Campus Events

President Robert J. Zimmer and Provost Daniel Diermeier hosted an evening of conversation celebrating the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy’s impact in the world and its future home, the Keller Center. The program on September 30, 2016, highlighted some of the innovative research happening at Harris and how the school is helping shape the future of public policy.

Students in the Odyssey Scholarship Program, now guaranteed paid internships after their first year through the Jeff Metcalf Internship Program, share their experiences venturing into new work environments.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Composer and UChicago alumnus Philip Glass discusses his music career, his time at the University of Chicago, and artistic collaboration. The February 18, 2016, public conversation with Augusta Read Thomas, University Professor of Composition, Department of Music and the College, at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts was part of Glass’s three-day residency at the University as a Presidential Arts Fellow.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Professor John Haldane's lecture "Virtue, Happiness, and the Meaning of Life" at the University of South Carolina on December 14, 2015 explored how virtues are the cornerstone of a happy life, including how the sciences of human behavior are related to philosophical investigations of value and conduct, and how ethical evaluation of action has to do with the issues of existential meaning and happiness. John Haldane is professor of philosophy and director of the Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs at the University of St Andrews, and the J. Newton Rayzor, Sr., Distinguished Professor in Philosophy at Baylor University. He is a scholar with the "Virtue, Happiness, and Meaning of Life" project. This lecture was funded by a generous grant from the John Templeton Foundation. For more information, visit virtue.uchicago.edu/haldane.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Bach Marathon, a collaboration between the University of Chicago and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, featured 10 free performances on December 3rd in one day at venues on the South Side and in downtown Chicago.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Bach Marathon, a collaboration between the University of Chicago and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, featured 10 free performances on December 3rd in one day at venues on the South Side and in downtown Chicago.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Fourth Annual Brain Awareness Day program was produced on Saturday, October 24th, 2015 in the auditorium of the University of Chicago’s Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery. The event was sponsored by the NIH Conte Center for Computational Neuropsychiatric Genomics and the NIDA Center for Genes & Addiction. The goal of the program was to promote public awareness about brain studies and nervous system research. New advances in investigations about addiction, memory, mental health, and cognition were discussed. Three research experts, Nicholas Grahame (Indiana University—Purdue University Indianapolis), Eva Redei (Northwestern University), and Erik Jorgensen (University of Utah and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute), gave talks and answered questions. Dr. Barry Aprison, Education and Outreach Director of the University of Chicago’s Institute for Genomics & Systems Biology, produced the Brain Awareness Day program.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Fourth Annual Brain Awareness Day program was produced on Saturday, October 24th, 2015 in the auditorium of the University of Chicago’s Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery. The event was sponsored by the NIH Conte Center for Computational Neuropsychiatric Genomics and the NIDA Center for Genes & Addiction. The goal of the program was to promote public awareness about brain studies and nervous system research. New advances in investigations about addiction, memory, mental health, and cognition were discussed. Three research experts, Nicholas Grahame (Indiana University—Purdue University Indianapolis), Eva Redei (Northwestern University), and Erik Jorgensen (University of Utah and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute), gave talks and answered questions. Dr. Barry Aprison, Education and Outreach Director of the University of Chicago’s Institute for Genomics & Systems Biology, produced the Brain Awareness Day program.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Fourth Annual Brain Awareness Day program was produced on Saturday, October 24th, 2015 in the auditorium of the University of Chicago’s Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery. The event was sponsored by the NIH Conte Center for Computational Neuropsychiatric Genomics and the NIDA Center for Genes & Addiction. The goal of the program was to promote public awareness about brain studies and nervous system research. New advances in investigations about addiction, memory, mental health, and cognition were discussed. Three research experts, Nicholas Grahame (Indiana University—Purdue University Indianapolis), Eva Redei (Northwestern University), and Erik Jorgensen (University of Utah and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute), gave talks and answered questions. Dr. Barry Aprison, Education and Outreach Director of the University of Chicago’s Institute for Genomics & Systems Biology, produced the Brain Awareness Day program.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Fourth Annual Brain Awareness Day program was produced on Saturday, October 24th, 2015 in the auditorium of the University of Chicago’s Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery. The event was sponsored by the NIH Conte Center for Computational Neuropsychiatric Genomics and the NIDA Center for Genes & Addiction. The goal of the program was to promote public awareness about brain studies and nervous system research. New advances in investigations about addiction, memory, mental health, and cognition were discussed. Three research experts, Nicholas Grahame (Indiana University—Purdue University Indianapolis), Eva Redei (Northwestern University), and Erik Jorgensen (University of Utah and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute), gave talks and answered questions. Dr. Barry Aprison, Education and Outreach Director of the University of Chicago’s Institute for Genomics & Systems Biology, produced the Brain Awareness Day program.