Susan C. Levine, Rebecca Anne Boylan Professor in Education and Society, Department of Psychology and Comparative Human Development
Susan Levine’s research analyzes and observes young children’s language, numerical, and spatial development. In this session, she will discuss her current research examining socioemotional factors that may impact children’s learning, including parents’ and elementary school teachers’ attitudes and stereotypes about math and spatial learning and students’ own anxieties and stereotypes about these domains. She is currently working on a project that investigates the role of parent-child math interactions on children’s math achievement, attitudes, and anxiety, which involves examining the relation of achievement in numerical aspects of mathematics and spatial thinking.

Sociology professor Stephen Raudenbush and executive director of UChicago’s Science of Learning Center Lisa Rosen—authors of The Ambitious Elementary School: Its Conception, Design, and Implications for Educational Equality—along with UChicago Charter School leaders will kick off the tour with a discussion about the University’s powerful model of urban elementary schooling. Then see the practice in person and learn about the results the model has produced. Transportation is provided; the shuttle will load at 12:30 p.m. on the Main Quad.

Take the famous tour of the Rockefeller tower with University carillonneur Joey Brink—271 steps all the way to the top—and enjoy the half-hour recital, which is broadcast into the chapel by live audio/video feed (unless other events are occurring in the chapel). Limited to 20 guests. Please gather at the front desk; tours are on a first-come, first-served basis.

Join Larry F. Norman, Frank L. Sulzberger Professor in Romance Languages and Literatures, Theater and Performance Studies, Fundamentals, and the College, for “Fauvel, between Classicism and Romanticism.” The in-gallery talk will uncover how romantic and neoclassical ideas interact within Louis Dupré's 1819 painting Portrait of M. Fauvel, the French Consul, with View of the Acropolis, which is one of the key works in the Smart Museum's special exhibition Classicisms. Space is very limited. Advance registration is requested at eventbrite.com/e/gallery-talk-larry-norman-registration-31462575410. This event is open to the public. If you have not registered, admission is on a first-come, first-served basis.

This annual lecture honors the life and work of Robert H. Kirschner, noted forensic pathologist and a founder of the University of Chicago Pozen Family Center for Human Rights. David Cole is the national legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union and a professor of constitutional law at Georgetown University. Cole has litigated issues related to the use of secret evidence, flag burning as protected political speech, and immigrants’ free speech rights. He has also challenged the constitutionality of making it a crime to advocate for peace and human rights under the statute prohibiting “material support” to terrorist groups. This event is presented by the Pozen Family Center for Human Rights and is cosponsored by the Institute of Politics and the International House Global Voices Program. Reception to follow.

Join the Alumni Law Society and UChicago Law School professors Geoffrey Stone, JD’71; David Strauss; and Aziz Huq, three of the nation’s leading constitutional and Supreme Court scholars, for a panel discussion on the ramifications of and the inside-the-beltway dealings behind the Merrick Garland/Neil Gorsuch episode along with the major issues facing the Supreme Court today, including partisan gerrymandering. Advance registration is requested at http://www.uchicagolawsociety.org/article.html?aid=320. If you have not registered, admission is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Alumni and their friends and families are invited to stop by anytime between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. to enjoy wine, cheese, and a tour of our beautiful Hillel. Share your memories of Jewish life on campus and meet staff and student leaders of UChicago Hillel. If you are interested in joining the community for Shabbat, please contact us at hillel@uchicago.edu or 773.752.1127.

Enjoy a guided tour of the Smart Museum’s wide-ranging collection, including modern masterpieces, millennia-old Chinese ritual objects, rich examples of European painting, and provocative works of contemporary art.

Stephen Raudenbush, Lewis-Sebring Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Sociology, the College, and Harris Public Policy; Chair, Committee on Education
Lisa Rosen, Executive Director, UChicago Science of Learning Center; Research Program Director, Successful Pathways from School to Work
Following the recent release of their book written with Elizabeth McGhee Hassrick, AM’05, PhD’07, Stephen Raudenbush and Lisa Rosen discuss what can happen when schools are reenvisioned from the ground up. Is it possible to design elementary education so that each student receives tailored instruction? Can we eliminate educational inequality? Drawing from an in-depth study of real schools, the authors propose a revolutionary, effective, and very possible approach to elementary education that stands to transform how our students learn and ultimately succeed.

