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Maroon Staff
No Spotless Record: When Literature and Sensibility Clash
Grey City's exploration of student publication censorship continues this week with the story of the Chicago Review, whose literary bent drew administrative concern.
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May 29, 2019
Seven Times Over: Life Along The Way to a Ph.D.
Not everyone who comes to the University of Chicago for a degree leaves with one.
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June 6, 2019
Maroon Staff
No Spotless Record: Censorship at UChicago
In the first of a two-part series, Grey City looks back at the University's complicated relationship with free speech and the student press in the 1950's.
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May 21, 2019
Maroon Staff
Duck, Duck, Dollar Bill: At UChicago, Financial Diversity Goes Deeper Than Expensive Clothes
Conversations with first-generation, low income students reveal a reality of economic diversity at UChicago that's much more complicated than Canada Goose memes bely. Grey City reports.
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May 13, 2019
Reaching Into the Unknown: Sleep Science
In Grey City's new column, we dive into some of the lesser-known innovations that have come out of the University. Up first is the origin of modern sleep science.
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May 8, 2019
Amy Y. Li for The Harvard Crimson
From Ex Lib Yogurts to Attacking Admissions Practices
Adam Mortara (S.B. ’96, J.D. ’01) reflected on his path from the UChicago College to the courtroom, where he is leading the charge against Harvard's admissions practices on behalf of Students for Fair Admissions.
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April 30, 2019
Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection
An Echoing Rhythm
Grey City traces Jazz’s roots, rise, and decline on the South Side of Chicago.
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April 22, 2019
Feng Ye
What’s Really Going On: the RevCom Party Outlook
This group’s philosophy has nothing to do with dining hall dust-ups.
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April 16, 2019
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Moving Forward, Alone
Despite Not Joining Wave of Universities Against Climate Change, University Pursues Its Own Measures.
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April 15, 2019
Alvin Shi
"A Really Interesting Confidence Thing: What It's Like to Take a Leave of Absence
Six current and former students spoke to Grey City about their experiences with taking leaves of absence from school — and there was no dominant narrative.
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April 10, 2019
Isha Jain
The 20th Ward's Overwhelming Question
Ahead of the runoff to be 20th Ward alderman, Grey City examined the history of corruption in the ward and asked the contenders how they planned to avoid the same issues.
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April 1, 2019
University of Chicago Archive
The Cultural History of Mankind?
Grey City looks back to the origins of the humanities and social science core curriculum to see what we've kept — or left behind — in two cornerstones of a UChicago education.
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March 14, 2019
Alvin Shi
In the Changing Financial Aid Landscape, Pell Grants Hold Steady
How do Pell Grants appear on UChicago's campus? How do they interact with institutional aid? What do they tell us about a student body's financial makeup? Mallory Moore reports for Grey City.
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February 27, 2019
The Ransom Notes
Strong Singers, Stronger Bonds
Grey City Reporter Olivia Chilkoti takes a look at the thriving a cappella scene on campus, from auditions to competitions.
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February 18, 2019
Folklore Society Prepares the Latest Chapter in a Long History of Folk Music
Grey City gets to know the UChicago Folklore Society as they prepare for their annual Folk Festival, one of the oldest in the country, and takes a trip through the history of folk music from its roots to today.
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February 5, 2019
Dimitriy Leksanov
Community Redevelopment, a Dollar at a Time
Grey City visits I Grow Chicago's Englewood headquarters, a product of Chicago's new Large Lots program, to discuss the initiative's benefits and potential drawbacks.
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January 10, 2019
Sarah Wasinger
Innovation, Explosion, and Reckoning on Ellis Avenue
Grey City Reporter Rory Nevins dives deep beneath the "Nuclear Energy" statue to investigate the origins and implications of the Chicago Pile-1 reaction
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December 3, 2018
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