Graham School News

MScA students were recognized for entrepreneurial projects in human resource analytics and a hybrid recommendation engine for planning trips.

In this illuminating conversation, learn insights into writing process, revision, and the benefits of writing community as University of Chicago Writer’s Studio instructor Lauren Cowen interviews 2018 Writer’s Studio Student Prize winner Nadine Kenney Johnstone.

When Leslie Keros was invited by the Professional Development Certificates in 2012 to be the instructor for Editing Electronically, a core course in the Editing certificate being offered this autumn, she jumped at the opportunity, knowing it would give her the chance to dive in and explore the intricacies of Microsoft Word the way she had long been intending to.

Kicking off its 71st season with the University of Chicago Graham School, Know Your Chicago held its annual Symposium on September 4 at Ida Noyes Hall, where distinguished speakers had the chance to address central issues at the heart of the season’s upcoming Tours. 

For the first time this autumn, the Clinical Trials Management and Regulatory Compliance certificate will offer an online class on project management specifically tailored to the pharmaceutical industry. Read more ›

Ideal for professionals who work in marketing or on its periphery—or for someone looking to gain credibility as a marketer within an organization—the Successful Marketing: Basics to New Directions course is an excellent way to go deeper into marketing fundamentals while learning how to attack marketing challenges with a more foundational and systematic methodology.

Analytics students in Advanced Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence class write a decision-making function to compete for a Pac-Man high score. Hear how Anna Bladey embraced the challenge and won her classes' competition.

After ten years working in the insurance business, Valary Lewis, who recently completed the Conscious Leadership and Team Management certificate, had worked her way up to a vice president position. Valary advanced because of the skill and passion she had shown throughout her career, but she now found herself in a new leadership role where she was responsible for organizing and motivating a team.

On August 6, the Master of Science in Biomedical Informatics program hosted its first New Student Day where newly accepted students had the opportunity to learn more about the program by networking with current students, observing an alumni panel, and sitting in on a biomedical informatics course.

Last month, the Master of Science in Analytics program was ranked by Analytics Insight magazine as one of the ‘The 10 Prominent Analytics and Data Science Institutes in 2019’. Read more about why the magazine recognized the program here.