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David Tracy: A Reflection
A few years ago, David and I were having one of our customary lunches at the Piccolo Mondo Restaurant in Hyde Park, two old men reminiscing about our years together, when David looked at me and unexpectedly said,” Bernie, will you give the eulogy at ...
May 9, 2025
Prof. Erin Galgay Walsh for Newsweek on Financial Headwinds Facing New Pope
Erin Galgay Walsh, Assistant Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Literature, was cited in a Newsweek story about the financial headwinds facing the new Pope entitled "Pope Leo XIV Faces Financial Headache as New Catholic Church Leader.""Th...
May 9, 2025
Dean James T. Robinson in Vanity Fair on the New Pope's South Side Chicago Roots
Dean James T. Robinson was quoted in a Vanity Fair piece entitled "Even Cubs Fans Are Excited About Da Pope, a Sox Fan and Chicago’s Hometown Hero.""Those Chicago roots could give Prevost a 'unique perspective,' said James Robinson, dean of the Unive...
May 9, 2025
Prof. Erin Galgay Walsh on CBS News Giving Perspective on New Pope
CBS News Chicago interviewed Erin Galgay Walsh, Assistant Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Literature, to gain a theological perspective on the election of the new Pope Leo XIV. Watch the clip below: ...
May 8, 2025
Prof. Erin Galgay Walsh for the Independent on Pope Leo, XIV
The Independent published a piece entitled "The Pope with a ‘twinkle in his eye’: Former protégé describes the American set to lead the Catholic Church," citing Erin Galgay Walsh, Assistant Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Literature. "...
May 8, 2025
Alumna Prof. Anna Peterson Publishes Op-Ed in the New York Times
Anna Peterson, AM'87, PhD'91, Professor of Religion at the University of Florida, wrote an Op-Ed for the New York Times entitled "Did One of My Students Hate Me Enough to Lie to Get Me in Trouble?"Peterson writes: "Far worse than the fear of investig...
May 7, 2025
“A Little Education Goes a Long Way”: Emilie Townes in Conversation
The bluster of early May in Hyde Park didn’t dim the joy Rev. Dr. Emilie Townes, AB’77, AM’79, DMN’82, felt upon returning to Chicago to receive a 2025 University of Chicago Alumni Award for Professional Achievement.“Here, I learned the value of bein...
May 6, 2025
David Tracy, Influential Theologian and Beloved University of Chicago Professor, 1939–2025
David Tracy, a pioneering Roman Catholic theologian and longtime University of Chicago Divinity School professor, died April 29, 2025, at 86. Widely regarded as one of the most important theological voices of the late twentieth century, Tracy’s work ...
May 6, 2025
Alumna Lea Schweitz Shares a Playful Approach to End of Life Planning
A feature story from Religion News Service sheds light on Lea Schweitz, AM'00, PhD'08 and her Substack, Playdates with Death, an online, end-of-life planning community.Schweitz began this work, which has expanded into a monthly digital support group ...
May 6, 2025
PhD Candidate Christopher Poore Published in The Living Church
PhD Candidate, Rev. Christopher Poore's piece "Not My Pope," a personal story about his encounters with the late Pope Francis while studying abroad in Buenos Aires, was published in The Living Church.Poore writes: "The man celebrating the Mass—no one...
April 30, 2025