Jeremy Lindenfeld
UChicago Medicine’s Trauma Center Increases South Side Care Access, Study Shows
Study led by Pritzker alum Ali Abbasi shows decrease in ambulance run times after trauma center opening, reducing racial gaps in accessing trauma care.
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January 25, 2021
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UofC Begins Phase 1b Vaccine Rollout, Eyes End of March to Start 1c
The vaccine will be made available to University-affiliated essential frontline workers, current UChicago Medicine patients, and faculty and staff 65 or older. There are only two windows for this population to get vaccinated.
NEWS/
January 25, 2021
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12:43 p.m.
Friends, Mentors Share Memories of Yiran Fan at Candlelight Vigil
Yiran Fan, who was in the process of obtaining his phD, was warmly remembered by his friends and peers.
NEWS/
January 19, 2021
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9:50 a.m.
Vaccine Rollout to University Community Delayed as Guidelines Change
As the COVID-19 vaccination campaign inches along, adjustments to Chicago Department of Health guidelines means that the majority of UChicago affiliates will receive vaccines in a later stage of the rollout.
NEWS/
January 14, 2021
UChicago Researcher Jun Nishida Creates HandMorph, a Wearable Exoskeleton
HandMorph allows its wearer to experience life from the point of view of a child by decreasing one’s hand size to that of a child.
NEWS/
January 13, 2021
Student Shot, Killed in Regents Park Parking Garage
The shooting may have been connected to several other shootings on the South Side and in Evanston on Saturday.
NEWS/
January 9, 2021
Booth Alum's Poll Hero Project Organizes Thousands of Young Poll Workers
During the 2020 election, the Poll Hero Project helped recruit and train tens of thousands of young poll workers.
NEWS/
January 12, 2021
New SG Committee Members Outline Visions for Healthier, Greener Campus Culture
Committee members mentioned expanding disability accommodations and increasing data transparency for sustainability initiatives as some of their goals.
NEWS/
January 11, 2021
CS 121 Class-Wide Email Alleges Cheating, Encourages Students to Self-Report Academic Misconduct
According to an email sent by class instructors on Monday, an algorithim designed to detect academic dishonesty uncovered "multiple cases" of unauthorized collaboration.
NEWS/
December 18, 2020
Provost Allocates Funding to #MoreThanDiversity Campaign to Propose New Department of Critical Race Studies
The committee is the first in University history to reach the departmental proposal stage for the study of race.
NEWS/
December 13, 2020
Matthew Lee
Green Fund Awards First Grant to Off-Campus Composting Initiative
The grant, awarded to Phoenix Sustainability Initiative, will subsidize subscriptions to composting services.
NEWS/
January 25, 2021
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6:49 p.m.
University of Chicago
UChicago Researchers Create First Complete Computational Model for COVID-19
The model will be used to track mutations and aid in vaccine development.
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January 19, 2021
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9:05 a.m.
Zoe Kaiser
58 New COVID-19 Cases Reported as Students Return to Campus for Winter Quarter
The University reported 58 new cases and 10 close contacts between January 6 and 13 as students returned to Hyde Park and began classes.
NEWS/
January 15, 2021
UChicago Hillel
Reconciliation Considered at 74th Annual Latke-Hamantash Debate
UChicago Hillel held the annual Latke-Hamantash Debate over Zoom for the first time in the event’s history.
NEWS/
January 10, 2021
Lee Harris
UChicago Medicine’s Moderna SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Trials Attempt to Recruit a Diverse Trial Group
Working to create a diverse trial group, UChicago Medicine enrolled new participants and administered doses of Moderna's prospective mRNA-based vaccine.
NEWS/
December 16, 2020
Lee Harris
Faculty and Students Gather for Conversation About Race on Campus at Virtual Town Hall
The discussion featured topics including gentrification on the South Side and the experiences of students of color at the University.
NEWS/
December 15, 2020
Marine Biological Laboratory
University Announces Strengthened Partnership with Marine Biological Laboratory
Access to cutting-edge technology and research opportunities will become increasingly available to students.
NEWS/
December 9, 2020
Vaccine Rollout to University Community Delayed as Guidelines Change
As the COVID-19 vaccination campaign inches along, adjustments to Chicago Department of Health guidelines means that the majority of UChicago affiliates will receive vaccines in a later stage of the rollout.
NEWS/
January 14, 2021
UChicago Researcher Jun Nishida Creates HandMorph, a Wearable Exoskeleton
HandMorph allows its wearer to experience life from the point of view of a child by decreasing one’s hand size to that of a child.
NEWS/
January 13, 2021
Student Shot, Killed in Regents Park Parking Garage
The shooting may have been connected to several other shootings on the South Side and in Evanston on Saturday.
NEWS/
January 9, 2021
Booth Alum's Poll Hero Project Organizes Thousands of Young Poll Workers
During the 2020 election, the Poll Hero Project helped recruit and train tens of thousands of young poll workers.
NEWS/
January 12, 2021
New SG Committee Members Outline Visions for Healthier, Greener Campus Culture
Committee members mentioned expanding disability accommodations and increasing data transparency for sustainability initiatives as some of their goals.
NEWS/
January 11, 2021
CS 121 Class-Wide Email Alleges Cheating, Encourages Students to Self-Report Academic Misconduct
According to an email sent by class instructors on Monday, an algorithim designed to detect academic dishonesty uncovered "multiple cases" of unauthorized collaboration.
NEWS/
December 18, 2020
Provost Allocates Funding to #MoreThanDiversity Campaign to Propose New Department of Critical Race Studies
The committee is the first in University history to reach the departmental proposal stage for the study of race.
NEWS/
December 13, 2020
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Instructing Insurrections: How UChicago Can Avoid Creating the Next Ted Cruz
The University must stop masking racism as intellectual discourse and re-examine the Chicago principles.
COLUMNS/
January 24, 2021
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COLUMN: Winter is Coming. Will UChicago Adapt its Testing Infrastructure?
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