The University of Chicago Magazine

Winter/16

Incubated in a Data Science for Social Good Fellowship, the Legislative Influence Detector aims to increase government transparency. 

Winter/16
Recent faculty, staff, and alumni obituaries.
Winter/16

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

Winter/16

Katherine Dunham, PhB’36, forged a unique career as a dancer and anthropologist.

Winter/16

Highlights from the latest alumni news columns.

Winter/16

Grad student Matthew Barber takes a hiatus from his studies to help a people under threat from the Islamic State.

Winter/16

Chicago Booth assistant professor Abigail Sussman explores our preoccupation with saving money at all costs.

Winter/16

The Magazine lists a selection of general interest books, films, and albums by alumni. For additional alumni releases, browse the Magazine’s Goodreads bookshelf.

Winter/16

Enjoying wine taught Jane Lopes, AB’07, to slow down, but as a sommelier, she’s rising fast.

Winter/16

The first art movement to originate in Chicago focused on the dark side of postwar life.

Winter/16

In the 1930s Oriental Institute archaeologists used photography to capture the history and grandeur of Persepolis.

Winter/16

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.