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10/21/2026

UChicago’s Gothic spires and old, twisting trees have sparked the imagination of great thinkers for generations—and they draw artists, too. On a nice day, you might catch Chicago-based painter Seamus Wray setting up his easel on the quad to capture that mystical, calming atmosphere in watercolor, oil and pastel.

10/21/2026

UChicago Arts & Humanities Day returns Nov. 7 for a day of thought-provoking conversations in partnership with Chicago Humanities. Join artists and scholars on campus to reexamine the stories that shape our world, including the legacy of the Declaration of Independence 250 years later.

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Annual celebration spotlights UChicago scholars in conversation with award-winning authors, artists and thinkers

10/20/2026

UChicago is launching its first master's degree built entirely around AI. The nine-month applied AI program, launching next fall, will pair advanced study with hands-on work for students who already have a technical foundation.

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New nine-month program prepares technically experienced students to move beyond AI fundamentals and build, deploy and lead with emerging technologies

10/20/2026

How do you catch a particle that can pass straight through the Earth?

On Big Brains, UChicago astrophysicist Abby Vieregg explains the hunt for neutrinos, the “ghost particles” haunting the cosmos—and the subject of this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics.

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10/19/2026

Brought a little bit of home to campus this past weekend. Thank you to everyone who joined us for Family Weekend 2026!

10/19/2026

AI is transforming how we use data centers and how much power they require. UChicago computer science Prof. Andrew Chien explains what data centers do, why AI is driving energy demand and how we can make computing more sustainable.

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UChicago computer science Prof. Andrew A. Chien, former vice president of research at Intel, answers questions about AI, sustainability and water

10/16/2026

Remembering Prof. Russell Tuttle, a pioneering anthropologist who spent six decades at UChicago researching human evolution. A self-described “stickler for truth,” he challenged established thinking about our earliest ancestors and trained generations of scholars, who knew him as a devoted teacher and mentor.

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Over his six-decade career, UChicago professor championed honest scholarship, diverse perspectives and his students

10/14/2026

Since 1776, Americans have argued over what the Declaration of Independence actually promises. As the nation marks its 250th, UChicago scholars and students are taking up that debate through an autumn season of exhibitions and public conversations.

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From exhibitions to panel discussions, UChicago scholars and students will examine our past and future as the United States commemorates its 250th anniversary.

10/13/2026

Four seasons, one beautiful UChicago. What’s your favorite campus spot to see the seasons change?

10/13/2026

A new UChicago health and science campus in Washington Park just took a step closer to reality. The University joined with UChicago Medicine and City Colleges of Chicago on Oct. 6 to share plans for a clinical laboratory expected to support about 550 jobs, along with Chicago’s first medical laboratory technician program.

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Garfield Boulevard site to support new clinical lab and job training program

10/12/2026

Michael Woodford, AB’77, a College alum and former UChicago faculty member, has won the Nobel Prize for his work creating economics models that reshaped how policymakers steady a volatile economy. Honored alongside Stanford’s Robert E. Hall, Woodford built a framework on the real choices of households and businesses that now guides monetary policy around the globe.

“It’s a tremendous honor,” Woodford said. “It’s a surprise, but I’m feeling very good about it.”

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Pioneering macroeconomist, AB’77, created models that helped stabilize fluctuations in our economy

10/11/2026

Stephen Korshak, LAB'69, AB'74, has always had a vivid imagination. Raised in Hyde Park on his father's science fiction press, the UChicago alum has spent decades assembling one of the world's great collections of fantastic art. His trove features pieces from the visionaries who inspired filmmakers such as Guillermo del Toro—who wrote the foreword to "Icons of the Fantastic," a 2025 book about the Korshak Collection.

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Stephen D. Korshak, LAB'69, AB'74 (Class of 1973), has brought together some of the most iconic works of imaginative illustration.

10/10/2026

What did the Milky Way look like billions of years ago? New UChicago-led MEGATRON simulations offer the most detailed look yet at how our galaxy may have evolved from a collection of smaller galaxies into the spiral galaxy we know today.

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10/09/2026

Neutrinos were at the center of this year's Nobel Prize in Physics. Called "ghost particles" because they are nearly impossible to catch, UChicago Prof. Abby Vieregg discusses on Big Brains how her research used the glacial ice of Antarctica—and a NASA balloon—to detect them.

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Astrophysicist leads launch of NASA balloon to detect high-energy p...

10/08/2026

Anne Carson, this year’s Nobel Prize winner in literature, is a familiar name to the UChicago community.

Her translation of Euripides’ Iphigenia among the Taurians, published by the UChicago Press, was hailed for its unique poetic voice.

She visited UChicago in 2019 for a weeklong residency, delivering three lectures: “Stillness,” “Corners,” and “Chairs” as well as art workshops. In addition, College students today read from her books Eros the Bittersweet and Autobiography of Red, as part of the Core curriculum.

Listen to Carson read from her poem, “If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho,” from Jenny Holzer’s “YOU BE MY ALLY” project in 2020 at UChicago.

10/08/2026

Curiosity was everywhere at the fifth annual South Side Science Festival last weekend. UChicago students, researchers and volunteers brought STEM subjects to life for the community through hands-on experiments and demonstrations that sparked wonder for kids of all ages.

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10/07/2026

Meet Megacauda: a 165-million-year-old Jurassic otter discovered in China. UChicago scientists found that Megacauda had throat structures that helped it chew and swallow like modern mammals—an evolutionary innovation that helped pave the way for diverse diets (including yours).

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165-million-year-old mammal had throat structures that enable modern mammals to eat a diverse diet

10/06/2026

Book bans are surging—last year alone saw challenges to more than 4,000 titles, the second-highest total on record. For Banned Books Week, UChicago's inaugural banned books scholar Dulcey Hunter unpacks the rise of literary censorship and why open dialogue in the classroom is essential.

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During Banned Books Week, UChicago scholar Dulcey Hunter discusses organized rise of literary censorship and importance of open dialogue in the classroom

10/06/2026