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UChicago College fourth-year students Matteo Caloia, Ana Emilia Davalos and Vincent Li will address their fellow graduates alongside keynote speaker and playwright David Auburn, AB’91, at Friday’s Class Day ceremony.

Learn more about the speakers and how to watch at the link in our bio.

Mustard on the dogs, Maroons in the stands. 🌭⚾ Celebrating the end of the quarter at Rate Field.️

Still in awe of these moments from the annual Where Fun Comes to Dance showcase, which brought our community together for a night celebrating the diversity of dance across campus.

Shout out your favorite group 🤩

📸 Photos By Taylor Pate

Congratulations to Daniel Kind, recipient of the 2026 Hugo F. Sonnenschein Medal of Excellence! The award is the highest honor bestowed upon a UChicago undergraduate, in recognition of the same qualities of its namesake: unwavering hope, ambition for others and an abiding courage of conviction.

A fourth-year in the College, Daniel helped found the Orlando Secure Housing Project in honor of a childhood friend who passed away while experiencing housing insecurity. The organization works to provide mutual aid, raise awareness, and advocate for policy changes and increased funding for homelessness services.

Learn more about Daniel’s journey and what this award represents at the link in our bio.

Did you know UChicago has its very own beach tucked away beneath the Henry Hinds Laboratory for Geophysical Science?

Well, kind of. The space is actually home to a historic wave simulator that allows students to study how waves move sand, rocks, and shells in different environments.

Read more at the link in our bio.

The UChicago Core through the eyes of our undergrads.

Congratulations to this year’s Core Photo Contest winners for capturing these beautiful moments. Which one is your favorite?

Over 130 members of the UChicago community, including Dean Melina Hale, gathered for langar, a vegetarian community meal, hosted by the Sikh Student Association in partnership with UChicago Spiritual Life and SASA.

Held during Sikh Awareness and Appreciation Month and around Vaisakhi, langar reflects Sikh values of selfless service and equality, bringing people together to share a meal regardless of background or identity.

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Twelve members of the UChicago community have been recognized with the College’s annual teaching awards, honoring instructors, graduate students and undergraduate students who make a lasting impact in and beyond the classroom.

Read more about the 2026 award winners and why they were nominated at the link in our bio.

Even when differences define the room, the responsibility of a reporter stays the same: document, don’t distort. Over spring break, third-year Nathaniel Rodwell-Simon stepped into the White House press pool, camera in hand, to do exactly that.

Nathaniel was invited by New York Times photojournalist and three-time Pulitzer Prize winner Doug Mills to shadow him as he covered the White House, gaining a firsthand look at the pace and demands of the profession.

“In covering every president since the Ronald Reagan administration, he [Doug Mills] has so much knowledge about the way journalism and photojournalism have evolved over that time,” Rodwell-Simon said.

Nathaniel worked alongside seasoned photojournalists at press briefings and Oval Office meetings, learning not just how to capture the moment but how to carry the responsibility that comes with it.

Read all about his experience at the link in our bio!

📸 Photos by Nathaniel Rodwell-Simon

In honor of Earth Day, students came together in support of our South Side community, spending the day gardening, volunteering and giving back.

Just a few of the things we learned at this year’s annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, which showcased over 300 projects from across all disciplines and all years.

Nearly half of UChicago students study abroad at least once, and the College added six new programs for the 2025–26 academic year to continue to support immersive, experiential learning around the world.

The Faculty-led programs are built by scholars with deep knowledge of the regions where they teach, giving students the opportunity to engage each place as both a classroom and a subject of study.

This past weekend, students visited six locally-owned and operated Hyde Park restaurants to try new dishes and get a true taste of the neighborhood during the Taste of Hyde Park, presented by the University of Chicago’s Commercial Real Estate Operations (CREO) department and

Students got to enjoy tasting menus at each participating location including chicken tinga tacos from 5 Rabanitos, crispy falafel from Cedars, jerk chicken and rice from Jerk Yard, cheeseburgers from Small Cheval, ice cream sundaes from Kilwins, and gourmet baked goods from Strugglebeard Bakery.

Photos by Sophia Castro

A big welcome to all of the admitted students on campus! We’re so happy you’re here and hope you choose to make the College your home.

Current UChicagoans, when did you know this was the place for you? Share your story below!

New from , undergraduates are traveling through Chicago visiting special collections and exploring how archival materials can both teach them and inform their own research.

Read the full story at the link in our bio, to see more of what students did in the class and how they’re learning to use our city of Chicago as the rich historical resource it is.

This Women’s History Month, we’re celebrating by highlighting the work of undergraduates in the College who helped bring feminist history to life.

Working with the archive of artist and activist Barbara Morgan, students organized and cataloged decades of posters, journals and other materials documenting feminist movements. Their work helped bring these materials to the public through a new exhibition on campus.

Read more at the link in bio.

Meet the pre-professional fraternities in the College who are creating spaces for professional mentorship and industry centered community.

Learn more and find out how you can join at the link in our bio!

Video games have the unique power to reimagine reality. For these fourth-year students, games have become a way to share feelings and experiences that others may have never engaged in.

Read the full story at the link in our bio to learn how they’re developing new ways to connect with people through interactive media and game design.

Just a glimpse of all the hard work our winter sports teams put in last quarter.

Our second- and third-years started Spring Quarter off right at this year’s formals!