May–June/15
It’s hard to say which was more liberating for Anna Chlumsky, AB’02: the moment she left acting, or the moment she came back.
Fall 2014/Winter 2015
The lowly rat got a much-needed reputation boost when a team of UChicago researchers discovered the rodents demonstrate empathy and helping behavior.
Nov–Dec/14
Novelist Matthew Thomas, AB’97, talks about learning to hear the story that wants to be told.
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Fall/14
Court Theatre, now in its 60th season, went from “a new type of summer theatre” to a Chicago institution.
Sept–Oct/14
Susie Allen, AB’09, recalls the human drama and sitcom qualities of the Reg’s One True Floor.
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08.11.2014
UChicago alumni recount the transformative events of 1964.
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07.28.2014
Associate professor Hillary Chute talks about the her new book, scholarly work on on contemporary comics, and going all “fangirl” over Daniel Clowes, LAB’79.
July–Aug/14
A literary mystery hidden inside a 150-year-old copy of Homer’s Odyssey finds an answer.
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University of Chicago News Office, 03.26.2012
'Preview period' for landmark arts center starts this week, with more than 40 events in coming months.
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University of Chicago News Office, January 9, 2012
Martin Luther King Jr. delivered three “glorious” speeches on campus between 1956 and 1966, the first in Rockefeller Chapel.
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UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO NEWS OFFICE, 11.21.2011
In its 65th year, the popular Hillel tradition pokes fun at academic fields with a holiday food fight.