Features
Landmark $100 million gift creates The Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts and The Pearson Global Forum
Data-driven research at the global institute will spur new insights into violent conflict and inform public policy.
Start with what you got
At the Arts Incubator, creative minds build on the cultural wealth of Chicago’s South Side.
Mortal thoughts
Doctors are taught to fight death—but it’s a losing battle. Some are looking beyond biomedicine to help them better communicate with patients about the end of life.
Grace notes
Katherine Dunham, AB’36, forged a unique career as a dancer and anthropologist.
Editor’s Notes
Projected lives
UChicago at the movies.
Letters
Readers sound off
Readers consider faculty members’ predictions for 2040, continue a discussion of population control, comment on the Magazine’s new publication schedule, and more.
On the agenda
From local to global
Looking back on a century of results, School of Social Service Administration dean Neil B. Guterman shares SSA’s plans to make a global impact on social work.
Marketplace of ideas
Three views on inequality
Scholars discuss the causes of growing economic inequality in the United States and what to do about it.
UChicago Journal
Deep dive
Studying anthropology prepared Ian Urbina, AM’97, for a headline career in investigative journalism.
Data match
Incubated in a Data Science for Social Good Fellowship, the Legislative Influence Detector aims to increase government transparency.
Monsters of the midcentury
The first art movement to originate in Chicago focused on the dark side of postwar life.
Creative ferment
Enjoying wine taught Jane Lopes, AB’07, to slow down, but as a sommelier, she’s rising fast.
Interview: In the fray
Grad student Matthew Barber takes a hiatus from his studies to help a people under threat from the Islamic State.
Citations: Faculty research
A selection of recent faculty research news.
For the Record: University news
A selection of the latest headlines from UChicago.
Original Source: At first site
Although Leonardo da Vinci famously made realistic sketches of the moon’s surface spots in the early 16th century, the first published images of the moon as seen through a telescope were Galileo Galilei’s.
William Rainey Harper’s Index: Fresh air
Fourty-six years after the passage of the Clean Air Act, the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago examines the consequences of coal plants on our health and our planet.
Fig. 1: Bearing interest
Chicago Booth assistant professor Abigail Sussman explores our preoccupation with saving money at all costs.
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.
Alumni essay
A tender coincidence
English professor Will Pritchard, AM’92, PhD’98, reflects on the “tender coincidences” that occur when father and son teach the same book.
Deaths
University obituaries
Recent faculty, staff, and alumni obituaries.
Lite of the Mind
UChicago anagrams
To twist shrewd is a (UChicago) test with words.