Kate F. - Thursday, May 10, 2018Kate F. speaks about one of her favorite Public Policy opportunities at UChicago, campusCATALYST. The class supplies students with applicable experience within a field of public policy, and I was drawn to it immediately, wanting to expand my knowledge of a niche part of the public sector. The course has introduced me to the nuanced world of nonprofits. Read more...
Ella D. - Friday, April 6, 2018Ella Deeken, a second year in the College, explains the structure behind UChicago's Signature Courses and how signing up for a Signature Course allowed her to learn about Egyptology, the themes of which she'd only been exposed to previously "on the Discovery Channel." Read more...
Jack W. - Thursday, March 22, 2018Jack Wanberg, a fourth-year English major and member of UChicago improv troupe Off-Off Campus, describes his final performance with the troupe and reflects on his takeaways from learning the art of improv comedy. Read more...
Nora B. - Saturday, March 3, 2018Third-year Neuroscience and Philosophy major Nora Bradford reaches into the memory well to reflect on her childhood dream of being a neuroscientist, discovering the neuroscience major at UChicago, and–from classes she's taken to connecting with professors and having access to a litany of research opportunities–all that she's encountered so far within the major. Read more...
Kate F. - Monday, February 26, 2018Kate Fuell, a second-year student majoring in Art History, shares how Chicago itself has proven to be an invaluable resource for both art and networking opportunities with UChicago alumni throughout the city. Read more...
Cecile K. - Wednesday, February 14, 2018Cecile Kurman-Browning, a varsity swimmer at UChicago, writes about her involvement with the Woman's Athletic Association, a group of UChicago female varsity athletes whose goal is to unite UChicago athletes and promote varsity athletic events to the general student body. Read more...
Kaitlin P. - Tuesday, February 13, 2018Fourth-year student Kaitlin P. writes about her involvement with Students Teaching at Ray School (STARS), a group that matches UChicago students with ESL students at Ray School in an effort to foster long-term tutoring and relationship building. Read more...
Cecile K. - Tuesday, January 23, 2018Cecile Kurman-Browning writes about her experience studying Latin with the Paideia Institute in Rome, which included wandering through museums, visiting ancient sites, and speaking Latin with other students, as part of a five-week study abroad program that UChicago offers during the summer. Read more...
Nora B. - Friday, October 6, 2017Third-year student Nora Bradford shares stories from her time taking summer classes at the Marine Biology Laboratory, a world-renowned research facility in Woods Hole, Massachusetts with whom UChicago has had an affiliation since 2013. Read more...
Kate F. - Wednesday, July 19, 2017Second-year student Kate Fuell reflects on her search for research opportunities at UChicago while a first year, and how this search led to her working for the Thirty Million Years Initiative, a lab within the UChicago hospital that seeks to end the literacy deficiency present in young children who are born into poverty. Read more...
