UChicago News

UChicago to honor historian Black, theater director Bogart at Convocation

Becky Wood — Thu, 24 May 2012 11:50 -0500

The University will award the Benton Medal for Distinguished Public Service to historian and activist Timuel Black and the Jesse L. Rosenberger Medal for Outstanding Achievement in the Creative and Performing Arts to Anne Bogart, avant-garde theater director and theorist, on Saturday, June 9 at UChicago’s 511th Convocation.

In support of Timuel Black’s selection, one of his nominators wrote: “...

Alumnus Reece Trevor selected as Carnegie Junior Fellow

Mon, 21 May 2012 13:21 -0500

Reece Trevor, AB’11, has been named as one of nine Junior Fellows by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C. The Junior Fellowship Program is a prestigious one-year fellowship that pairs outstanding students with senior policy staff to write, edit, organize programming and get exposure to the Carnegie Endowment’s multiple global...

Third-year Niklas Thompson earns Goldwater Scholarship

Mon, 21 May 2012 12:23 -0500

Niklas Thompson, a third-year chemistry and mathematics major, has been selected as a Barry M. Goldwater Scholar. In addition, Samuel Greene, a second-year chemistry major, received an honorable mention.

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Fourth-year basketball players Johnson, Simpson named academic all-Americans

Dave Hilbert — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:34 -0500

University of Chicago fourth-years Matt Johnson and Taylor Simpson have been named to the 2012 Capital One Academic All-America NCAA Division III basketball teams.

The College Sports Information Directors of America...

Fourth-year Leah Rand named Marshall Scholar

Susie Allen — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 06:18 -0500

Fourth-year Leah Rand has received a prestigious Marshall Scholarship, which will allow her to pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom.

Rand, 22, of Chevy Chase, Md., is majoring in HIPS (History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science and Medicine) and minoring in art history at the University of Chicago.

Rand hopes to...

Nimocks receives special award as inductee of Chicago’s Senior Citizen Hall of Fame

Laura Milani Alessio — Wed, 25 May 2011 14:53 -0500

Rudy Nimocks has spent a lifetime blazing new trails, so it seemed only natural when the City of Chicago gave Nimocks a special award as part of his induction into the city’s prestigious Senior Citizen Hall of Fame.

This year’s Hall of Fame induction ceremony, held earlier this month, was the last for former Mayor Richard M. Daley, so the city’s Department of Family & Support Services created an award to be given in Daley’s name to an inductee with...

Two UChicago students named 2011 Gates Cambridge Scholars

Sara Olkon — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:22 -0500

College fourth–years Greg Nance and Ann Robbins are among the 30 United States students named 2011 Gates Cambridge scholars.

“This has been an extraordinary year for University of Chicago students seeking to study in the U.K.,” said Amanda Norton, Lead Adviser for Scholarships and Fellowships. “Annie and Greg are both tremendously energetic students who not only do very...

Collegiate Scholars director Ransom earns fellowship for work with students

Sarah Galer — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:00 -0500

Kim Ransom, founding director of the University of Chicago Collegiate Scholars Program, has been named a 2011 Chicago Community Trust fellow, in recognition of her work with top Chicago high school students.

Through Collegiate Scholars, Ransom helps high–achieving Chicago Public School students learn their educational options and obtain the tools to excel at the next level. More than half of all Collegiate Scholars are...

Two UChicago students awarded Marshall Scholarships

Sara Olkon — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 23:48 -0500

Two University of Chicago students have been awarded prestigious Marshall Scholarships for graduate study in the United Kingdom.

The recipients are Matthew Jones, a biological sciences and Germanic studies major from the Class of 2011, and Ben Umans, who graduated with the Class of 2010 with a degree in biological sciences and economics.

In all, five University students this year have received one of the major competitive scholarships for study in the United Kingdom...

University honors staff members reaching service milestones

Sara Olkon — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:00 -0500

It was 1969, the same year Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, when John Borla, Yolanda Richmond and Fred Sopron started working at the University of Chicago. The three were among eight 40-year employees gathered Wednesday, June 16 at the Staff Service Recognition Reception in the Reynolds Club, where President Zimmer and other University officials congratulated them on their milestones.

Though the program traditionally has focused on staff members reaching 25 and 40 years of...