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WATCH: Coach Julianne Sitch and the UChicago men's soccer team celebrate today's historic NCAA championship win—the first time a woman has led a men’s soccer team to a title.
Video courtesy of the NCAA
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We won the first Heisman then quit football for 22 years.
Tell me a story about yourself the sounds like a lie but is absolutely true.
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This morning's fog provided a spooky scene for Halloween.
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Yiran Fan, 1990-2021
The
#UChicago
community mourns the loss of a talented classmate, a superb teaching assistant and a kind friend.
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Good morning this is now an Emma Boettcher fan account.
#JeopardyEmma
#TournamentOfChampions
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Yiran Fan will be awarded a posthumous PhD at
#UChicago
’s Convocation ceremonies this June. Profs Zhiguo He & Lars Peter Hansen defended Fan's dissertation on his behalf in March; “a very small thing we could do to recognize such a special person."
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The University of Chicago mourns the loss of Yiran Fan, a PhD student, who was shot and killed last night.
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UChicago President Robert Zimmer & Provost Daniel Diermeier share a letter to President Trump regarding immigration:
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Recent snowfall turned campus into a winter wonderland.
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As many high school students express their heartfelt opposition to violence, we reaffirm the University of Chicago’s longstanding principles of free expression, and support students making their voices heard on this and other issues of national importance.
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The longtime UChicago economist and Nobel Prize-winning scholar is remembered for his pioneering theories, which transformed the field of macroeconomics. Learn more about his life and work:
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#UChicago
economist Richard Thaler on
@NobelPrize
win: ‘I’ve been at this for 40 years…It’s been a long journey, so I’m happy about that.’
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Paul Alivisatos has been named the 14th president of the University of Chicago.
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"This is what I love doing, so quitting wasn’t ever really a consideration.”
As she battles ALS,
@SlangsOnSports
, AB’15, has found strength in her work in baseball. She hopes to bring awareness to the disease and inspire women to pursue careers in
@MLB
.
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Sorry,
@mishacollins
. You don't count. But don't be surprised if Scavvies reach out to you to see which other celebrities you know.
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If you don't blink during
#Oppenheimer
you’ll catch a few UChicago scenes—including depictions of the west stands of Stagg Field, UChicago scientists Enrico Fermi and David L. Hill and Chicago Pile-1.
Learn more about the history behind it all:
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Since her days as a softball star at
#UChicago
, new
@Marlins
GM Kim Ng has had a question on her mind: How can women break through in sports?
After three decades in baseball, Ng is entering yet another
@MLB
#SpringTraining
—this time in her dream job.
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Prof. Douglas W. Diamond has been awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2022. Diamond is the 95th scholar associated with UChicago to be named a
@NobelPrize
laureate.
Stay tuned to UChicago social media for updates throughout the day.
BREAKING NEWS:
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2022 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig “for research on banks and financial crises.”
#NobelPrize
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Happy New Year from the University of Chicago. We wish everyone in the UChicago community a happy and healthy 2024.
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Congrats to
@NASA
on this incredible milestone. Curious about the Parker Solar Probe? Learn more about the historic mission's launch and the
#UChicago
scientist it was named for:
☀️ Our
#ParkerSolarProbe
has touched the Sun!
For the first time in history, a spacecraft has flown through the Sun's atmosphere, the corona. Here's what it means:
#AGU21
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Katherine Baicker, the Emmett Dedmon Professor and dean of the Harris School of Public Policy, has been appointed the next provost of the University of Chicago, effective March 20.
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Economist Claudia Goldin, AM’69, PhD’72, has been awarded a Nobel Prize for her pioneering research on women in the workforce.
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#UChicago
will join an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit filed this week challenging the new restrictions on international students. (1/2)
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Campus is already all dressed up for the holidays. ✨
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Congratulations to the UChicago men’s soccer team on its first NCAA championship! The Maroons, under coach Julianne Sitch, won 2-0 over Williams College.
The historic victory marks the first time a woman has led a men's soccer team to a national title.
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UChicago Profs. John List and Steven Levitt are making economics accessible with Economics for Everyone, a new digital course that breaks down the principles of the field to make economic thinking available to all.
Learn more at .
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Soon, very soon, there will be lots of footsteps filling these spaces.
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Happy New Year from the University of Chicago. We wish everyone in the UChicago community a happy and healthy 2023.
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The first day of Autumn Quarter is a glorious one. Welcome back, students!
#UChicagoFirstDayofClass
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Arturo, a senior at Back of the Yards College Prep, is set to be the first person in his family to go to college.
Watch the moment he was accepted to
#UChicago
—with a full scholarship—in a surprise event at his school, surrounded by teachers & family:
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Campus is all dressed up for the holidays.
