Enter the world of comics—and win a book about how they’re made.

Langston Hughes made a lasting impression as a visiting lecturer at the Laboratory Schools.

Canadian anthropologist Grant McCracken, AM’76, PhD’81, has built an unconventional career as an observer of American culture.

Taking a sneak peek at the University’s LGBTQ past.

The Art Institute’s modern collection comes home.

A Chicago string quartet is ready to rock your smartphone.

The Hack Arts Lab, celebrating a year on campus, offers tools for the digitally creative.

The Neubauer Collegium sets sail with two talks and a visit by artist William Kentridge.

Visual arts professors—all working artists—offer glimpses of work in progress.

A young curator embraces the strange and quirky in Renaissance art.