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The dalai lama attended by two monks. Ahead of his birthday this week, the Dalai Lama has implored his followers to not accept a successor chosen by China. AP

Faculty | News

Prof. Christian Wedemeyer on the Dalai Lama for 'The New York Post'

“The Dalai Lama is setting up, and he’s making as much noise as he can to say that the Chinese have no business having anything to do with this,” Christian Wedemeyer, associate professor of the history of religion told The New York Post for a story e...

July 1, 2025
 A human embryo under a microscope. Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images

News | Faculty

Prof. Laurie Zoloth on 'Superbabies' for Bloomberg

Prof. Laurie Zoloth was called upon as an expert source for a recent Bloomberg article, 'Superbabies' Startup Seeks Funds for Controversial Gene Editing Push."Experts would be especially concerned if the efforts are conducted in private laboratories ...

June 27, 2025
Tall man and shorter woman stand next to each other, both wearing maroon graduation regalia. Woman holds an award certificate.

Students | News

2024-2025 Academic Year Awards and Prizes

The Divinity of School awards and prizes are presented on an annual, cyclical, and ad hoc basis, depending on the nature of the honor.  Below is a list of prizes and awards presented in the 2024-2025 academic year, inclusive of University-wide awards...

June 13, 2025
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News | Martin Marty Center

Grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to support provenance research and major symposium at the Smart Museum of Art in partnership with the Marty Center

The four-year initiative will support “Afterlives: Engaging Objects of Religious Origin in Museum Collections” in partnership with the University of Chicago Divinity School CHICAGO, IL —The University of Chicago has received a $2.45 million grant fro...

June 13, 2025
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News | Faculty

Prof. Richard Rosengarten Delivers 2025 Convocation Speech entitled "Princely Radicals and Radical Princes, or, Life Post-Divinity School"

Richard A. Rosengarten, Associate Professor of Religion and Literature, delivered the Convocation address at the Divinity School ceremony held on Friday, June 6, 2025, in Rockefeller Chapel. Below is a transcript of the address, edited for readabilit...

June 12, 2025
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News | Faculty

Prof. López-Ruiz on Phoenician's Purple Dye for History.com

In a piece for History.com on a purple dye that Phoenicians were renowned for, Prof. Carolina López-Ruiz provided context about the way it was traded:“University of Chicago historian Carolina López-Ruiz, the author of Phoenicians and the Making of th...

June 12, 2025
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Students | News

Walton Yan, AB'25, Religious Studies Major, Featured in UChicago News

UChicago News recently published their annual piece featuring upcoming graduates, "Class of 2025 reflects on the many roads to Convocation." This year's round-up featured Walton Yan, a triple major in Religious Studies, Germanic Studies, and Art Hist...

June 4, 2025
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News | Faculty

Fr. David Tracy remembered as theologian who wanted the church to speak to the world

Catherine Odell wrote an obituary memorializing Prof. David Tracy for The National Catholic Reporter quoting the University of Chicago obituary and Prof. Ryan Coyne: "'Ryan Coyne, associate professor of philosophy of religions and theology at the Div...

May 31, 2025
three dimensional picture of genes with red and orange nodes.

News | Faculty News & Spotlight

Prof. Zoloth Member of Conference Calling For Moratorium on Human Genome Editing

Laurie Zoloth, Margaret E. Burton Professor of Religion and Ethics, was among leaders from scientific, biotech, patient, religious, bioethics, and policy communities that convened in Washington, DC, in March, to reaffirm the urgent need for responsib...

May 27, 2025
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Divinity in the News | News | Faculty

Professor Doostdar on Divine Encounters with AI for Rolling Stone

Alireza Doostdar, Associate Professor of Islamic Studies and the Anthropology of Religions, spoke to Rolling Stone magazine for their story "People Are Finding Spiritual Fulfillment in AI. Religious Scholars Have Thoughts," by Miles Klee. "That said,...

May 25, 2025
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