Join David Axelrod, AB’76, founder and director of the UChicago Institute of Politics, and Arkansas senator Thomas Bryan Cotton for an in-depth look at our most pressing current issues.

Elaine Allensworth, Lewis-Sebring Director, UChicago Consortium on School Research
Dayna Dion, AM’15, Senior Director of National and Global Engagement, Urban Education Institute
Tanika Island, Interim CEO, UChicago Charter School
Sara Ray Stoelinga, AB’95, AM’01, PhD’04, Sara Liston Spurlark Director, Urban Education Institute Alex Seeskin, Chief Strategy Officer, Urban Education Institute
The University of Chicago Urban Education Institute is striving for equity and excellence in urban education, using research-based and practice-proven techniques to close the gaps faced across the field. These gaps include the knowledge gap between common beliefs about what works to improve education outcomes and deep insight into what matters most for school improvement and student success; the belief gap between pervasive stereotypes about what urban youth are capable of achieving and what we know they actually can achieve; the attainment gap between students’ college aspirations and college attainment; and the preparation gap between practitioners’ passion for education and the preparation and support they receive to succeed in urban schools. Through a panel of speakers and graphic recording techniques, learn how UEI is working to close the gaps between what urban education is, and what urban education can be. Enjoy light snacks and refreshments after the program.

Enjoy a tour of the Campus North Residential Commons. The new facility has eight houses of approximately 100 first- through fourth-year students and features on-site retail, two large classrooms, and the Frank and Laura Baker Dining Commons. Designed by the renowned Chicago architectural firm Studio Gang, the facility creates vibrant student communities within the residence halls, active public green spaces and environments, and a connection between the University and the surrounding neighborhoods. Tours are 30 minutes and leave on demand. Capacity is limited; admission is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Relax and enjoy a spring afternoon with friends and family—and a cold drink—at the Baderbräu Beer Garden, featuring an assortment of local brews and enticing fare. The Alumni Association thanks Baderbräu founder and principal Robert Sama, AB’93, for his generous sponsorship of the Baderbräu Beer Garden.

Join us for an information session about University admissions and a walking tour of campus. Space is limited; sign up to attend this session at collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/visiting/tours/individuals.

Micere Keels, Associate Professor, Department of Comparative Human Development
Thomas Heberlein, AB’67, Professor Emeritus, Department of Community and Environmental Sociology and Gaylord Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin–Madison
In the 1960s UChicago began to recruit talented students from rural schools through the Small School Talent Search. SSTS alumnus Thomas Heberlein has explored this effort at social change through interviews with former administrators and SSTS students to shed light on the program’s origins and recruitment and students’ campus experiences. These historical lessons are relevant today with the realization that the costs of college extend far beyond financial costs to include psychological costs in the form of stress, depression, and anxiety. In today’s universities, these psychological costs are greatest for students who do not see themselves reflected in the larger student body and faculty, are less integrated into campus life, and experience a cultural gap between their precollege and college contexts. Understanding social identity challenges to college success is of increasing importance. Micere Keels will discuss identity-neutral versus identity-conscious frameworks for student programming, and the extent to which equity is achieved by recognizing rather than ignoring social identity differences.

The UChicago Office of Civic Engagement's University Community Service Center is excited to host a networking reception for alumni who are working to address—or who are curious about meeting fellow alumni who are engaged in—social issues in the nonprofit, government, and private sectors. Professionals from corporate social responsibility and diversity teams, environmental scientists, academics, nonprofit leaders, politicians, civic leaders, and leaders interested in meeting their next collaborator or adviser should consider this opportunity. Come mix and mingle with other social change agents and creative problem solvers. The first 100 alumni in attendance will receive a free “Rigorous and Critical Empathy” T-shirt.

