The family of a missing U. of C. student, Diwen Fan, 20, is offering a $10,000 reward to anyone who may have information that would lead to his whereabouts. He hasn't been seen since May 5.
At the start of 2022, both Rachel Fulton Brown, an associate professor of history at the University of Chicago, and Donald J. Boudreaux, an economics professor at George Mason University, fed up with the draconian dictats and bureaucratic.
U.S. Department of Education to Investigate UChicago for Alleged Title IX Violation
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The U.S. Department of Education (E.D.) will investigate the University of Chicago Title IX Office following a retaliation complaint by a recently dismissed Ph.D. student, whose allegations and fundraising efforts have gained a high profile on social media over the past few weeks.
Zain Jamshaid, a former Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Cinema and Media Studies, contacted the E.D. after the University dismissed him from his program, citing a lack of academic progress. In March 2020, Jamshaid filed a Title IX complaint against a faculty member in his department; the complaint detailed an alleged sexual assault and a pattern of harassment in 2015 and 2016.
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The University of Chicago will consider funding to explore the creation of a Department of Critical Race Studies.
Critical race is the idea that “the law and legal institutions are inherently racist” and that race is a “socially constructed concept that is used by white people to further their economic and political interests,” according to the encyclopedia
“Should this proposal be approved through University processes, Provost [Ka Yee] Lee will work with the relevant division to ensure that resources are provided for its support,” Gerald McSwiggan, a spokesperson for the university, said in a December email to