Convocation Addresses Archive
- 504th Convocation Address: “Be Careful What You Rub Out,” by Rocky Kolb, August 27, 2010
- 503rd Convocation Address: “Historical Contingency and Ultimate Aims,” by Paul Sereno, June 12, 2010
- 502nd Convocation Address: “Learning to See,” by Neil Shubin, March 19, 2010
- 494th Convocation Address: “Thinking More Critically about Thinking Too Critically,” by Wendy Doniger, June 13, 2009
- 459th Convocation Address: “The Humanities Inside and Outside the Academy,” by Philip Gossett, May 25, 2000
- 458th Convocation Address: “Experiments in Solitude,” by W. Clark Gilpin, May 25, 2000
- 457th Convocation Address: “Unity and Diversity: Lessons from a New Biology,” by Susan L. Lindquist, January 6, 2000
- 456th Convocation Address: “Why Is the University of Chicago Great?,” by James E. Schrager, January 6, 2000
- 456th Convocation Address: “Shapes of an Education at the University of Chicago,” by Elaine Fuchs, January 6, 2000
- 455th Convocation Address: “The Universe Is Speeding Up,” by Michael S. Turner, May 27, 1999
- 454th Convocation Address: “Teaching What Cannot Be Taught,” by Daniel Garber, May 27, 1999
- 453th Convocation Address: “American Gothic or: Why Am I Dressed Like This?,” by Robert B. Pippin, December 10, 1998
- 452th Convocation Address: “Taking Risks: Students and States,” by Marvin Zonis, October 29, 1998
- 452th Convocation Address: “Crossroads,” by Jonathan Lear, October 29, 1998
- 451th Convocation Address: “Education and Work,” by Kevin M. Murphy, May 28, 1998
- 450th Convocation Address: “Better Living through Biology?,” by Dr. Craig B. Thompson, March 19, 1998
- 449th Convocation Address: “An American Education,” by Ralph Lerner, March 19, 1998
- 448th Convocation Address: “The Chicago Financial Economics Tradition: Some Practical Lessons,” by Merton H. Miller, November 20, 1997
- 448th Convocation Address: “Scientific Literacy and Liberal Education in a Technological Age,” by Melvyn J. Shochet, November 20, 1997
- 447th Convocation Address: “In Defense of Images,” by Joel Snyder, October 23, 1997
- 444th Convocation Address: “Only Connect: The Beast and the Monk,” by Keith Moffat, November 21, 1996