Take the famous tour of the Rockefeller tower with University carillonneur Joey Brink—271 steps all the way to the top—and enjoy the half-hour recital, which is broadcast into the chapel by live audio/video feed (unless other events are occurring in the chapel). Limited to 20 guests. Please gather at the front desk; tours are on a first-come, first-served basis.

Kevin Coval’s A People's History of Chicago, written in the tradition of Howard Zinn, celebrates the history of this great American city from the perspective of those on the margins, whose stories often go untold. These 77 poems (for the city’s 77 neighborhoods) honor the everyday lives and enduring resistance of the city’s workers, poor people, and people of color, whose cultural and political revolutions continue to shape the social landscape. Joining him in conversation is retired University of Illinois at Chicago professor Bill Ayers.

This event requires the purchase of a separate ticket and is not included in the Alumni Weekend Pass.
Join your classmates to celebrate your reunion. The evening will include a cocktail reception and dinner, featuring a special appearance by College dean John W. Boyer, AM’69, PhD’75. A class photo will be taken. Complimentary valet parking will be provided. Don’t miss the after-party in the Quad Club lounge from 9:30 p.m. to midnight.

This event requires the purchase of a separate ticket and is not included in the Alumni Weekend Pass.
Join your classmates to celebrate your reunion. The evening will include a reception and buffet, featuring a special appearance by College dean John W. Boyer, AM’69, PhD’75. A class photo will be taken. Complimentary valet parking will be provided. Don’t miss the after-party in the Quad Club lounge from 9:30 p.m. to midnight.

This event requires the purchase of a separate ticket and is not included in the Alumni Weekend Pass.
Join your classmates to celebrate your reunion. The evening will include a reception and dinner, featuring a special appearance by College dean John W. Boyer, AM’69, PhD’75. A class photo will be taken. Don’t miss the after-party in the Quad Club lounge from 9:30 p.m. to midnight.

Varsity swimming and diving alumni, friends, and families are welcome to compete in this year’s alumni meet. Enjoy the thrill of competition again and reconnect with teammates. To participate, please contact Jason Weber at jrweber@uchicago.edu. Following the meet, join your fellow alumni at the Alumni and Friends Festival on the Main Quad.

Join author and 57th Street Books’ children’s manager Franny Billingsley, LAB’71, at story time! Fun for children of all ages, but especially those 0–6.

John W. Boyer, AM’69, PhD’75, Dean of the College and Martin A. Ryerson Distinguished Service Professor of History
It is often said that we live in a global era of higher education, in which American universities are enjoying a kind of golden age. But our own time was preceded by an equally dynamic and interconnected era in higher education between 1880 and 1914. During this “heroic age” John Boyer shows how University leaders in Germany, Austria, and the United States navigated an environment full of paradox, characterized by new opportunities and ambitions, but also by rapidly changing demands from the societies in which they were situated. In all three cases, external transformations challenged the self-understanding of universities, creating aspirations and dilemmas that are deeply instructive for American universities today.

Join us for an information session about University admissions and a walking tour of campus. Space is limited; sign up to attend this session at collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/visiting/tours/individuals.

The arts are thriving across campus like never before, and the Logan Center for the Arts is at the center of it all. Enjoy a behind-the-scenes tour of this incredible facility and get a view of campus like you've never seen before.

Drop by UChicago’s art museum and dig into stories from the ancient world, like Homer’s Odyssey and the myth of Daphne and Apollo. Design a giant cardboard boat, build Greek and Roman “ruins,” and create costumes, helmets, and armor inspired by your favorite myths and art on view in the Smart Museum’s special exhibition Classicisms. All materials provided. Activities best for children ages 4–12, accompanied by an adult.

Join the LGBT Alumni Network and the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality for a discussion with Subhi Nahas—a Syrian refugee and LGBT human rights activist who has addressed the United Nations Security Council—and prominent UChicago scholars and professionals who have made significant contributions toward furthering LGBT human rights.

This Special Collections Research Center exhibition charts the tensions of Renaissance capitals from Venice to Mexico City as they looked eastward, westward, backward toward antiquity, or upward to the celestial geographies offered by magic, science, and theology. See highlights from the Library’s rare book and manuscript collections and the Smart Museum of Art and meet the curators—Ada Palmer, assistant professor in the Department of History and the College; PhD student Hilary Barker, AM’06; and Margo Weitzman, AM’15.

