University Of Chicago Student Protesters Demand Defunding, Eventual Abolishment Of Campus Police Force
Hundreds of protesters, mostly students, marched in the surrounding Hyde Park neighborhood on Saturday.
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Hundreds of protesters, mostly students, marched in the surrounding Hyde Park neighborhood on Saturday.
Illinois has broken the 200,000 mark for total cases of COVID-19, and this week marks five months since it was deemed a pandemic. Now Chicago is on the list of cities doctors worry could see a spike in cases in the fall.
"Quantum internet is not something that's on every but the tip of the tongue of everyone, but I think we all recognize the importance of this moment and the power that it possesses to really change everything in the way in which we process information and also security on the internet."
The University of Chicago on Monday took two new actions in opposition to a directive from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that says foreign students taking online-only classes may not remain in the U.S.
Now that elective surgeries are being preformed in Illinois, the University of Chicago is leading the way for how those procedures are being scheduled.
After almost 19 hours, a student protest at the University of Chicago came to a peaceful end.
Protesters have locked themselves inside the campus police headquarters at the University of Chicago, and now they say officers won't let anyone bring them food.
Protesters were occupying the campus police department at the University of Chicago Friday night.
Rumors about whether masks cause hypercapnia are circulating social media.
"This is an alteration in the marketplace that every college and university has to adjust to. And think about how they're going to keep those students well-served."
Registered nurses at University of Chicago Medicine say they are still not getting enough protection from COVID-19.
A possible breakthrough treatment for the novel coronavirus is being tested in Chicago.
University of Chicago students say they won't pay their tuition unless the administration slashes it in half.
The University of Chicago has launched an effort to help South Side families and businesses during the COVID-19 crisis.
The University of Chicago announced Thursday that it is canceling in-person classes for the entirety of spring quarter due to worries about coronavirus.
The University of Chicago on Tuesday canceled all large events and curtailed campus visits due to concerns about the spread of COVID-19. International and domestic travel is also restricted.
"This was the wildest event I've ever been to," said Melia Allan, a first-year political science and music student from Madison, Wisconsin.
What is it about the Iowa caucuses that could convince dozens of college students from as far away as California and Florida want to visit the Hawkeye state in the middle of winter?
"Basically Iowa is the Super Bowl of politics, which is funny because today is Super Bowl Sunday," University of Chicago grad student Sam Roth said.
"It kept me motivated to keep working hard in the weight room, to keep working hard with my technique, and to work hard staying healthy."
The world is closer to Doomsday than ever before.
The new one-day strike is set for November 26, just two days before Thanksgiving.
A University of Chicago student said she was sexually assaulted at a frat party earlier this month.
The Chicago teachers' strike is affecting families in more ways than one – with not just the present, but potentially their futures too.
