Volume 118, Number 2
Winter/26

Features

To the skies

David Keith believes geoengineering deserves serious consideration as a tool to combat climate change.

A broad spectrum

On UChicago Arts and Humanities Day 2025, the University threw open its doors to the city and to artists and thinkers of every stripe.

The beauty of slag

Maybe it’s not just a brownfield or a wastescape. Maybe it’s a novel ecosystem.

A storied life

Christina von Nolcken’s biography of novelist, medievalist, and code breaker Edith Rickert, PhD 1899, is the product of 12 years of meticulous research.

Editor’s notes

City, garden, classroom, park

An ecology legend’s legacy lives on.

Letters

Readers sound off

Your thoughts on crony capitalism, items found and kept, the math pirate, and more.

On the agenda

An update on finances

Four leaders answer questions about the University’s fiscal present and future.

UChicago Journal

From console to concert hall

The Game Music Ensemble performs music for the digital era.

Fostering free expression

The Chicago Forum Student Board engages Maroons in difficult conversations through relevant, approachable events.

Trial and error

Two scholars argue that the dominance of randomized controlled trials in social policy is harming nonprofits.

Riddle me this

Test your knowledge with a sampling of questions from Global Pub Trivia Night.

Interview: Friendlier skies

Michael Swiatek, MBA’91, is working to make air travel more accessible.

Quick Study: UChicago research roundup

The ostrich effect, private equity hospital ownership, and biodiversity rebounds.

For the Record: University news highlights

A selection of the latest headlines from across campus.

Peer review

Alumni Essay: Good aim

An alumnus reflects on the value of a liberal arts education.

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 faculty, staff, and alumni obituaries.

The UChicagoan

Edward W. ‘‘Rocky’’ Kolb

Questions for the cosmologist and former dean of the Physical Sciences Division.