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Fourth Annual Brain Awareness Day program was produced on Saturday, October 24th, 2015 in the auditorium of the University of Chicago’s Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery. The event was sponsored by the NIH Conte Center for Computational Neuropsychiatric Genomics and the NIDA Center for Genes & Addiction. The goal of the program was to promote public awareness about brain studies and nervous system research. New advances in investigations about addiction, memory, mental health, and cognition were discussed. Three research experts, Nicholas Grahame (Indiana University—Purdue University Indianapolis), Eva Redei (Northwestern University), and Erik Jorgensen (University of Utah and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute), gave talks and answered questions. Dr. Barry Aprison, Education and Outreach Director of the University of Chicago’s Institute for Genomics & Systems Biology, produced the Brain Awareness Day program.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Fourth Annual Brain Awareness Day program was produced on Saturday, October 24th, 2015 in the auditorium of the University of Chicago’s Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery. The event was sponsored by the NIH Conte Center for Computational Neuropsychiatric Genomics and the NIDA Center for Genes & Addiction. The goal of the program was to promote public awareness about brain studies and nervous system research. New advances in investigations about addiction, memory, mental health, and cognition were discussed. Three research experts, Nicholas Grahame (Indiana University—Purdue University Indianapolis), Eva Redei (Northwestern University), and Erik Jorgensen (University of Utah and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute), gave talks and answered questions. Dr. Barry Aprison, Education and Outreach Director of the University of Chicago’s Institute for Genomics & Systems Biology, produced the Brain Awareness Day program.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Pulitzer Prize–winning author Junot Díaz discusses his works in light of current events and the changing landscape for writers of color. The talk is part of a series sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs at the University of Chicago.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Pulitzer Prize–winning author Junot Díaz discusses his works in light of current events and the changing landscape for writers of color. The talk is part of a series sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs at the University of Chicago.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. University of Chicago President Robert J. Zimmer and Athletic Director Erin McDermott speak to scholar-athletes about varsity athletics at UChicago. Journalist LZ Granderson delivers an “Aims of Athletics” address highlighting the need for respect and equal-treatment advocacy within athletics and the workplace.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Principal Investigators Candace Vogler and Jennifer A. Frey present “Virtue, Happiness, and the Meaning of Life: A Collaboration” Under what conditions do the everyday activities associated with being a good person provide a source of happiness and meaning in human life? What is the difference between morally serious people whose lives give them deep happiness and a sense of purpose, and morally serious people whose lives feel hollow? We are embarking on a 28-month project funded by the John Templeton Foundation to explore and research these questions. The project, hosted by the Neubauer Family Collegium for Culture and Society at the University of Chicago and the University of South Carolina at Columbia, brings together an international gathering of 30 scholars in philosophy, psychology, and religious studies to engage in collaborative research on trans-personal, self-transcendent good as a framework for investigating fundamental questions about human life.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. University of Chicago President Robert J. Zimmer and Athletic Director Erin McDermott speak to scholar-athletes about varsity athletics at UChicago. Journalist LZ Granderson delivers an “Aims of Athletics” address highlighting the need for respect and equal-treatment advocacy within athletics and the workplace.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Principal Investigators Candace Vogler and Jennifer A. Frey present “Virtue, Happiness, and the Meaning of Life: A Collaboration” Under what conditions do the everyday activities associated with being a good person provide a source of happiness and meaning in human life? What is the difference between morally serious people whose lives give them deep happiness and a sense of purpose, and morally serious people whose lives feel hollow? We are embarking on a 28-month project funded by the John Templeton Foundation to explore and research these questions. The project, hosted by the Neubauer Family Collegium for Culture and Society at the University of Chicago and the University of South Carolina at Columbia, brings together an international gathering of 30 scholars in philosophy, psychology, and religious studies to engage in collaborative research on trans-personal, self-transcendent good as a framework for investigating fundamental questions about human life.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Every year since 1961, a University of Chicago faculty member has been invited to address students in the College regarding his or her view on the aims of a liberal education. In 1962, the Aims of Education Address was added to Orientation Week and officially became a tradition for incoming students. The address encourages students to reflect on the purpose and definition of education as they embark upon their collegiate years. The 2015 address is given by John Levi Martin, the Florence Borchert Bartling Professor in the Department of Sociology and the College.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Every year since 1961, a University of Chicago faculty member has been invited to address students in the College regarding his or her view on the aims of a liberal education. In 1962, the Aims of Education Address was added to Orientation Week and officially became a tradition for incoming students. The address encourages students to reflect on the purpose and definition of education as they embark upon their collegiate years. The 2015 address is given by John Levi Martin, the Florence Borchert Bartling Professor in the Department of Sociology and the College.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Dean John W. Boyer discusses his new book, The University of Chicago: A History.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Dean John W. Boyer discusses the public’s perception of him as historian of the University of Chicago—and the struggles of finding “historical truth.”

