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The Aims of Education: A UChicago Orientation Week Tradition

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The Aims of Education Address is a celebrated University of Chicago tradition where a faculty member addresses the entering College class on the unique aims of liberal arts education at #UChicago.

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Yaa BithaNov 11, 2025

The Aims of Education Address is a celebrated tradition where a faculty member addresses the entering class on the unique aims of a liberal arts education at the University. John W. Boyer, Dean of the College, will introduce Associate Professor Agnes Callard, Director of Undergraduate Students as the Aims of Education Speaker. Learn more about the 2022 Aims of Education address: ➡ Subscribe: About #UChicago: Since its founding in 1890, the University of Chicago has been a destination for rigorous inquiry and field-defining research. This transformative academic experience empowers students and scholars to challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of original ideas. #UChicago on the Web: Home: News: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: University of Chicago on YouTube: /uchicago *** ACCESSIBILITY: If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please email digicomm@uchicago.edu.

Sùžanne.MomoNov 11, 2025

Martha T. Roth, Dean, Division of the Humanities and the Chauncey S. Boucher Distinguished Service Professor of Assyriology, presents her lecture "The Aims of Education: The First Four Thousand Years (2000 BC--AD 2000)." This is the 50th anniversary of UChicago's Aims of Education Address, which began in 1961 to encourage students to reflect on the purpose and definition of education as they embark upon their collegiate years. Every year, a UChicago faculty member is invited to address students in the College regarding their view on the aims of a liberal education. In 1962, the Aims of Education Address was added to Orientation Week and officially became a tradition for incoming students. Find transcripts of previous Aims of Education Addresses here: ➡ Subscribe: About #UChicago: Since its founding in 1890, the University of Chicago has been a destination for rigorous inquiry and field-defining research.This transformative academic experience empowers students and scholarsto challenge

XandykamelNov 11, 2025

John W. Boyer, Dean of the College, will introduce the speaker, Thomas F. Rosenbaum, Provost of the University and the John T. Wilson Distinguished Service Professor in Physics. The Aims of Education Address is a celebrated tradition in which a faculty member addresses the entering class on the unique aims of liberal education at the University. A bookend to this address is the Remains of Education Address that takes place during Senior Week, for which the graduating class will select a faculty member to speak about what they have gained from their education, and what they can take with them as they enter the "real" world. ➡ Subscribe: About #UChicago: Since its founding in 1890, the University of Chicago has been a destination for rigorous inquiry and field-defining research.This transformative academic experience empowers students and scholarsto challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of original ideas. #UChicago on the Web: Home: News: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: University of

Maki NthetheNov 11, 2025

Every year since 1961, a University of Chicago faculty member has been invited to address students in the College regarding his or her view on the aims of a liberal education. In 1962, the Aims of Education Address was added to Orientation Week and officially became a tradition for incoming students. The address encourages students to reflect on the purpose and definition of education as they embark upon their collegiate years. The 2014 address was given by Hugo F. Sonnenschein, President Emeritus and the Adam Smith Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Economics and the College. ➡ Subscribe: About #UChicago: Since its founding in 1890, the University of Chicago has been a destination for rigorous inquiry and field-defining research.This transformative academic experience empowers students and scholarsto challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of original ideas. #UChicago on the Web: Home: News: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: University of Chicago on YouTube: /uchicago

Binta2rayNov 11, 2025

Every year since 1961, a University of Chicago faculty member has been invited to address students in the College regarding his or her view on the aims of a liberal education. In 1962, the Aims of Education Address was added to Orientation Week and officially became a tradition for incoming students. The address encourages students to reflect on the purpose and definition of education as they embark upon their collegiate years. The 2015 address is given by John Levi Martin, the Florence Borchert Bartling Professor in the Department of Sociology and the College. ➡ Subscribe: About #UChicago: Since its founding in 1890, the University of Chicago has been a destination for rigorous inquiry and field-defining research.This transformative academic experience empowers students and scholarsto challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of original ideas. #UChicago on the Web: Home: News: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: University of Chicago on YouTube: /uchicago *** ACCESSIBILITY: If you experie

