by asamawi | Jun 15, 2023 | Resources for International Community, UChicagoGRAD
You may remember a few months ago, we featured a post titled Finding Resources as an International Student.
Today’s blog post will highlight resources for International Postdocs. This blog post was written by Amy Rapp, Assistant Director, Graduate Career Development (amyrapp@uchicago.edu).
by asamawi | Feb 2, 2023 | American Culture, Pedagogy
Have you ever heard someone with a relaxed personality described as ‘cool as a cucumber’? Or heard the command ‘hold your horses’ when someone is trying to rush into something? When it comes to idioms, we find ourselves using words or phrases without realizing how it...
by asamawi | Oct 27, 2022 | Resources for International Community, UChicagoGRAD
As an international student at The University of Chicago, it can be challenging to find the exact place to go for any given service. In this blog post, we will highlight many of the services offered for various needs and give you scenarios in which you’d seek out some...
by asamawi | Jun 28, 2022 | American Culture, Excursions, Reading Group
After we completed the extremely challenging novel, we decided it would be nice to take a walk around the area to see the apartments where Algren lived while writing the novel and in the years after and to see if we could find any evidence of the community that he described seventy years ago. The language in the novel is difficult and the story line is often depressing, so the weather we had for our walk seemed to be a perfect match.
by asamawi | Apr 4, 2022 | Board Game Group, Conversation Hour
The ELI was pleasantly surprised when a welcomed visitor dropped by our Board Game Group at the end of Autumn Quarter.