LOMA GRANDE, Paraguay (AP) — When it came time to choose a wedding venue, Margarita Gayoso and her partner Christian Ojeda knew exactly where they wanted to go.Despite living in Spain, the couple traveled to their long-missed hometown in Paraguay for a ceremony officiated in their ancestors’ ...

This article examines recent reductions and freezes in humanities Ph.D. programs at the University of Chicago, exploring the implications for the future of humanistic scholarship. It highlights concerns about the loss of vital fields, the motivations behind these budget cuts—whether fiscal prudence or strategic resource redistribution—and the broader risk to the preservation of knowledge and cultural understanding in academia.