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: “...

Prof. Thomas Holt to reflect on teaching about race in 2012 Ryerson Lecture

William Harms — Wed, 02 May 2012 10:56 -0500

Thomas Holt, an eminent scholar of African American history, will deliver this year’s Nora and Edward Ryerson Lecture at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 8 at the Max Palevsky Cinema in Ida Noyes Hall. The event is open to the public.

Holt, the James Westfall Thompson Distinguished Service Professor in History and the College, will discuss “Reflections on 40 Years of Teaching about Race,” tracing the evolving social and political context for studying and teaching about race,...

UChicago to open bicycle center near Metra station at 53rd Street

Calmetta Coleman — Tue, 01 May 2012 15:59 -0500

The University of Chicago is bringing a bicycle center next to the Metra station at 53rd Street and Lake Park Avenue, providing a new place for cyclists to rent and store bicycles in Hyde Park.

The new center, which will be named the 53rd Street Bicycle Center, is set to open in coming weeks and will be operated by Bike and Park, a unit of Chicago-based Bike and Roll, which has locations at Millennium Park and Navy Pier. The...

Mario Small appointed next dean of Social Sciences Division

Steve Kloehn — Tue, 01 May 2012 12:00 -0500

Prof. Mario L. Small has been appointed dean of the Social Sciences Division for a five-year term, President Robert J. Zimmer and Provost Thomas F. Rosenbaum announced. Small’s appointment takes effect on July 1.

Small is currently professor in sociology and the College and chair of Sociology. Recognized as a leading sociologist of his generation, Small...

TEDxUChicago returns April 29 with talks and design exhibits

Megan E. Doherty — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:50 -0500

After receiving rave reviews and the Best Event of the Year 2011 Award from the student government, the annual TEDxUChicago event returns on Sunday, April 29 with new enhancements and some surprises.

Speakers at this second annual event, titled “Revolutions,” will address topics that range from commercial sex trafficking in New York City to the future of “sight,” using augmented reality glasses.

“This year we put a lot of effort into...

Environmental advocate Van Jones to join artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph at April 10 event

Susie Allen — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:53 -0500

Environmental advocate Van Jones, a former Obama administration advisor, will join acclaimed performance artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph at the University of Chicago’s International House for a conversation about the environment, race, social ecology and collective responsibility. The event, “At Your Own Risk: What Is To Be Done?” will take...

Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts preview period to begin March 26

Susie Allen — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:59 -0500

A preview period will begin on Monday, March 26 for the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts at the University of Chicago, giving the University community and the public a first look at a facility that represents a milestone for the arts in Chicago.

The preview period will continue for six months as construction is completed on the innovative building, designed by renowned architects Tod Williams...

Campus creativity ramps up for opening day

Brooke O'Neill — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:41 -0500

When the University of Chicago broke ground for the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts in May 2010, it pushed creative imaginations at UChicago to a new level of artistic ambition. Painters, sculptors, and filmmakers as well as musicians, thespians, and dancers, saw a future home in which collaboration would flourish, theory and practice would intermingle, and the tools and spaces for making art would be within reach and under one roof.

Cassandra Troyan, a second-year MFA...

Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts preview period events and programming

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:19 -0500

Upcoming events:

Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts presents
Catherine Sullivan and Company’s Inaugurals
March 30–April 22
Artist Reception, 5:30–8 p.m., Friday March 30
Free
Location: Gallery, Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, 915 E. 60th St.
http://logancenter.uchicago.edu/gallery

Open Practice Committee...

Study: Academic program helps more Chicago students attend, stay in college

Bronwyn McDaniel — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:07 -0500

The International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IB DP), an internationally recognized academic program, significantly increased the chances that Chicago Public Schools students would attend selective colleges, according to a new study from the University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research.

When compared to a matched comparison group, CPS students in the program were 40 percent more likely to attend a four-...