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Prof. Kenneth Warren delivered the Aims of Education address yesterday, encouraging College students in the Class of 2030 to use their time at UChicago to slow down and think deeply about the world around them.
Learn more and watch the Aims address: ms.spr.ly/6019a9QlU
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President Paul Alivisatos welcomed the Class of 2030 to UChicago, highlighting how the Core curriculum will teach students to think critically—both with and without AI.
Read the President's full address: ms.spr.ly/6011a9MhV
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The Large Hadron Collider makes more data than @CERN can keep. So UChicago scientists built an AI that adapts on its own, catching the rare collisions that could reveal new physics.
Read the full story: ms.spr.ly/6019a9Kb1
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Join us in welcoming the Class of 2030 to UChicago! #UChicago2030
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Prof. Kenneth Warren will deliver the Aims of Education address today to the Class of 2030 at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel.
Join us virtually at 6:30 p.m. CT: piped.video/live/wLvW0XD-HeY
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New students were officially embraced today into the UChicago community, beginning with a welcome Convocation at Rockefeller Chapel before joining a bagpipe-led procession across campus and through Cobb Gate. #UChicago2030
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UChicago philosopher Martha Nussbaum has won the John W. Kluge Prize, awarded by the Library of Congress and one of the humanities’ highest honors.
Learn more about Nussbaum's groundbreaking and wide-ranging scholarship: ms.spr.ly/6018agbm8
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FIFA referee Joe Dickerson felt the pressure of the World Cup like few others. Now, the UChicago Graham School philosophy student is putting Machiavelli’s “rule by fear” to the test—and making the case for trust.
Meet this UChicagoan: ms.spr.ly/6011agG3d
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Move-in day is here! Welcome home, Maroons.
Here’s to new beginnings, new friendships and a new chapter at UChicago. #UChicago2030
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Fall has officially arrived at UChicago. 🍂 Take a look back at some of our favorite autumn moments on campus. Consider this your first glimpse of the season ahead.
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In an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, President Paul Alivisatos shares UChicago’s thoughtful, balanced approach to AI, which calls on students to be "ethical, skeptical and ambitious" about AI in their lives and education.
Read more: ms.spr.ly/6013a5jYZ.
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We’re excited to welcome new students into the UChicago community this week as they meet their peers and discover their new intellectual home!
Explore Orientation Week activities here: ms.spr.ly/6014a5jgE
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Leaders often guess how employees feel about AI, but research shows they are often wrong. Chicago Booth Prof. Nicholas Epley’s research suggests asking employees directly is key to understanding their concerns.
Your Sunday Read: ms.spr.ly/6015aeSf9
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Tariffs don’t just shape trade—they can shift wealth between workers. New research from UChicago’s Chicago Booth examines who financially benefits from U.S. tariffs and who bears the costs.
Learn more: ms.spr.ly/6010adN22
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A new UChicago tool traces the tangled web of genes behind disease to find the ones that matter most. Its creators used it on asthma first—and surfaced 21 central genes, nearly all overlooked until now.
Learn more: ms.spr.ly/6012adzhy
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Could you regain a sense of touch, using only your thoughts? UChicago neuroscientist Nicholas Hatsopoulos explains his research mapping the brain's neural pathways—and creating brain-machine interfaces that could help restore movement for patients. ms.spr.ly/6018adBoQ
ALT Glowing, X-ray-like human hand with bones in blue and orange, glowing points at joints. Top: BIG BRAINS PODCAST logo with colorful brain. Bottom left: \"Recreating a sense of touch, using our minds\". Bottom right: \"LATEST EPISODE\".
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How far can a reward travel through your memory? A new UChicago study traces how rewards spread through complex networks of memories, shaping associations that help us make decisions and anticipate good outcomes.
Learn more: ms.spr.ly/6016ajlF8
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Eighteen rising leaders were named to the newest class of UChicago Obama Foundation Scholars. Their work spans HIV care in Cook County to anti-trafficking policy in India.
Meet these changemakers from @ChicagoBooth, @HarrisPolicy and @UChicagoCrown: ms.spr.ly/6018abIMg
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