Join classmates from the Class of 1972 to discuss and consider stories of political and social engagement from your days at the College—both zany and serious—and how you’ve continued to make a difference in the world today. You’ll also hear from Susan Gzesh, AB’72, and students in her Human Rights Program at the College.

Enjoy light refreshments and conversation with Library director and University librarian Brenda L. Johnson. Explore the online archives for photos from your years at UChicago, learn about the Library's emerging work in geographic information systems, discover the digital repository Knowledge@UChicago, and learn about Library resources for alumni.

Adom Getachew, Neubauer Family Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and the College
Kristin Maschka, AB’91, AM’93, Author, Activist, Speaker, and Consultant
Em Hall, AB’01, Marketing and Communications Consultant
Join the Chicago Women’s Alliance for a panel and discussion of what it means to be (or not to be) a feminist in 2017. The conversation will provide a historical perspective on feminism and the implications of modern feminism on education and politics.

Julie Schumacher, author of the best-selling novel Dear Committee Members, discusses her recent book, Doodling for Academics: A Coloring and Activity Book, which traces the arc of a typical day on campus through 40 pages of original illustrations and activities—from coloring to paper dolls to mad libs. Schumacher, professor of English and director of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Minnesota, provides a bitingly funny distraction designed to help you survive life in higher education without losing your mind.

Join College dean John W. Boyer, AM’69, PhD’75, and Georgetown University professor John R. McNeill, LAB’71, for a memorial lecture honoring William H. McNeill, LAB’34, AB’38, AM’39, a pioneer in the field of world history. William H. McNeill was a teacher and scholar at the University for four decades. The Robert A. Millikan Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in History, he was the author of more than 20 books, from the sweeping history of human disease, Plagues and Peoples, to a memoir of the University during the presidency of Robert Maynard Hutchins. John McNeill will provide a personal perspective on his late father’s career, character, and commitments.

Duel Richardson, AB’67, Emeritus Director, Neighborhood Schools Program, Office of Civic Engagement
Shaz Rasul, AB’97, SM’08, Director of Community Programs, Neighborhood Schools Program, Office of Civic Engagement
A reception and brief panel discussion will spotlight the Neighborhood Schools Program (NSP) at the University of Chicago and the alumni and community partners that have participated over the years. The panel will look at what has happened over NSP’s 40-year history, what challenges face schools in the area today, and what the future holds for the program.

Admission to this event is not included in the Alumni Weekend Pass. If you did not purchase a ticket when you registered online, a limited number of tickets will be available for purchase in the Registration Tent until 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 3, or at the door.
Travel back in time to find your favorite decade. Channel your inner flapper or experience Beatlemania for the first—or second—time. Prefer to try out your Tony Manero–inspired moves or perhaps let your hair down to an ’80s power ballad? The UChicaGO Party has you covered for that as well. Join us for a trip through time and enjoy generations of American pop culture, iconic figures, food, beverages, music, and more. Cocktail attire requested; vintage or decade-inspired attire strongly encouraged!

The University Community Service Center of UChicago’s Office of Civic Engagement, in partnership with the Jackson Park Advisory Council (JPAC), is excited to offer this inaugural service activity for alumni-volunteers to clean and green the south end of the Wooded Island—an area adjacent to the Miss Columbia “Golden Lady” statue in Jackson Park (the future community site of the Obama Presidential Center). The JPAC president will give volunteers a history of the Wooded Island, the Garden of the Phoenix, the Yoko Ono sculpture, and the role of University students in the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893. Transportation is provided; the shuttle will load at 11 a.m. in front of the Reynolds Club.

Xavier Ramey, Senior Assistant Director for Social Innovation and Philanthropy, University Community Service Center
Toni Preckwinkle, AB’69, MAT’77, President, Cook County Board
Kim Foxx, Cook County State’s Attorney
Join the University of Chicago Association of Black Alumni for a conversation on the first 100+ days into the Trump administration and the evolving expectations of Black elected officials.