Features
Selling the friendly skies
American stewardesses and the making of an iconic advertising campaign.
Perennial ties
Scenes from a verdant and varied Alumni Weekend.
Legal precedent
Jewel C. Stradford Lafontant, JD’46, was a lawyer and public servant who broke many barriers.
Free for all
Spring quarter, like any other, offered an encyclopedia of public talks on campus, illuminating topics art historical, zoological, and everything in between. At 11 of these talks, the Magazine staff were there.
Editor’s Notes
Hoard and release
Even for old-school book fetishists, the Magazine’s new app is worth texting home about.
Letters
Readers sound off
Alumni and friends weigh in on a story of long-lost love, a reversal of fortune in Russia, the variety of wine sellers’ cellars, the Chicago Theological Seminary’s sacred space, student life once upon a time, Herbert Lamm’s single-minded life of the mind, and more.
On the Agenda
Investing in students
John W. Boyer, AM’69, PhD’75, dean of the College, reflects on the legacies of great professors past, “an inheritance that we must renew for our successors.”
Course Work
Pressing questions
Former US attorney Patrick Fitzgerald guides law students through the thicket of national security law.
Alumni Essay
The princess and the brain
Phoebe Maltz Bovy, AB’05, enters the fray over the princess and the brain—Kate Middleton and Hilary Mantel.
UChicago Journal
Pedestrian crossing
Matt Krause, AB’92, received a warm welcome on his trek across Turkey.
Ahead of his time
Timothy Fuerst’s prescient models help shape monetary policy in the wake of the financial crisis.
A question of ethos
Elie Wiesel searches for a moral dimension in the political process.
Writing style
Online fashion boutique Of a Kind offers a new read on retail.
Secrets and laws
As attorney general after Watergate, UChicago’s Edward Levi worked to restore a nation’s trust.
Vital dissent
Two campus protests prompt an independent investigation and new policy recommendations.
Interview: Growth potential
Astrophysicist Rocky Kolb takes over a Physical Sciences Division built on a strong foundation.
William Rainey Harper’s Index: Class action
Postgraduate plans at the time of graduation, by percentage, of the Class of 2012, the most recent available, according to an Office of Career Advancement survey.
Fig. 1: Wage control
Middle-class positions disappeared during the recession and they’re not coming back even as the economy adds jobs.
Original Source: Cookbook recipe
How La Varenne’s 17th-entury how-tos helped found modern French cuisine.
For the record: University news
Water research and resources, new life for an old magazine, connecting politics and policy, and Fermilab’s new leader.
Citations: Faculty research
Researchers find imperfections in perfect pitch, investigate how prehistoric species emerged out of the tropics, and survey marital satisfaction among those who met online.
Peer review
Releases
The Magazine lists a selection of general-interest books, films, and albums by alumni. For additional alumni releases, browse the Magazine’s Goodreads bookshelf.
Notes
Highlights from the latest alumni news columns.
Deaths
University obituaries
Recent faculty, staff, board, and alumni obituaries.
Lite of the Mind
Title fight
We’re looking for readers with the spines to stack up against the competition in the Magazine’s latest contest.