Features
Cronies with benefits
You’ve probably been captured. Luigi Zingales is onto you.
Life itself
Nobel laureates and nuclear experts urge action on a looming threat.
Colorfast
An alumna artist and a team of UChicago chemists revived a century-old recipe for blue pigment.
A fighting chance
A new book challenges conventional wisdom on gun violence and suggests new approaches to solving the problem.
Crossover artist
Carolyn Yackel, SB’92, weaves together math and fiber arts.
Songs of experience
Beyond seeking pleasure or meaning, the writer argues, a third path to a good life is to embrace its complexity.
Editor’s notes
Coastal unshelving
What we keep, who we are.
Letters
Readers sound off
Your thoughts on the legacies of Martin E. Marty, PhD’56, and David Tracy; refrigeration; and unconventional routes of egress from Pierce Tower.
UChicago Journal
Shark Tank for wonks
In policy challenges, students compete for cash prizes—and pitch creative solutions to real-world problems.
Body horror
In a new book Austin Lim, PhD’14, explores brain science through science fiction.
Collective memory
The South Side Home Movie Project brings Chicago history to life.
A Maroon alphabet
Can you master UChicago’s campus building abbreviations?
Fresh ink
A selection of recent books by UChicago faculty members.
Interview: Greening the red planet
Humans will likely go to Mars. What we do when we get there warrants careful study and discussion, says Edwin Kite.
Quick Study: UChicago research roundup
Gut microbiome health, quantum biosensing breakthrough, and more.
For the Record: University news highlights
A selection of the latest headlines from across campus.
Peer review
Alumni Essay: Life as a team sport
An alumna reflects on her husband’s legacy and the community he created.
Alumni Portfolio: Animal archive
Meredith Miller, AB’98, combines archival materials and everyday objects to rethink our relationship with endangered species.
Notes
A selection of UChicago alumni whose names are in the news.
Releases
A selection of books, films, and recordings by UChicago alumni.
Snapshots
Photos from the archives and readers like you.
Deaths
University of Chicago obituaries
Recent trustee, faculty, staff, and alumni obituaries.
The UChicagoan
Claudia Goldin, AM’69, PhD’72
Questions for the Nobel Memorial Prize–winning economist and friend to golden retrievers.
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What are the aims of education?
For more than 50 years, distinguished professors have offered answers to this question.
Notes on campus
On living in and out of the moment.
Growth mindset
Over the summer a cohort of students lived together in Campus North, conducted research, and laid the groundwork for their future careers.
MEDIUM
The five best things about Alumni Weekend
(according to reunion volunteers)
The scam stops here
Patricia Manzolillo, AB’92, came from a Post Office family—and has made her own mark on the agency.
“That is a true story.”
How Alphine Jefferson, AB’73, became an oral historian. As told to Carrie Golus, AB’91, AM’93.
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Yelp reviews of the Reg
The Joseph Regenstein Library has an average rating of 4.5 stars on Yelp, based on 22 reviews. Read what some satisfied patrons have to say.
How I passed the swim test
ET CETERA
The Green Skirt
Signature cocktail of Gerri Major, PhB 1915.
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A poem.