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Robert J. Zimmer, who championed free speech as head of University of Chicago for 15 years, dies at 75

Mr. Zimmer led the university from 2006 to 2021.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 24, 2023

A quantum leap forward: University of Chicago gets $150 million from Google, IBM to build world’s most powerful supercomputer

The University of Chicago’s computing ambitions took a quantum leap forward Sunday with a commitment of $150 million in funding from IBM and Google to build the world’s most powerful computer.

Chicago Tribune · May 22, 2023

Half of Americans believe in God – the lowest number in history

Survey finds a record one-third of Americans never go to church amid declining church membership and belief in God

The Independent UK · May 22, 2023

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Democrats fight to expand a ‘broken and illegitimate’ supreme court

As the US’s highest court is pummeled by divisive rulings and ethical scandals, Democrats think they have a solution: add four seats to counter a rightward tilt

The Guardian - US · May 21, 2023

Astronomers Use a Powerful Supernova to Potentially Solve a 60-Year-Old Question

The Hubble Constant guides the expansion of the universe, but we don't have a precise measurement of it — but a supernova may have paved the way to a solution.

Inverse · May 11, 2023

Obama shares words of advice with a new generation of community organizers

Barack Obama credits Lilydale First Baptist Church on the South Side — where he spoke with about 30 students — and its longtime pastor for helping him find his way.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 11, 2023

Oriental Institute takes a new name to reflect changing times

University of Chicago museum becomes the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 5, 2023

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As Chicago's most active voting precinct, Cook County inmates vote with help from jail and advocates

CHICAGO — Chicago’s most active voting precinct has an unlikely cornerstone. A big chunk of its voters don’t cast ballots at an elementary school gym or a library — they vote from jail.

Chicago Tribune · Apr 3, 2023

CANTO traveling poetry festival brought together acclaimed poets from across the world

A unique traveling poetry festival, CANTO, leading up to World Poetry Day was held in the country from March 15 to 19, 2023. The four-day multilingual, multicultural poetry festival took place in a hybrid manner at various venues in New Delhi and Kolkata. It brought together globally acclaimed poets, University…

The Times of India · Mar 21, 2023

Meet Glaze, the tool that stops AI copying your art style

Glaze subtly changes an artist’s work to make AI see it completely differently

Evening Standard · Mar 21, 2023

This free app stops AI stealing your art style

A University of Chicago research project could see artists take back ownership of their artwork.

TechRadar · Mar 20, 2023

University of Chicago graduate student workers unionize

The vote to affiliate with the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America follows a similar move by graduate students at Northwestern University.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 17, 2023

New program helps those who help victims of trauma

A free Chicago Caregivers Program is launching at Malcolm X College this summer.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 7, 2023

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and wife to invest $250 million in new Chicago research lab

The lab will harness brain power from Northwestern University, the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 2, 2023

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Chicago Tribune · Mar 1, 2023

At 103, Sister Jean of Loyola University has a memoir: Shocking details? None. Gripes? Just one.

CHICAGO — Sister Jean of Loyola University, who stands atop Chicago’s A-list of celebrity clergy, waited until she was 103 to write her memoir. Clearly, she didn’t take the advice packed into its title: “Wake Up With Purpose! What I’ve Learned in My First Hundred Years,” out Feb. 28. Clearly,…

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 27, 2023

Report highlights mental toll on Chicago residents who applied for guaranteed income program

About one in three applicants who applied for the city’s guaranteed income pilot program to receive $500 a month for a year reported issues with their mental health.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 24, 2023

With Illinois children in ‘crisis,’ Pritzker releases report designed to improve behavioral health care

Mental health problems for children were already on the rise when the pandemic hit. Illinois is, indeed, experiencing a youth mental health care crisis, the report says, with 40% of young people in Illinois who experienced major depressive episodes unable to receive mental health care.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 23, 2023

Kennedy-King College gets African American cookbooks

The great-great granddaughter of a man who bought 15 family members out of slavery donated more than 1,700 cookbooks to Kennedy-King College.

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Chicago Tribune · Feb 17, 2023

Commentary: University of North Carolina trustees’ plan using Chicago Principles of free speech falls short

The free speech wars are escalating at North Carolina’s flagship university.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 15, 2023

UChicago Medicine awaiting approval to begin construction on $815 million South Side cancer hospital

The seven-story facility would be built along East 57th Street, across from the emergency division. Officials expect 200,000 yearly outpatient visits, 5,000 inpatient stays.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 5, 2023

Help set the agenda for Chicago’s next mayor

The People’s Project is a partnership of the Sun-Times, WBEZ and the University of Chicago Institute of Politics, to let Chicagoans pose questions to the candidates for mayor.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 23, 2022

The Sun-Times’ best photos of 2022

Our photographers covered everything from the mass shootings in Chicago and Highland Park to Chicagoans’ protesting the war in Ukraine and the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Take a look at some of the top images they captured.

Reason · Dec 10, 2022

A Book Recommendation from Me (and Many from My Colleagues)

A faculty tradition at the University of Chicago is recommending various books that we recently read and recommend. (Usually these are recent books, but this year my colleague Martha Nussbaum also recommended Moby Dick, remarking that "[i]t is definitely a book people need to read today, when we have hunted…

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 9, 2022

Singer Donny Hathaway inspired Hyde Park mural celebrating his music, promoting mental health

Painted in May, the work by artist Richard Wilson includes lyrics written by a Hathaway friend for him as a show of support as he struggled with mental illness.

Daily Mirror · Dec 6, 2022

History made as first woman coach leads men's football team to national title

Julianne Sitch made history as she led the University of Chicago men's football team to a first NCAA Division III title over the weekend, becoming the first female coach to do so in the men's game.

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