By: Christopher Hansen, Communications Intern for Chicago Studies The Chicago Studies Program of the University Community Service Center (UCSC) invites you to submit your Chicago-focused senior thesis for consideration in the Chicago Studies Annual Journal. Each year, University of Chicago... Christopher Hansen

By: Jane Bartman, Third-Year Student and Civic Journalist for Chicago Studies On Monday, June 3, the Chicago Studies Program of the University Community Service Center (UCSC) hosted students who wrote or are planning to write a senior thesis on a... Christopher Hansen

On Thursday, May 2, Matthew Skoller was a guest lecturer in Intensive Study of a Culture: Chicago Blues, an anthropology course taught by Professor Michael Dietler in which students examine Chicago blues as a distinct musical genre and cultural phenomenon.... Christopher Hansen

By: Christopher Hansen, Communications Intern for Chicago Studies On Tuesday, May 14, the Chicago Studies Program of the University Community Service Center (UCSC) and the Neighborhood Schools Program (NSP) co-sponsored the spring quarter's second Faculty Fireside Chat featuring Marisa de... Christopher Hansen

By: Jane Bartman, Third-Year Student and Civic Journalist for Chicago Studies From Thursday, April 25, through Saturday, April 27, the University of Chicago hosted a conference entitled "Chicago and the Built Environment," an initiative of the Urban Network of the... Christopher Hansen

By: Sarah Miller, Second-Year Student and Civic Journalist for Chicago Studies On Monday, April 22, the Chicago Studies Program of the University Community Service Center (UCSC) hosted the spring quarter's first Faculty Fireside Chat featuring Harold Pollack, Professor in the... Christopher Hansen

By: Sarah Miller, Second-Year Student and Civic Journalist for Chicago Studies The Field Museum and Chicago Working-Class Studies co-sponsored a rough-cut screening of the documentary Exit Zero on Saturday, April 13. The documentary, which narrates the history of deindustrialization in... Christopher Hansen

By: Jane Bartman, Third-Year Student and Civic Journalist for Chicago Studies On Saturday, April 13, EnvisionDo will host the Chicago GastroConference from 11am to 5 in Ida Noyes Hall. Journalists, restauranteurs, entrepreneurs, and academics will offer their take on topics... Christopher Hansen

The Chicago Studies Program invites you to learn more about your city this quarter by registering for one of the Spring 2013 courses that connect to Chicago: • Intensive Study of a Culture: Chicago Blues • The Practice of Anthropology:... Christopher Hansen

By: Christopher Hansen, Communications Intern for Chicago Studies The Chicago Studies Program and the Creative Writing Program congratulate the following winners for the 2013 About Chicago Writing Competition: Fiction: Charlie Bullock - "Love and Horror in a Cavern in What... Christopher Hansen

By: Christopher Hansen, Communications Intern for Chicago Studies On Thursday, February 28, the Chicago Studies Program of the University Community Service Center (UCSC) hosted the winter quarter's second Faculty Fireside Chat featuring Assistant Professor of English Adrienne Brown in the... Christopher Hansen

By: Christopher Hansen, Communications Intern for Chicago Studies On Tuesday, February 19, the "Architecture is Activism: Design for Social Change" panel discussion event at the Chicago Architecture Foundation provided an opportunity for scientists, farmers, community activists, and architects to come... Christopher Hansen

By: Christopher Hansen, Communications Intern for Chicago Studies On Wednesday, January 30, the Chicago Studies Program hosted the winter quarter's first Faculty Fireside Chat featuring Professor Amy Lippert. Amy Lippert is an Assistant Professor of American History in the College.... Christopher Hansen

From anthologyofchicago.com, "Submissions are now open for the Anthology of Chicago, a literary project that aims to collect poems and stories that evoke the spirit of Chicago's many neighborhoods, celebrating those neighborhoods and the writers that live, work, and play... Christopher Hansen

The Chicago Studies Program is looking forward to this week's events commemorating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King. Wednesday, January 16 at 6:30 p.m. Eyes on the Prize Screening at Sunshine Gospel Ministries: Join the UCSC and Sunshine Gospel... Christopher Hansen