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: “...

Leon Botstein to receive Alumni Medal from University of Chicago

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:10 -0500

The University of Chicago Alumni Association and the Alumni Board of Governors announce Leon Botstein, AB’67, president of Bard College and music director and principal conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra will be awarded the Alumni Medal at the 71st Annual Alumni Awards Ceremony at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 2.

The Alumni Medal recognizes achievement of an exceptional nature in any field, vocational or voluntary, covering an entire career. The medal is reserved for...

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...

Admissions yield for College grows to 47 percent, with greater diversity

Jeremy Manier — Fri, 18 May 2012 00:05 -0500

The proportion of admitted undergraduate students who chose to attend the University of Chicago increased this year from 40 percent to 47 percent, reflecting greater diversity and broad enthusiasm for educational opportunities in the undergraduate College.

Such a large increase in admissions yield is unusual, and it is one indication of growing interest in the College among students of high ability around the world, said John W. Boyer, dean...

Federalist Society honors Elder Dallin H. Oaks, JD’57

Sarah Galer — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:10 -0500

“If you only do in the legal profession what you get paid for, you will miss some of your choicest opportunities,” said Elder Dallin H. Oaks, JD’57, a distinguished Mormon leader, to a group of University of Chicago law students.

The students had gathered at the Law School on May 3 to present Oaks with the Federalist Society’s 2012 Lee Lieberman Otis Award for Distinguished Service to honor his years of dedicated...

UChicago to webcast events from May 18-20 comics conference

Susie Allen — Tue, 15 May 2012 09:23 -0500

Update: Please note that the time for the panel discussion "Lines on Paper" has changed. The discussion will be webcast from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and will be the only event webcast on Sunday, May 20.

UChicago will provide live webcasts for a number of events from “Comics: Philosophy & Practice,” a conference on May 18-20 that will bring together 17...

Participants gearing up for Scav Hunt after record-setting year

Megan E. Doherty — Tue, 08 May 2012 13:59 -0500

Leah Rand won’t be making any 3-D zoetropes this year, but she’s still planning on exhaustion. Scav Hunt leaves no one untouched.

“I’m always amazed that though I’m not building a juggling robot or marching around the Administration Building recreating the Battle of Jericho, I’m still completely wiped out at the end of each day.”

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College alumnus Arley D. Cathey pledges $17 million

Susie Allen — Tue, 08 May 2012 10:59 -0500

As Harper Memorial Library approaches its centennial, the University of Chicago is celebrating another major milestone for the historic space: the creation of the Arley D. Cathey Learning Center.

The new learning center comprises the existing Harper Library Reading Room and the Stuart North Reading Room, and will be named in honor of Arley D. Cathey Sr., MD. The name recognizes the generosity of his son, Arley D. Cathey Jr., PhB’50, who has made a pledge to UChicago of...

Transformative Odyssey Scholarship program celebrates fifth year

Brooke E. O'Neill (AM'04) — Mon, 07 May 2012 11:41 -0500

As soon as Ayoung Lee, AB’09, arrived on the UChicago campus, she felt harried. The daughter of South Korean immigrants, she had already set a timeline for herself: complete all required courses to earn a biology degree in three years and apply to medical school.

“When you come from a family of lower socioeconomic background, graduating early and having a succinct education isn’t really a matter of choice,” said Lee, who is from Centreville, Va. “It...

Tinker Visiting Professorships link Latin American and UChicago scholars

William Harms — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:13 -0500

For 30 years, leading scholars from across Latin America have come to campus to teach, present lectures and establish what has become a vibrant network of scholarly exchange between themselves and UChicago professors and students through the Tinker Visiting Professor program at the Center for Latin American Studies.

The project, funded in 1981 by an endowment gift from the Tinker Foundation, has been expanded over the years and now...