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Dean John W. Boyer recounts the failed University of Chicago and its founding figures’ frustrations when given a “second chance” to form a great new university.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Dean John W. Boyer recalls how research on a number of UChicago-centric topics led him to write a series of monographs and eventually a history of the University of Chicago.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Dean John W. Boyer discusses former UChicago President Robert M. Hutchins and how his decision to revise the Core curriculum in the 1940s helped shape the intellectual culture at the University of Chicago.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Dean John W. Boyer discusses the public’s perception of him as historian of the University of Chicago—and the struggles of finding “historical truth.”

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Dean John W. Boyer recounts the failed University of Chicago and its founding figures’ frustrations when given a “second chance” to form a great new university.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Dean John W. Boyer discusses his new book, The University of Chicago: A History.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Dean John W. Boyer recalls how research on a number of UChicago-centric topics led him to write a series of monographs and eventually a history of the University of Chicago.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Dean John W. Boyer discusses former UChicago President Robert M. Hutchins and how his decision to revise the Core curriculum in the 1940s helped shape the intellectual culture at the University of Chicago.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. A Celebration of Leaders in Philanthropy is an annual event that showcases the impact of philanthropy across the University through exhibits featuring students, faculty and, in some cases, live experiments. - See more at: https://alumniandfriends.uchicago.edu/events/2014/celebration-leaders-philanthropy#sthash.rLBXxjg0.dpuf

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. A Celebration of Leaders in Philanthropy is an annual event that showcases the impact of philanthropy across the University through exhibits featuring students, faculty and, in some cases, live experiments. - See more at: https://alumniandfriends.uchicago.edu/events/2014/celebration-leaders-philanthropy#sthash.rLBXxjg0.dpuf

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. UChicago Associate Professor Matthew Briones talks about students being intellectually “unhoused” in the classroom.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. UChicago Associate Professor Matthew Briones talks about students being intellectually “unhoused” in the classroom.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. UChicago Associate Professor Andrew Campbell shares how he cultivates a cooperative research relationship with his graduate students.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. UChicago Associate Professor Daisy Delogu gives advice on how graduate students can balance the demands of studies with the rest of life.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. UChicago Associate Professor Daniel Holz shares how he’s gained a greater appreciation for students.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. UChicago Associate Professor Daisy Delogu gives advice on how graduate students can balance the demands of studies with the rest of life.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. UChicago Associate Professor Andrew Campbell shares how he cultivates a cooperative research relationship with his graduate students.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. UChicago Associate Professor Daniel Holz shares how he’s gained a greater appreciation for students.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. UChicago Professor Christopher Kennedy explains his goals for his graduate students.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. UChicago Professor Ilaria Rebay discusses how she matches her students with faculty and laboratories that suit their research interests.