Recently, in a moment of seeking clarity and concrete information about the ongoing return to face-to-face instruction, I sat down with this piece from the Chronicle of Higher Ed: “The Semester of Magical Thinking.” This article from late August gathers a number of first-hand accounts of the return to on-campus instruction and life from a […]

I think there’s definitely a feeling of uncertainty, not to say anxiety, among some incoming first-years. No one quite knows what to expect, and it certainly didn’t help that their last year of high school was (in most cases) entirely remote — which was necessary, but still proved very disruptive for a lot of students. […]

I just read this article about how many freshman students are feeling “Exhausted but Optimistic,” which got me wondering about how UChicago first years may be feeling. I also wonder how the rising 2nd years are doing since their first year at UChicago was so different. Here’s the article, Exhausted but Optimistic: a Portrait of […]

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