In her Aims of Education address, neurobiologist Peggy Mason called on students to persevere on a path of discovery. What does it really mean to take an “intellectual risk"? Is discomfort essential for true discovery?

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Rising fourth-years Annie Yang and Seri Welsh have been recognized by the Udall Foundation for their work and commitment on environmental causes.

Yang was named a Udall Scholar while Welsh received an honorable mention from the organization.

Luke Magyar exited the armed forces only to rededicate himself to helping former service members. Now he has been selected by the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation as one of 54 recipients to earn the award that is centered around public service.

Disease research brims with unanswered questions. Third-year Sneha Agarwal, and fourth-years Eva McCord and Koby Rosen have all embraced some of the toughest puzzles in this space and uncovered their own capacity to make significant contributions in labs across campus.

Congratulations to fourth-year student Cara Wilson on being selected as a James C. Gaither Junior Fellows Program by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Cara will assist the nonpartisan international affairs think tank in their nuclear policy division starting this fall.

Second-year Cooper Costello captured the first individual national championship of his career, and three relay teams also grabbed titles as the UChicago men’s swimming and diving team finished third at the NCAA Division III national championships!

Learn more about their successful championship meet

Akash Bindal, BS'24, assists Dr. Awad after four years of undergrad research while also working for the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering.

Learn more about how the work he did in the lab taught him the invaluable things, such as the impact of long-term continuity in scientific inquiry.

Fourth-years Ren Brown and Claudia Harnett and third-years Emma Kelly and Nora Holmes beat out 11 teams in the distance medley relay event to win the Division III indoor national championship.

Read how they captured the title after so many close calls.

We sat down with Koryna Bucholz, Deputy Dean of Students and Chief of Staff, for questions about the work of the College's new Care and Support Team.

Learn about this group dedicated to providing comprehensive support services to help undergraduates navigate both personal and academic challenges.

Winters in Chicago are harsh and unforgiving but UChicago students embrace the cold in a unique way: by running, slipping, sliding and falling on the ice in the name of friendly broomball competition.

Find out more about this beloved school tradition. #itsinourcore

The UChicago Quantum Society is the university’s official student organization dedicated to quantum science and engineering. The peer group meets to grapple with tough, exhilarating quantum concepts and to discuss recent publications advancing this flourishing field of study.

Fourth-year student Elena Tiedens and alum Erica Hogan, AB’23, have both earned 2025 Gates Cambridge Scholarships and will pursue master’s degrees at the University of Cambridge this fall.

Learn more about what they will be studying by reading below.

David Axelrod, AB'76, has been named speaker for the College's Class Day ceremony on June 6. The founding director of UChicago's Institute of Politics, Axelrod said it was a "special honor" to address the Class of 2025 & share lessons from his UChicago journey.

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Need a pick me up? Learn more about five student-run coffeehouses where you can get your caffeine fix before your morning class or that big exam.

UChicago College student Emily Shi and alum Maxime Kpangbai, AB'20, have been named 2025 Schwarzman Scholars. They will pursue a one-year master’s program in Beijing, China later this year.

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While Regenstein and Harper Memorial libraries offer exceptional environments for learning, many are unaware of the hidden gems across campus. There is an array of lesser-known study spaces, each with its own unique ambiance waiting to be discovered.

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More than two dozen University of Chicago students recently attended COP29 in Azerbaijan, an experience which they described as an “eye-opening” opportunity to learn about the inner-workings of policy and politics at a global scale.

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The "Chemistry of Artists' Materials" combines subjects that aren’t a natural fit on the surface to form one unique learning experience. The course shows how the creation of artists’ materials is the perfect way to dive into the overlap between chemistry and art

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