University of Chicago

Location: Chicago, IL 60637

Website: http://www.uchicago.edu

Speech Code Rating

University of Chicago has been given a speech code rating of Yellow. You may read more about this institution's speech codes at this page.

FIRE Cases at University of Chicago

• Mohammed Cartoon Controversy: FIRE Response to Intimidation and Newspaper Disputes
• University of Chicago: Facebook Photo Album Censored for "Disrespect"
• University of Chicago: Censorship of Student's Online Speech by University Police
• University of Chicago: Unequal Treatment of Student Group

Recent Media Coverage of University of Chicago

• Free Speech: Just a Recent Fad?, The Huffington Post, October 8, 2012
• We Are All Blasphemers: A Response to Eric Posner, The Huffington Post, September 26, 2012
• Why Eric Posner is wrong about free speech, The Daily Caller, September 26, 2012
• University Of Chicago Censors Student’s Post On Facebook, The Bulletin, March 26, 2010
• U. of Chicago Student Questions University's Reaction to Facebook Post, The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 25, 2010
• Civil liberties group says free speech not safe at U of C, Chicago Maroon, May 12, 2009
• Group says U of C 'censored' student's Facebook album, Chi Town Daily News, May 6, 2009
• Objectivists host panel on Danish cartoons, Chicago Maroon, November 30, 2006
• When Speech Becomes a Crime, San Francisco Chronicle, June 28, 2006
• Speech on Campus After 9/11: Less Free than It Used to Be?, FindLaw Legal News and Commentary, May 25, 2006

Posts to The Torch About University of Chicago

• University of Chicago Student Makes Clear the Threats to Student Rights Presented by OCR, Bias Incident Policies, May 8, 2012
• ‘Free Speech Week’ Celebrated on Campuses Nationwide, April 13, 2012
• FIRE Speaker at University of Chicago Tonight, April 2, 2012
• 'Chicago Maroon' Reports on University of Chicago Speech Codes, January 21, 2011
• Adam Kissel to Speak About Academic Freedom at University of Chicago Law School, May 6, 2010
• Is Nothing Sacred? Comedy Central Joins Many Universities in Caving to Threats of Violence for Depictions of Mohammed, April 23, 2010
• Which One Is a Real Threat?, March 26, 2010
• Is This How You Would Treat a 'Death Threat'?, March 24, 2010
• Facebook/Twitter Joke about ‘Israel Lobby’ Author’s Assassination Leads to Police Investigation at University of Chicago, March 24, 2010
• Rights in the News: A FIRE-Fight Over Facebook, May 15, 2009
• University of Chicago ‘Maroon’ Newspaper on FIRE and Free Speech, May 14, 2009
• University of Chicago Censors Student’s Facebook Photo Album, May 5, 2009