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Arts & Humanities Day 2025 sparks citywide conversation
On a recent day in Hyde Park, fans of Taylor Swift gathered in their Eras Tour T-shirts to hear a scholarly breakdown of the singer’s lyrics. Authors ...
Theaster Gates redeems discarded materials in Smart Museum's 'Unto Thee'
Walking into Theaster Gates: Unto Thee, one immediately feels dwarfed. Floor-to-ceiling shelves packed with African art and cultural items fill the Sm...
Grossman Ensemble honored by Library of Congress invitation
On November 15, the Grossman Ensemble will perform in the Library of Congress’s famed Coolidge Auditorium—a rare distinction that recognizes the Ensem...
Hexacago Health Academy marks ten years of game design education
For ten summers, the Hexacago Health Academy (HHA) has brought South Side high school students into the heart of public health research—through play. ...
During Year of Games, UChicago invites everyone to play
Sep 8, 2025
The University of Chicago has come to play. Throughout the 2025-26 academic year, UChicago will host the Year of Games, a campus-wide c...
Thomas ‘Tom’ Mapp, visionary arts educator and administrator at UChicago, 1936‒2024
Remembered for his commitment to students and encouragement to ‘read broadly and think connectively’
Thomas “Tom” Mapp, a transformative leader i...
Theaster Gates's House Museum Gone Wild
The following was published in Hyperallergic on December 31, 2024.
CHICAGO — Theaster Gates’s latest exhibition, When Clouds Roll Away: Reflect...
The valuable role video games play in the classroom
The following was posted on Scripps News on August 20, 2024.
Do video games belong in the classroom?
It may sound counterproductive to learnin...
Lewis 'Alan' Longino, UChicago graduate student and scholar of postwar Japanese art, 1987‒2024
The following was published in UChicago News on July 18, 2024.By Sara PattersonLewis “Alan” Longino, a University of Chicago graduate student who stud...
Florence Illuminated project to receive generous NEH grant
Humanities Assoc. Prof. Niall Atkinson is spearheading a comprehensive, collaborative, multi-university digital research platform called Florence Illu...