students standing around boxes of boxes sorting them into bins
University News
04.08.2026
In the sorting room
By Carrie Golus, AB’91, AM’93

An evening with the volunteer shelvers at Harper Library. 

Two side-by-side photos, the first showing Dorthea Juul, AB’72, PhD’89, with fellow classmates during her College graduation. The second showing Rory McGann, SB’25, at his graduation.
University News
Spring/26
Class correspondence
By Carrie Golus, AB’91, AM’93

Meet the Magazine’s longest-serving class correspondent and the newest member of the corps.

College alumni during Global Pub Trivia Night at the Pub in Ida Noyes.
University News
Spring/26
Is trivia trival?
By Carrie Golus, AB’91, AM’93

And other questions for the young alumni behind Global Pub Trivia Night.

A bookshelf in the Harper Library with books from the free library collection
University News
Spring/26
The really big free library
By Carrie Golus, AB’91, AM’93

A look at Harper Library’s big, beautiful collection of books you can keep.

Robert Maynard Hutchins and Maude Hutchins in 1929.
University News
Spring/26
The university of utopia
By Carrie Golus, AB’91, AM’93

An oral history of the Hutchins College.

This image shows a former brownfield now nature area at sunset. The ground in the foreground is muddy with shallow pools of water, sparse grasses, and low vegetation. Farther back there are taller grasses and reeds, many catching the warm golden light. At the back are trees and, behind them, trailers or trucks partially visible. The sun is low on the horizon to the upper right, creating lens flare and a warm golden tone across the scene.
Science & Medicine
Winter/26
The beauty of slag
By Carrie Golus, AB’91, AM’93

Maybe it’s not just a brownfield or a wastescape. Maybe it’s a novel ecosystem.

Gerri Major in a convertible looking back and wearing a fur stole.
Arts & Humanities
Fall/25
The Green Skirt
By Carrie Golus, AB’91, AM’93

Signature cocktail of Gerri Major, PhB 1915.

A B&W photo of Alphine Jefferson, AB’73, in 1972.
Arts & Humanities
Fall/25
“That is a true story.”
By Carrie Golus, AB’91, AM’93

How Alphine Jefferson, AB’73, became an oral historian. As told to Carrie Golus, AB’91, AM’93.

Pillars with people behind them wearing suits and passing money to each other.
Economics & Business
Fall/25
Cronies with benefits
By Carrie Golus, AB’91, AM’93

You’ve probably been captured. Luigi Zingales is onto you.

Illustration with people's silhouettes in front of a bookshelf
University News
Summer/25
Out of circulation
By Carrie Golus, AB’91, AM’93

As book bans spread nationwide, a professor, an author, and UChicago’s library system defend the freedom to read.

Illustration of a child on a swing with a woman behind her
Law, Policy & Society
Spring/25
Swing state
By Carrie Golus, AB’91, AM’93

Many millennials aren’t sure about having children. A new book examines why.

University News
Spring/25
A snapshot of 1970
By Carrie Golus, AB’91, AM’93

A cookbook with many useful observations and a few spectaculars. 

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