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Otten receives named professorship
Willemien Otten has been named the Dorothy Grant Maclear Professor in the Divinity School and the College. She was one of twenty-one University of Chicago faculty members who received distinguished service professorships or named professorships this ...
July 2, 2021
Brie Loskota Named Executive Director of the Martin Marty Center
The Divinity School is pleased to announce the appointment of Brie Loskota as the Executive Director of the Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion. Ms. Loskota, who is currently the Executive Director of the Center for Religion ...
June 21, 2021
Dan Arnold Recognized for Excellence in Teaching
The classroom has long been the foundation of a transformative University of Chicago education. This past year, however, students have found inspiration even without traditional classroom settings—guided by faculty who have navigated unusual circumst...
May 25, 2021
2021 Diploma and Hooding Ceremony
2021 Divinity School Diploma and Hooding Ceremony Thursday, June 10, 2021 2:00 p.m. - 4:00p.m. Amos Alonzo Stagg Field Corner of 56th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue Congratulations to all of our graduates. The link to the recording of the J...
May 20, 2021
Joseph Edelheit Named 2021 Alumnus of the Year
Upon recommendation from the Divinity School’s Alumni Council, the Board of Trustees of the Baptist Theological Union has named Joseph A. Edelheit, DMin 2001, the Divinity School Alumnus of the Year for 2021. Professor Emeritus of Religious and Je...
March 30, 2021
Haggadot Collection Gift
UChicago Library to preserve ‘unique portrait’ of Jewish history in Passover Haggadot collection with gift from Divinity grad student Steven Durschlag, AM'14. ...
March 26, 2021
Anthony C. Yu Junior Faculty Fellowship
The Divinity School is pleased to announce the second Anthony C. Yu Junior Faculty Fellowship recipient, Assistant Professor Erin Galgay Walsh. The Fellowship was established through a gift from Barbara Kirchick Urbut, AM’75, and Michael Urbut, MB...
March 23, 2021
Craft of Teaching Program to Expand
The University of Chicago Divinity School is pleased to announce a generous bequest from the estate of the late John C. Colman that will enable a significant expansion of the Craft of Teaching in the Academic Study of Religion program, the School’s p...
March 9, 2021
David Nirenberg appointed dean of the Divinity School
David Nirenberg, who has served as interim dean of the University of Chicago Divinity School since 2018, has been appointed dean, President Robert J. Zimmer and Provost Ka Yee C. Lee announced. The new term begins July 1, 2022. Nirenberg’s interim...