Abu Sufiyan VasaNov 11, 2025

Every year since 1961, a University of Chicago faculty member has been invited to address students in the College regarding his or her view on the aims of a liberal education. In 1962, the Aims of Education Address was added to Orientation Week and officially became a tradition for incoming students. The address encourages students to reflect on the purpose and definition of education as they embark upon their collegiate years. The 2016 address is given by Geoffrey R. Stone, the Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor of Law. ➡ Subscribe: About #UChicago: Since its founding in 1890, the University of Chicago has been a destination for rigorous inquiry and field-defining research.This transformative academic experience empowers students and scholarsto challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of original ideas. #UChicago on the Web: Home: News: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: University of Chicago on YouTube: /uchicago *** ACCESSIBILITY: If you experience any technical difficultie

Britany🦄👘Nov 11, 2025

Robert Rosner, the William E. Wrather Distinguished Service Professor in Astronomy, Astrophysics and Physics, discusses the scientific milestone of the first nuclear chain reaction and its complex legacy in UChicago’s annual Aims of Education Address. ➡ Subscribe: About #UChicago: Since its founding in 1890, the University of Chicago has been a destination for rigorous inquiry and field-defining research.This transformative academic experience empowers students and scholarsto challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of original ideas. #UChicago on the Web: Home: News: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: University of Chicago on YouTube: /uchicago *** ACCESSIBILITY: If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please email digicomm@uchicago.edu.

FiveNov 11, 2025

Gabriel Richardson Lear, Professor of Philosophy, talks about wonder as the critical first step of education and how it helps students understand the world and themselves. The Aims of Education Address is a celebrated tradition where a faculty member addresses the entering class on the unique aims of liberal arts education at the University. ➡ Subscribe: About #UChicago: Since its founding in 1890, the University of Chicago has been a destination for rigorous inquiry and field-defining research.This transformative academic experience empowers students and scholarsto challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of original ideas. #UChicago on the Web: Home: News: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: University of Chicago on YouTube: /uchicago *** ACCESSIBILITY: If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please email digicomm@uchicago.edu.

Khadijah❤️Nov 11, 2025

Incoming UChicago students in the College gathers in Rockefeller Memorial Chapel on Sept. 26 for the annual Aims of Education address, a celebrated UChicago tradition in which a distinguished faculty member speaks about the meaning and value of liberal education at the University. This year, the Class of 2023 and transfer students will hear from Prof. Deborah Gorman-Smith, the Emily Klein Gidwitz Professor and dean of the School of Social Service Administration. In her address, Gorman-Smith discusses the importance of challenging conventional wisdom. Deborah Gorman-Smith Dean and Emily Klein Gidwitz Professor of the School of Social Service Administration addresses the Class of 2023 and incoming transfer students. ➡ Subscribe: About #UChicago: Since its founding in 1890, the University of Chicago has been a destination for rigorous inquiry and field-defining research.This transformative academic experience empowers students and scholarsto challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of o

user619019Nov 11, 2025

An annual UChicago tradition, the Aims of Education address is a foundational University of Chicago tradition, giving first-year students the opportunity to hear from a distinguished faculty member about the broader meaning and value of a liberal arts education in a way that reflects the University’s commitment to intellectual inquiry, debate, and engagement with profound questions. This year’s speaker will be Assoc. Prof. Kim Kay Hoang, who will deliver her remarks from Rockefeller Chapel. Read more: ➡ Subscribe: About #UChicago: Since its founding in 1890, the University of Chicago has been a destination for rigorous inquiry and field-defining research. This transformative academic experience empowers students and scholars to challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of original ideas. #UChicago on the Web: Home: News: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: University of Chicago on YouTube: /uchicago *** ACCESSIBILITY: If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would lik