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Bridging Athens and Jerusalem: A Financial Analyst’s MLA Thesis Journey

July 08, 2025

Mary Jo Griesenauer has built a successful career as a financial analyst, specializing in IT financial planning and analysis. While she has dedicated her professional life to quantitative problem-solving and leadership, she has also maintained her interest in exploring questions about life and spirituality.

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How a Business Leader’s MLA Thesis Made an Impact on the Tennis Court

May 28, 2025

After a 25-year finance career, Lucas Kiely continued his intellectual journey by enrolling in UChicago’s Master of Liberal Arts program.

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Thinking Wider and Wiser

June 17, 2024

How Robert Herguth’s MLA studies at the Graham School empowered the veteran journalist to go places he hadn’t gone before.

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UChicago MLA Alumna Publishes Research on Digital Inequity

September 11, 2023

MLA alumna’s research appeared in the Spring 2023 issue of the peer-reviewed, open-source Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs.

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