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From Climate Cinema to Ancient Law: Meet the 2026 Arts & Humanities Award Recipients

By Rivky Mondal Thursday, July 2
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540th Convocation Honors Winners Who Put Scholarship into Practice
UChicago student Francesco Rahe named 2025 Rhodes scholar

UChicago fourth-year student named 2025 Rhodes Scholar

By Colin Terrill Monday, June 8
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The following was published in UChicago News on November 17, 2024. Francesco Rahe, a fourth-year student in the College at the University of Chic...
UChicago philosopher Robert B. Pippin

UChicago philosopher to receive the prestigious Luhmann Science Prize

By Sara Patterson Wednesday, January 7
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Prof. Robert B. Pippin’s wide-ranging scholarship encompasses studies of 19th-century philosophers like Hegel and Kant to 20th-century filmmakers such...
UChicago alumna Ling Ma returns to campus as an associate professor in January 2025.

UChicago writer Ling Ma received 2024 MacArthur Fellowship

By Tori Lee Wednesday, January 7
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The following was published in UChicago News on October 1, 2024. Ling Ma, AB’05, an award-winning University of Chicago fiction writer renowned...
Students Mehta and Sun, Diversity Awardees 2024

The UChicagoGRAD Diversity Advisory Board Announced the Fourth Annual Diversity Awards.

Wednesday, January 7
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The University of Chicago’s Annual Diversity Awards recognize, honor, and celebrate the significant contributions of underrepresented students who hav...
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Two Humanities Scholars to Receive 2024 Quantrell Awards

Wednesday, January 7
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The following was posted on UChicago News on May 16, 2024. The transformative education offered at the University of Chicago begins in the classroo...
Tina Post, assistant professor in the Department of English Language and Literature, Committee on Theater and Performance Arts, and the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture at UChicago

UChicago scholar wins National Book Critics Circle Award

By Sara Patterson Wednesday, January 7
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The following was published in UChicago News on April 25, 2024.  By Sara Patterson Asst. Prof. Tina Post’s scholarship delves into racial perfor...
Two Humanities Scholars Receive 2024 Guggenheim Fellowships

Two UChicago scholars awarded 2024 Guggenheim Fellowships

By Tori Lee Wednesday, January 7
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The following was published in UChicago News on April 15, 2024.  Two University of Chicago scholars have earned 2024 Guggenheim Fellowships, ho...
From left: Anastasia Giannakidou, director of the Center for Hellenic Studies at UChicago, and Alexander Pissios, businessman and philanthropist

Humanities Division Strengthens Its Commitment to Teaching the Modern Greek Language

By Sara Patterson Wednesday, January 7
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By Sara Patterson UChicago’s Division of the Humanities announces a $1.25 million gift for the study of the modern Greek language from the Alexande...
Martha C. Nussbaum

Martha C. Nussbaum Honored with the Norman Maclean Faculty Award

By Mark A. Cohen Wednesday, January 7
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The following was published on the UChicago Law School website on February 20, 2024. Martha C. Nussbaum, Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Profe...

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