University of Chicago English Department to Accept Only Students Interested in Black Studies

Chrissy Clark
September 14, 2020 3:15 PM

The University of Chicago's English department will only accept graduate school applicants interested in "Black Studies" for the 2020-2021 admissions cycle.

Student Activists Pledge to Occupy University of Chicago Provost’s House Until Campus Cops Are Abolished

Activists target Asian provost with derogatory messages scrawled in Chinese

Matthew Pinna
September 2, 2020 5:00 PM

University of Chicago students affiliated with the student group #CareNotCops have staged a now week-long “occupation” outside of University of Chicago provost Ka Yee Lee’s home, spray painting vulgar messages such as “F—k your mother” outside the house.

‘Defund the Police’ Critique Costs Professor Job at Fed Reserve Bank

Economist Harald Uhlig under investigation at university and academic journal

Chrissy Clark
June 16, 2020 2:25 PM

Activists targeting a University of Chicago academic for criticizing the "defund the police" movement saw early success on June 12 when a prominent economics journal put him on leave and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago cut ties with him.