📸: Jason Smith
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Prof. Douglas W. Diamond has been awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2022 for improving “our understanding of the role of banks in the economy, particularly during financial crises.”
#NobelPrize
Learn more:
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The University of Chicago will require all students to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, starting with the 2021 Autumn Quarter.
More information:
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Happy Finals Week, UChicago! Generations of students have made it through—and so can you.
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Autumn as captured by the UChicago community. 🍂
To have your photography featured on the UChicago Instagram, be sure to tag us
@UChicago
on your post. (Photos by
@jenny_x_fu
/
@liudan13
/
@NeilShubin
)
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Happy Halloween! 🎃👻🕯️
From last year's holiday: a frightening fog rolled into campus just in time for Halloween.
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Earlier today, Prof. Douglas W. Diamond of
@ChicagoBooth
received the
@NobelPrize
from the King of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf.
(Photos: Christine Olsson/TT News Agency via Associated Press)
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If you've seen the Oscar-nominated film "Oppenheimer," you may have noticed cameos from UChicago—from scientist Enrico Fermi to Chicago Pile-1, the world's first nuclear reactor built under the west stands of Stagg Field.
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#UChicago
announces emergency support programs for South Side residents, businesses, and nonprofits as they navigate the
#COVID19
pandemic, including preparing and delivering 3,000 meals per day with the Greater Chicago
@FoodDepository
.
To learn more:
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Meet the newest class of UChicago
@ObamaFoundation
Scholars. The transformative program empowers emerging leaders from
@ChicagoBooth
,
@HarrisPolicy
and
@UChicagoCrown
to tackle pressing issues in Chicago and around the world.
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Congratulations to
#ChicagoBooth
prof Richard H. Thaler (
@R_Thaler
), 2017
#NobelPrize
laureate in Economic Sciences!
BREAKING NEWS The 2017 Prize in Economic Sciences is awarded to Richard H. Thaler
@R_Thaler
@UChicago
@ChicagoBooth
#NobelPrize
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Today we announced the
#UChicago
Empower Initiative, a new, test-optional admissions process to enhance the accessibility of the
@UChicagoCollege
for first-generation and low-income students.
More on
#UChicagoEmpower
:
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There's nothing like a UChicago fall.
📸: Janet Bae, Alex Bean, Dian Liu and Julia Ruoying 🍂🍂
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A message from Michele Rasmussen, Dean of Students in the University:
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Vaccination Update:
#UChicago
announced today that every University employee is expected to get fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless they cannot do so because of a medical or religious reason or other authorized exemptions. Read full message here:
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Doctors at
@UChicagoMed
are seeing “truly remarkable” results using high-flow nasal cannulas—rather than ventilators—to treat some COVID-19 patients.
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We couldn’t be more proud that
#UChicago
alum Kim Ng is making history as the first female GM in
@MLB
& North American major men’s sports.
Please join us in congratulating her!
Making history by bringing a lifetime of excellence, Kim Ng steps to the helm as GM.
#JuntosMiami
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“One day” is today.
Kim Ng is now the first Female GM in baseball—and North American major men’s sports—history.
As the
@MLB
#WinterMeetings
begin, learn what life is like for the highest-ranking woman in baseball: Kim Ng,
#UChicago
AB'90. ⚾️
Ng got her start with the
@whitesox
in 1990 — and may one day be the first Female GM in baseball history.
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The colors of Fall are on full display all across the UChicago campus.
📸: Jason Smith
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The snow may be gone, but we can appreciate its beauty just a little bit longer. ❄️
📸: Rajesh K. Sarkar
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@TheOnion
We also host handy workshops on how to trap said demon post-summoning:
@orientalinst
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The University community mourns the loss of Shaoxiong "Dennis" Zheng, SM’21, who was killed last week in Hyde Park. The aspiring data scientist is being remembered as a talented and passionate student who was always willing to help others.
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Today in UChicago history: Football fans fill the stands and a horse-drawn coach at the annual UChicago-Michigan Thanksgiving game in 1895. From 1892 until 1905, the two teams traditionally ended the season with a Thanksgiving Day matchup.
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It was with great sadness that we informed our community tonight that a current student of the University was shot and killed.
This is deeply painful news for our community and South Side neighborhood, and we will provide support to those affected.
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We love Pi Day. If only it could go on forever...
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A team of UChicago computer scientists has built a tool that helps artists modify their images to protect them from the AI models that seek to mimic them.
Learn more:
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Campus looks even better from a bird’s-eye view. Photos by chenmin168cool on Instagram.
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Fall colors may be fading, but that doesn't mean we can't appreciate them a bit longer. 😌
📸: Rajesh Kumar Sarkar
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