased for the 2010-11 school...
View ArticleCity to close roads for Obama rally Saturday
In one of his last scheduled stops before the midterm elections, President Barack Obama will hold a public rally that includes a performance by hip-hop artist Common on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. on the...
View ArticleHalloween party gets the boo!
The Booth School’s Belgian Halloween Party got spooked this weekend for the first time since its inception in 1992. The Halloween Party is an annual costume event thrown by the Belgian Business...
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U of C begins removal of CTS stained glass
Photo: Matt Bogen/The Chicago MaroonThe University has begun moving the stained glass windows of the Hilton Chapel in an effort to strip the Chicago Theological Seminary of all Christian iconography....
View ArticleNew committee lets experts weigh in on U of C construction
After two recent building projects drew criticism from neighbors, the University has formed a Heritage Resources Committee (HRC) composed of experts in architecture, urban planning, and preservation...
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Ex-prof elected state rep
Photo: Daniel BissFormer math professor Daniel Biss, who was elected representative of the Illinois State House this November U of C math professor-turned-politician Daniel Biss won a seat on the...
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Zimmer talks openness, Beijing at meetings
Photo: Darren Leow/The Chicago MaroonPresident Robert Zimmer speaks to students on topics ranging from academic freedom to the University's investments during an open forum Monday evening at the...
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SafeRide forum draws four students
Photo: Crystal Tsoi/The Chicago MaroonDirector of Transportation Rodney Morris and second-year Undergraduate Liason to the Board of Trustees Frank Alarcon share thoughts on future SafeRide improvements...
View ArticleLaw students promise public service with pro bono pledge
Along with 95 of her peers, first-year law student Mishan Araujo promised to donate at least 50 hours of legal volunteer work through a new, Law School–run program at the end of October. “I would have...
View ArticleWireless network update eliminates login
IT Services unveiled a secure campus wireless network over break that also bypasses the unwieldy log-in process. The release date of the new network was bumped up in response to security concerns...
View ArticleTEDx prepares for U of C convention
A new RSO is bringing the TED experience to the University of Chicago on April 17 with a convention licensed by the global non-profit organization. The event, modeled after the annual Technology...
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Borders and Noon Hookah close doors
Photo: Camille van Horne/The Chicago MaroonBorders announced that it will be closing its Hyde Park location on 53rd Street. Borders on East 53rd Street and South Hyde Park Avenue and Noon Hookah Lounge...
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Egypt evacuation encounters troubles with travel, security
Photo: Jake Grubman/The Chicago Maroon Students participating in the College’s first-ever study abroad program in Cairo, Egypt were evacuated to Paris the weekend of January 29 as widespread protests...
View ArticleFifth ward campaigns argue over laws
With the aldermanic elections only two weeks away, two campaigns in the fifth ward are facing off in an effort to follow laws to the letter. A few weeks ago, candidate Ann Marie Miles said incumbent...
View ArticleCairo students discuss time abroad
Second-year Isamar Villasenor will always remember the events that took place three weeks ago by the sounds of the cell phones ringing. “I think I had the ringtone recorded in my mind—the ringtone of...
View ArticleUncommon Interview: Brad Keywell
Serial entrepreneurs Brad Keywell and Eric Lefkofsky cofounded Groupon in 2008 with then-Harris School of Public Policy student Andrew Mason. Groupon, a social retail website, recently turned down a...
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All that jazz
Photo: Jamie Manley/The Chicago MaroonJazz legend Von Freeman broke it down in Mandel Hall Thursday as part of his reception of the Rosenberger Medal. The audience at Mandel Hall erupted into a...
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Math-Stat renovations resume after fire
Photo: Camille van Horne/The Chicago MaroonThe Math-Stat building which caught fire on the 26th of October is currently being restored. Four months after a fire tore through the statistics and...
View ArticleFourth-years see spike in job offers
Almost three times as many job offers have been made to fourth-years compared to last year, according to Career Advising and Planning Services (CAPS) data from the end of January. The career support...
View ArticleExplosion shakes Jerusalem study abroad
Following a March 23 bus bombing in Jerusalem that left one person dead and dozens wounded, the U of C study abroad program remains largely unaffected, though the University has issued stricter...
View ArticleMath-Stat fire deemed accidental
The Chicago Police Department Bomb & Arson Unit’s investigation of the October 26 fire at the Statistics and Mathematics building determined that the fire was accidental, thought it did not rule...
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SG election 2011: Uncommon Fun
Photo: Maroon Staff/The Chicago Maroon Composed entirely of SG outsiders, Uncommon Fun hopes to use their third party status to effect change. The candidates decided to run after becoming frustrated by...
View ArticleStudent arrested in Hutch
Officers from the Chicago Police Department (CPD) caused a stir earlier today in Hutchinson Commons when a student was arrested. According to CPD spokesperson Anne Dwyer, the arrest at 1:39 p.m. came...
View ArticleAlum journalist captured in Libya calls home
More than two weeks after Clare Morgana Gillis (AB ’98) was captured in Libya while reporting for The Atlantic and USA Today, she was able to call her parents yesterday and tell them she’s alive and...
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Gillis’s parents reflect on Libya experience
Photo: Maroon Staff/The Chicago MaroonClare Morgana Gillis poses for a photograph while hiking in September 2010. Clare was captured in Libya on April 5 while reporting about the civil conflict in...
View ArticleCaptured journalist makes second call home
Exactly three weeks after being detained in Libya by pro-Qaddafi fighters, freelance journalist Clare Gillis (A.B. ’98) made a second phone call home to her parents this morning. Jane Gillis, Clare...
View ArticleTerrorism experts praise Obama’s war tactics
Two U of C terrorism experts praised President Barack Obama in a press conference downtown at the University’s Gleacher Center yesterday following the news of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden’s death....
View ArticleAlum released after six weeks in Libyan prison
After being detained for six weeks in Libya by forces loyal to Muammar el-Qaddafi, freelance journalist Clare Gillis (A.B. ’98) has been released and is scheduled to arrive back in the U.S. today. The...
View ArticlePro-Palestine demonstrations draw mixed reactions
Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) distributed fake eviction notices in dorms and staged a mock military checkpoint this week to commemorate the 1948 Palestine war and resulting displacement of...
View ArticleGillis details Libyan capture and release
While detained in Libya for 44 days, Clare Gillis (A.B. ’98) had to keep secret the death of her colleague in order to ensure her safety. Now back in the states, Gillis is speaking out in criticism of...
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O-Issue 2011: Libraries
Photo: Alex Gleckman Of the six (physical) libraries making up the U of C Library (institution), the Regenstein is far-and-away used most often, the focal point of the so-called central system. Opposed...
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O-Issue 2011: Administration
Photo: UChicago Archives With the Board of Trustees in charge of broad, long-term issues, the President, Vice Presidents, and Deans are the ones in charge of the actual running of the University of...
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University mourns death of Morgan Buerkett, 19
Described by friends as loyal, caring, and outgoing, rising second-year Morgan Buerkett died July 24 when her family’s single-engine plane crashed shortly after taking off from Rantoul Airport near...
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Charter schools in mind if UCPD expands coverage
The UCPD is preparing a proposal to expand its coverage to include all four University of Chicago Charter Schools. If the new coverage area were to be approved by the City Council, UCPD would add three...
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Injury shuts down dance room, leaving RSOs up in the air
A dance injury last Thursday led to the indefinite closure of the Ida Noyes Hall Dance Room, one of the most used dance spaces for RSOs. Photo: Camille van Horne/The Chicago MaroonA student stands near...
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