The Chicago Maroon

23/07/2025

The reorganization effort may see 15 departments within the division consolidate into just eight, which could eliminate some academic programs and result in layoffs.

“The status quo is not an option,” Deborah Nelson, dean of the Division of the Arts & Humanities, wrote to division faculty on June 18.

22/07/2025

Breaking: The Division of the Arts & Humanities is considering consolidating its 18 departments into eight, reducing language instruction, and establishing minimum class and program sizes, citing new federal policies and shifts in the “underlying financial models” for higher education.

“The status quo is not an option,” Deborah Nelson, dean of the Division of the Arts & Humanities, wrote to division faculty in a June 18 email reviewed by the Maroon. She added that, without changes, the division risked becoming “a pale, indecipherable version of what we once aspired to be.”

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“The status quo is not an option,” Deborah Nelson, dean of the Division of the Arts & Humanities, wrote to division faculty on June 18.

09/06/2025

The University of Chicago celebrated its 539th Convocation yesterday, awarding degrees to graduates from the College and the graduate and professional schools.

📸 by Nathaniel Rodwell-Simon

28/05/2025

The University is offering a new archaeology major beginning in the 2025–26 academic year.

The University is offering a new archaeology major beginning in the 2025–26 academic year.

28/05/2025

W+, Project Reproductive Freedom, and Midwave Radio hosted a concert that raised money for abortion care and provided resources to the UChicago and Hyde Park community.

W+, Project Reproductive Freedom, and Midwave Radio hosted a concert that raised money for abortion care and provided resources to the UChicago and Hyde Park community.

28/05/2025

A Maroon analysis of data compiled by USG’s Elections & Rules Committee showed low overall turnout and high abstention rates in USG cabinet races.

A Maroon analysis of data compiled by Undergraduate Student Government’s Elections & Rules Committee showed high abstention rates in USG cabinet races.

27/05/2025

Katherine Weaver revisits the legendary album Views from the Reg with Jacob Johnson, better known as Average Johnson.

I first heard Views from the Reg in my first year, at the Ethics Bowl’s Halloween party. In hindsight, this was the most fitting place to hear this album: Ethics Bowl is notoriously nerdy and philosophically pedantic. As I later learned, it was tradition for the fourth-year hosting the party to pu...

27/05/2025

UChicago trustees’ donations to Republican candidates increased considerably in the 2024 election cycle, according to Federal Election Commission records reviewed by the Maroon.

UChicago trustees’ donations to Republican candidates increased considerably in the 2024 election cycle, according to Federal Election Commission records reviewed by the Maroon.

22/05/2025

In a speech at the Chicago Thinker's American Identity Summit, Dean of the College Melina Hale said the University's "institutional identity" prevented it from signing a letter criticizing federal intervention in higher education.
https://chicagomaroon.com/47677/news/speakers-debate-censorship-education-and-american-values-at-chicago-thinker-summit/

19/05/2025

Provost Katherine Baicker and CFO Ivan Samstein sat down with the Maroon to discuss the impacts of grant freezes, visa revocations, and other federal policy changes on the University’s finances.

Provost Katherine Baicker and CFO Ivan Samstein sat down with the Maroon to discuss the impacts of grant freezes, visa revocations, and other federal policy changes on the University’s finances.

17/05/2025

14/05/2025

The merger of the two divisions is intended to highlight and capitalize on the interrelationship between the humanities and the arts.

The Maroon spoke with faculty and administrators about the change.