Gender-neutral housing decision postponed

09 May 2008

The administration has deferred a decision on whether to make a gender-neutral housing option available to students beginning next academic year...

New bus route could improve downtown access

06 May 2008

If approved, a new campus bus route could significantly reduce travel time between downtown and the U of C campus beginning in the fall...

Gender-neutral housing likely to earn approval

25 Apr 2008

A proposal to implement gender-neutral housing in University dorms beginning next year is currently under consideration by administrators...

Executive slate and liaison candidates debate

22 Apr 2008

Candidates for the executive slate and liaison to the Board of Trustees debated their platforms in the McCormick Tribune Lounge last night, on the eve of campus-wide Student Government (SG) elect...

Zimmer outlines top priorities

04 Apr 2008

The establishment of a Washington, DC, lobbying office and the construction of a new hospital were among the many University initiatives that President Robert Zimmer identified as his office’s to...

Provost to correct grad funding report

29 Feb 2008

Administrators plan to correct an error in the Provost’s Working Group report that overestimated the cost of extending graduate-student aid packages to all matriculated students by nearly $24 mil...

Major error inflates graduate aid estimate

26 Feb 2008

The Office of the Provost’s Working Group overestimated the cost of extending full graduate aid benefits to all current students by nearly $24 million over four years, according to an independent...

Provost’s office outlines new plan for graduate aid

22 Feb 2008

The Office of the Provost yesterday announced significant changes in the allocation of financial aid to current graduate students, who benefit little from the $50 million Graduate Aid Initiative ...

Campus responds to NIU shootings

19 Feb 2008

Since last week’s deadly shooting at Northern Illinois University (NIU) that left five students and the gunman dead, DeKalb native and first-year Margaret Bujarska has had a difficult time being ...

University, union reach new contract

11 Jan 2008

After nearly a year of impasse-ridden negotiations between University employees and administrators, campus workers represented by Teamsters Local 743 have accepted a three-year labor contract tha...

Police investigate Cisse killing

27 Nov 2007

The Chicago Police Department (CPD) is investigating whether a car discovered Wednesday morning was involved in the string of violent crimes last week that included the shooting death of 29-year-...

Locals air concerns about Co-Op’s fate

20 Nov 2007

Emotions ran high on Sunday afternoon as between 250 and 300 area residents crowded into the Hyde Park Neighborhood Club for a community forum with the Hyde Park Co-Op Board of Directors to discu...

Union negotiations reach new impasse

02 Nov 2007

Campus Teamsters rejected the University’s most recent labor contract offer Tuesday despite a recommendation by the union’s negotiating committee that members vote to ratify it. ...

Workers to vote on contract

26 Oct 2007

After months of bargaining, the union committee negotiating a new labor contract for campus clerical and maintenance employees decided Wednesday to accept the University’s most recent wage offer ...

Protesters back union stance

02 Oct 2007

A group of around two hundred protesters picketed the University administration building Friday in a show of support for campus clerical workers’ recent demands for higher wages in light of the l...

Campus workers reject contract offer

30 Sep 2007

Campus clerical workers soundly rejected a University contract offer Saturday following months of stalled negotiations over wage increases that employees will receive over the next several years...

U of C snags no. 9 spot amid U.S. News criticisms

19 Sep 2007

The University of Chicago ranked ninth among national colleges and universities in the annual rankings released by U.S...

Gender-neutral housing gets overwhelming IHC pass

25 May 2007

The Inter-House Council (IHC) passed a non-binding resolution Tuesday recommending that University administration and housing officials adopt a gender-neutral housing policy that would allow stud...

Crime Report: May 25, 2007

25 May 2007

May 23, approximately 10 p.m.— A female victim was attacked on the 1100 block of East 58th Street by an 18-year-old man who threw her to the ground and robbed her of her purse and cell phone. ...

Extra convocation tickets become hot commodities on Marketplace

11 May 2007

With convocation just a few weeks away, the demand for admission tickets to this year’s graduation ceremony has led some students to seek out additional tickets on websites like Marketplace and C...

With publishing deal off, U of C Press jobs at risk

04 May 2007

The American Astronomical Society (AAS) will end its longtime publishing relationship with the University of Chicago Press, putting into question the fate of at least 40 employees of the nation’s...

South Siders grow bonds in local garden

24 Apr 2007

For students enjoying leisurely strolls and bike rides around Hyde Park in recent days, the return of the long-awaited spring weather has also meant the equally embraced emergence of tulips, daff...

Chicago, U of C celebrate Olympic nod

17 Apr 2007

The city of Chicago was selected as the American bid city for the 2016 summer Olympics on Saturday, beating two-time Olympic veteran Los Angeles for the opportunity to compete in the internationa...

Crime Report: April 6, 2007

06 Apr 2007

March 29, 2:43 p.m.—A 29-year-old man was the victim of a strong-arm robbery on the 5400 block of South Kimbark Avenue. ...

STAND requests student funds for refugee protest

03 Apr 2007

The University chapter of Students Taking Action Now:Darfur (STAND) has requested funding from the Student Government Finance Committee (SGFC) in the amount of $4,000 for a planned five-day simul...

Zimmer pressed by campus input

13 Feb 2007

As part of a campaign to improve communication with students, President Robert Zimmer held an open forum on Thursday in the McCormick Tribune Lounge...

Board: No Darfur divestment

06 Feb 2007

The University will not divest from any company whose business has supported the ruling regime in Darfur, Sudan, according to a statement released late Friday by the office of president Robert Zi...

Oriental Institute turns down CFI event

26 Jan 2007

The Chicago Friends of Israel (CFI), a registered student organization, was denied use of the Oriental Institute’s Breasted Hall for an event scheduled for next month featuring Richard Perle, the...

Grad rate on rise for blacks

23 Jan 2007

The University of Chicago’s graduation rate for black students has grown 13 percent since 1998, according to a recent study published in The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. ...

Scholarship committees overlook Chicago

12 Jan 2007

For the first time since 2002, no U of C student has won either the British Marshall or Rhodes scholarships, a significant disappointment to many after years of remarkable success...

$20 million gift to fund cancer center

17 Nov 2006

The University of Chicago Medical Center will receive $20 million from the Virginia and D.K...

Boyer posse sees South Side on wheels

07 Nov 2006

Students and Hyde Park residents willing to pull themselves away from the Bears game joined Dean of the College John Boyer for his annual bicycle tour of South Chicago neighborhoods and landmarks...

Explosion rocks Searle Chemistry Lab after student experiment

03 Nov 2006

An explosion in the Searle Chemistry Laboratory last Wednesday destroyed glassware and the hot plate used to heat the chemicals that reacted to create the blast...

Amnesty hosts HIV/AIDS conference

24 Oct 2006

The U of C chapter of Amnesty International hosted a daylong HIV/AIDS conference in Ida Noyes Hall Saturday featuring several prominent experts in the field of HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention...

Rockefeller Chapel undergoes facelifts

20 Oct 2006

The 78-year-old pipe organ in Rockefeller Chapel is undergoing a $2.2 million restoration intended to return the instrument to its 1928 condition. The E.M...

07 Nov 2006

This past Sunday, Dean Boyer led students and faculty on the annual South Side Pedal, an 18-mile bike tour around the South Side. Boyer pointed out many historic sites and discussed the effects of gentrification on the surrounding neighborhoods.