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The Quiet Victory of Chicago’s Monk Parakeets
What the green parrots can teach us about intelligence, extractivism, and finding home in the Windy City.
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January 23, 2022
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9:15 p.m.
U.S. Department of State
The Iconoclastic Flamboyance of Gertrude Beasley
Ninety-six years ago, Gertrude Beasley (M.A., 1918) published a scathing memoir unmasking the rampant abuse faced by women in the rural South, and disappeared shortly after. Her story is now being widely read for the first time.
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January 14, 2022
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4:27 p.m.
Ruby Rorty
The Reverend Jesse Jackson: “My Job Is to Teach Students Their Power"
In a one-on-one interview, the civil rights icon talks power, politics, and youth activism.
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January 11, 2022
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9:56 a.m.
Cultureel Gelderland / Wikimedia Commons
“Justice at Any Rate”: Remembering Chicago Civil Rights Leader Timuel D. Black
Black died on October 13 at 102 years old.
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November 1, 2021
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3:56 p.m.
Adrianna Layne
Marcus Goodman, a Kindhearted Person Who Loved It All
Third-year Marcus Goodman died on September 27.
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October 14, 2021
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3:51 p.m.
Kevin winter/Getty
"Sad, Beautiful, Tragic”: UChicago Researchers Analyze the Emotional Range of Taylor Swift’s Music
A recent study by researchers Megan Mansfield and Darryl Seligman shows the emotional trends in Taylor Swift’s music and highlights its influence on her audience and the reasons for her continued popularity and success.
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July 24, 2021
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2:27 p.m.
Adyant Kanakamedala
The Adventure of the American Mind
Grey City reviews "The Opening of the American Mind: Ten Years of The Point."
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June 13, 2021
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3:40 p.m.
Brandon Shin
Neurodivergence at an Atypical School
UChicago has an extensive infrastructure devoted to meeting the needs of students with learning disabilities. But many of these students say it’s falling short.
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May 23, 2021
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12:34 p.m.
Oren Oppenheim
COVID-19 Posed a Challenge to Memory Loss Care, but Organizations Have Adapted
In October, Hyde Park was the first Chicago neighborhood to be designated as "dementia-friendly" by the D.C.-based organization Dementia Friendly America. The pandemic has required patience and creativity from seniors with memory loss and the organ…
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May 18, 2021
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10:10 p.m.
Circuit Court of Cook County
The Illinois Juvenile Justice System Faces COVID-19
From isolation to disrupted educations, the pandemic deeply affected youth entangled in Illinois's juvenile justice system, and underlined some of the system's contradictions.
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April 27, 2021
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9:58 p.m.
Matthew Lee
A “Second Pandemic”: The Enduring Impacts of COVID-19 on Mental Health and Wellbeing
Grey City sat down with therapists and UChicago researchers to discuss the toll of the pandemic on mental health and wellness.
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April 20, 2021
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2:51 p.m.
Kelly Curry
Losing Faith in the Child Welfare System: Illinois Parents and Foster Caregivers Struggle During the COVID-19 Shutdowns
During the pandemic, parents looked for outside support. They struggled to find it.
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April 12, 2021
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7:58 p.m.
Matthew Lee
The Illinois Child Welfare System: Under Stress, Confronting COVID-19
The pandemic has only exacerbated the existing systemic issues faced by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services and the children and families it serves.
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April 6, 2021
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10:56 p.m.
Brandon Shin
A Tale of Two Curricula: General Education at St. John’s College and the University of Chicago
A small liberal arts college in Maryland shows a vision of what the University of Chicago might have been.
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March 30, 2021
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3:55 p.m.
Bryce Lanham
Over a Century of House Culture: The Story of Snell-Hitchcock
Over a century ago, Snell-Hitchcock residents launched The Section Six, an annual magazine documenting the dorm’s people and culture. Now, as its residents revive the publication, Grey City takes a deep dive into the dorm’s long history.
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March 9, 2021
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9:38 p.m.
University of Chicago
Spiritual Leader, Dean of Rockefeller Chapel, Scholar: Maurice Charles (M.Div. ’90, Ph.D. ’13) Returns to Hyde Park
Charles’s childhood and early work has influenced his approach to UCPD both as a student and now as dean of Rockefeller Chapel.
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February 10, 2021
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8:24 a.m.
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists/Thomas Gaulkin
Is This the End of the World?
Grey City sits down with Doomsday Clock scientists and apocalypse scholars to discuss the recent surge in apocalyptic thinking.
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February 1, 2021
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8:41 p.m.
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