Features
Complicating the narrative
In her histories of globalism, migration, families, and children, Tara Zahra reveals the fine cracks in foundational stories.
The collector
David Fulton, SB’64, has owned some of history’s most treasured violins, violas, and cellos. Now he’s telling their stories—and his own.
Setting the scene
Rich Murray, AB’94, finds the stuff of life for beloved TV characters.
It was written in the stars
Astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910–95) illuminated stellar evolution.
Editor’s notes
Everything but the statuette
These award recipients bleed maroon.
Letters
Readers sound off
Readers sound off on forensic science, laboratory tales, and more.
UChicago Journal
A cut above
Douglas W. Diamond’s banking research gave UChicago its 97th Nobel.
Critical consumers
Illinois has a new media literacy law—by a high schooler, for high schoolers.
Humanities Day, recapped
Did you miss this year’s Humanities Day? We’ve got you covered.
A cup of ambition
Before the movie and the song, Ellen Cassedy’s (EX’72) organization 9to5 revolutionized the working lives of American women.
Tomorrowland
The past, present, and future of UChicago discoveries.
Making a splash
UChicago men's soccer celebrates a landmark season.
Interview: Moving memories
Strollers carry children, Goldfish crackers, and multiple meanings.
Quick Study: UChicago research roundup
Plague genes, biased crime reporting, privacy hacks, and conductive Play-Doh.
W. R. Harper’s Index: Doc at 90
The nation's oldest student film society, by the numbers.
For the Record: UChicago news highlights
A selection of the latest headlines from across campus.
Peer review
UChicago Alumni Awards
The Magazine is delighted to present the 2023 Alumni Award recipients. A celebration of their achievements is planned for Alumni Weekend, May 18–21, 2023.
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.
Alumni Essay
Called to the game
Lessons from a life of bridge.
Deaths
University of Chicago obituaries
Recent faculty, staff, and alumni obituaries.
The UChicagoan
Sara Toussaint, AB’00
Questions for the sports marketer, co-owner of a National Women’s Soccer League team, and new Alumni Board president.
LONG
Dean Boyer: A history
A lighthearted look at the College’s longest-serving dean
Once upon a time at Doc
Doc Films turns 90. An alum hits middle age (and then some). The shared memories are timeless.
Making an example
A new public art project, Exemplary, asks who we honor at UChicago and why.
MEDIUM
Light reading
Is there a book inside that concrete block—or a half-century-old joke?
The rite stuff
Hard work plus talent plus … elaborate handshakes?
Gooooaaaallll!
A former Maroon assistant wins a title her first year in charge.
The fast and the studious
A quick lap with race car driver Andre Castro, AB’22.
What are we supposed to be doing?
An excerpt from the 2022 Aims of Education address.
The last days of the Silver Spray
A century-old shipwreck just north of Promontory Point has Paleozoic origins.
SHORT
Top 10 majors and minors
As of Autumn Quarter 2022, these are the most popular College majors and minors. Students can declare more than one of each.
What’s new in the College
A roundup of College news.
Summer jobs with Nixon and Fermi
In the Q&A section of the College Review, the Core’s email newsletter, we asked alumni to tell us about a memorable summer job.
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Recipe: Looks tasty!!
A debut cookbook by pastry chef Hadley Sui, AB’15, was inspired by anime.
The T. rex of its time
An ancient Iowan superpredator grew up fast.
Ode to love
From Sophocles’s Antigone, translated by Gabriela Garcia, Class of 2023.