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Philip Grew
Jonathan Z. Smith (1938-2017): The College’s Iconoclastic, Beloved, Chainsmoking Dean
President Gray: "He gave more courses than anyone I know because he really loved it."
March 23, 2018
Ben Nikodem
Decoding the Decrepit
Fourth-year Ben Nikodem conveys his fascination with urban landscapes and industrial decay through this illustration series.
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October 29, 2017
Meera Joshi
Kafka in Visual Translation
"Worlds that are...stripped down to an uncanny, distorted, and persistently incomplete version of what is typically perceived as reality."
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October 19, 2017
Amelia Frank
It will never quite be this way again
"There is something immediately nostalgic about a photograph."
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October 5, 2017
Brooke Nagler
What Now?
The IOP grapples with its role in the Trump era.
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May 22, 2017
Amelia Frank
'A Special Problem': The University of Chicago’s Troubled History With Sexual Assault, Harassment, and Campus Safety
It is time to turn the lens inward.
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May 1, 2017
Maroon File Photo
Disciplining Disruption: Inside the High-Stakes Faculty Debate
There's an ultimatum of sorts.
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April 13, 2017
Meera Joshi
Revisiting the Past
An illustration series meant to convey the potentiality, hope, and realism that comes with the undergraduate experience.
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April 6, 2017
University of Chicago Photographic Archives
Baptism by Fire
Who is the student protester?
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January 17, 2017
Meera Joshi
Blue Nights
Behind the difficult working conditions for University security guards and the barriers to change.
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November 18, 2016
University of Chicago Photographic Archive
Generation X': A Brief History of Dropouts and Transfer Students at the University of Chicago
The University of Chicago has a distinguished list of alums. It also has a distinguished list of decampers.
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October 27, 2016
Grace Hauck
A Snapshot of UChicago Greek Life: Demographics, Growth, and Regulation
Who’s Greek, and why?
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June 1, 2016
Karyn Peyton
Building an Inclusive Campus: A Story of Collaboration
Like many other new first-year students, Kyle Wickham was learning to adjust to his reading load for his humanities core sequence. During class, the students were working to unpack the reading when one student made a comment that struck Wickham.
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March 18, 2016
Kiran Misra
Home and Away
Year after year, upon leaving the shores of whatever country across the globe that they hail from, international students arrive in Hyde Park to immerse themselves in the life of the mind at a top-ranked university.
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March 17, 2016
Jamie Manley
Navigating Uncertainty: Coming to Terms with the Unknown
A pervasive source of distress amongst college students is the big question mark occupying the space on the calendar that starts around tomorrow and extends indefinitely.
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March 17, 2016
University of Chicago Photographic Archive
The Boys' Club
"In the physics department, there are just as many professors named ‘David’ as there are female professors."
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March 2, 2016
The University of Chicago
From an Ivory Tower to an Anchor Institution
“We all in this room know that the University’s relationship with the community over the years has ebbed and flowed, and there were times where the commitment and focus were stronger, and times where it was not so strong."
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December 1, 2015
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