The College Announces New Curricular Initiatives in the Humanities
The two initiatives, Signature Courses and Course Clusters, will broaden opportunities for interdisciplinary study among undergraduates.
Students
Department of English to Offer Undergraduate Major in Creative Writing
The Department of English Language and Literature will offer a new undergraduate major in creative writing, beginning in Autumn Quarter 2017. First-, second- and third-year students will have the option to major in creative writing, or take on a double major in creative writing and any major they wish to pursue, including English. A minor in English and creative writing also will be open to students outside those programs.
College Student In Classics Earns Fellowship
Peggy Xu, AB’17, has been awarded the Lionel Pearson Fellowship from the Society for Classical Studies. The Pearson Fellowship is awarded annually to one student among nominees from Classics departments in the United States and Canada.
UChicago Receives $350K Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
The grant will help prepare doctoral students in the Division of the Humanities, Divinity School, and the Department of History for diverse career trajectories.