University history

 

 
Winter/24

The untold story of Cora Belle Jackson, AB 1896, the first Black graduate of the University of Chicago.

Summer/23

From 1931 to the early 1960s, students in the College had to make the grade.

Summer/23

Marjorie Sullivan Lee, AB’43, lived in Foster Hall, roller skated in Ida Noyes, and watched Robert Maynard Hutchins go to work.

Spring/21

Test your knowledge of UChicago history.

08.30.2017

The University marks the 75th anniversary of Chicago Pile-1, the world’s first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear reaction.

Summer/17

The University’s botanic garden celebrates its 20th anniversary.

Summer/17

Thoughts on academia, football, and that painting.

06.06.2017

President Beadle and the secret campaign to beautify the campus.

Spring/17

Revisiting days gone by in the pages of the Magazine.

Apr/94

From our print archive: In a whirlwind campus visit in February 1994, novelist Kurt Vonnegut, AM’71, wowed a new generation of fans.

04.04.2017

Or, who’s that barefoot man on the roof of the president’s house?

03.20.2017

An ugly rug, a stolen Tropical Hut planter, and why the bust of Silas J. Cobb is displayed in such an odd location.