An alumna uncovers a family connection in the pages of the Magazine.

Deirdre Mundy, AB’99, on her family’s mode of human flourishing.

The loss of her grandmother compelled an alumna to understand her heritage.

In writing about her father’s life, Anna Huttenlocher, LAB’79, saw links between his work in pediatric neurology and his traumatic childhood in Nazi Germany.

On closing the distances imposed by COVID-19.

The museum’s public outreach taps the littlest Egyptologists.

Erich Rosenthal, AM’42, PhD’48, escaped Nazi Germany to attend UChicago. His parents remained and perished. Decades later, his son Ted Rosenthal has memorialized their tragic family history in music.

Twins Laurie and Lynne Butler—one a UChicago chemistry professor, the other a double alumna—discuss math, horses, and a college boyfriend who never got them confused.

English professor Will Pritchard, AM’92, PhD’98, reflects on the “tender coincidences” that occur when father and son teach the same book.

Santas and swords at the Smart.

Davida Williams, AM’82, helps foster families navigate trauma and find trust.

Greg Bellow, AB’66, AM’68, reclaims his acclaimed father, novelist Saul Bellow, X’39, from those who would adopt him as their own.