FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, October 30, 2023Contact: Sanya Bhartiya, (720) 210-7694, ejtf.uchicago@gmail.com University of Chicago students file legal complaint calling for fossil fuel divestment The complaint, which accuses the school of violating its obligations under… Read More »Press Release: Divest UChicago Legal Complaint
UChicago claims to foster critical inquiry and an understanding of history, yet our administration insists on maintaining investments that are anti-science and will put us firmly on the wrong side of history. We are a… Read More »Hannah Wilson-Black
UChicago should not be profiting off of fossil fuel investments! Just because Chicago was founded with the help of big oil money doesn’t mean it has to continue to be funded by it!
As the 3rd generation of 4 that have attended UChicago I feel that it is important to understand the inheritance that one is passing onto future generations. A University surely should understand that, but by… Read More »Adam de Sola Pool
Our nation and our world are facing climate crisis. Institutions of higher education must divest from the source of this crisis – fossil fuel companies. While immediately switching to 100% renewable energy may not be… Read More »Derek Brockbank
The University of Chicago claims to follow the science in wishing to limit the Global Climate Change, which is known to result from human production of greenhouse gases. However, the administration is hypocritical in refusing… Read More »Robert Michaelson
UChicago has a huge endowment, and we should invest wisely for the future of the University and its members. Fossil fuel investments are not healthy in the long term financially as well as environmentally. Do… Read More »Kylan Bartel
I support divestment from fossil fuels because it is a responsible decision for both the planet and for our financial well-being. It makes me sad to see how the continued burning of fossil fuels is… Read More »Catherine Wimmer
As a community dominated by and ostensibly largely for the benefit of young people, UChicago should have the future of those young people in mind in many ways. By continuing to invest its endowment in… Read More »Benjamin Kreiswirth
The University of Chicago holds tremendous power as an institution, and as a student, I believe it should be using its power for the good by taking a firm stance against the fossil fuel industry.… Read More »Kelli L.