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Hyde Park Produce’s business certificate of registration has expired, according to an Illinois Department of Revenue notice posted on the front window. HPP was open last night, and it is unclear when the certificate expired or when the store may reopen.

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The University’s budget deficit shrank by 44 percent, from $288 to $160 million, in 2025. “That’s probably our biggest singular reduction in any year ever” outside of the COVID era, CFO Ivan Samstein told the Maroon.
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University of Chicago Trustee Thomas Pritzker (M.B.A. ’76, J.D. ’76) shared a close personal relationship with notorious financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein until at least February 2019, new House Oversight Committee documents show.
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College Council voted 6–1, with five abstentions, not to allow Nevin Hall to take office as CC representative. Hall was elected to fill a vacant seat earlier this month, but USG officials said he was ineligible for the position due to his impeachment last year. Story to come.

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The Maroon is working to document sightings of federal immigration enforcement in the Hyde Park-Kenwood-Woodlawn area. Submit a tip here: https://t.co/jUvtJwfFOp

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Per the OIA email, the student was carrying their immigration documents and was released after providing them to the agents. Story to come.

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A UChicago international student was briefly detained by federal agents yesterday at East 55th Street and South University Avenue, according to an email from the University’s Office of International Affairs (OIA). ->

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The Maroon has confirmed that Comparative Human Development professor Eman Abdelhadi was arrested by Illinois State Police earlier today during a protest outside of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview.

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The University of Chicago announced plans Thursday to reduce spending by $100 million through reductions and pauses in hiring, graduate admissions, and capital projects, citing the “ongoing uncertainty in the federal landscape” and its $221 million budget deficit.

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Seven departments in the Division of the Arts & Humanities, including art history and East Asian languages and civilizations, will accept smaller Ph.D. cohorts in academic year 2026–27, according to an email from Division Dean Deborah Nelson obtained by the Maroon.

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Two CPD mobile command centers are present in the vicinity of the apartment building, and several officers in tactical gear were observed on S. Woodlawn Ave and S. Kimbark Ave.

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The Chicago Police Department has closed the 5100–300 blocks of S. Woodlawn Ave to all traffic after reports that a woman with a gun had barricaded herself inside of an apartment and was talking about hurting herself or others.

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SWAT officers were present as of at least 8:36 p.m., and the Maroon observed at least one armored police vehicle outside of the building at 9 p.m. This is a developing story.

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The Division of the Arts & Humanities is considering consolidating its 15 departments into eight, reducing language instruction, and establishing minimum class and program sizes, citing new federal policies and shifts in the “underlying financial models” for higher education.

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UChicago is facing a query from the US Department of Justice for its admissions practices and international students. In a statement to investors, the University said the probe may "have a material adverse effect" on its financial profile and operating performance. Story to come.

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UCMed announced today it is discontinuing all gender-affirming pediatric care, following a January executive order from President Trump that would withhold funding from medical centers that offer it. Story to come. https://t.co/IDZt7iwBXQ

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Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was chosen as the new Pontiff, taking the name Leo XIV. He earned his Master of Divinity degree from the Catholic Theological Union based in Hyde Park.

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A UChicago spokesperson confirmed to the Maroon that three current students and four recent graduates have had their F-1 student visas revoked by the federal government. The University has offered to connect the individuals with immigration attorneys. Story to come.

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Though he lacks the power to do so unilaterally, President Trump moved Thursday to “dismantle” the Department of Education, which determines or provides financial assistance for many UChicago students. https://t.co/GkFY3Io0mV

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Trump signed an executive order today directing Secretary of the Department of Education Linda McMahon to eliminate the agency—which provides or determines financial assistance for many UChicago students—“to the maximum extent appropriate and permitted by law.” Story to come.