The University of Chicago Magazine

Nov–Dec/14

Chemists find a key to improving solar cell efficiency.

Nov–Dec/14

MacArthur Fellows illuminate history and pursue justice, Lear is named to lead the Neubauer Collegium, the Rubenstein Forum will become a collaborative hub, high-tech tools await a new library director, a new initiative trains civic leaders, and more.

Nov–Dec/14

Diverse neighborhoods help babies’ social learning; microbial fingerprints follow people from place to place; old-age insomnia is not always what it seems; and scientists trace the two genes the control monarch butterflies’ colors and their capacity to fly long distances.

Nov–Dec/14

Theories and particles collide in a documentary that captures the tension and intensity of discovery.

Nov–Dec/14

The University’s first international center celebrates a milestone.

Nov–Dec/14

A new College initiative reduces debt, simplifies the application process, and supports careers.

Nov–Dec/14

New to Rockefeller Chapel’s staff, Matthew Dean, AB’00, has long inhabited its world of song.

Nov–Dec/14

Charis Eng, AB’82, PhD’86, MD’88, discovers key genetic markers linking cancer and autism.

Nov–Dec/14

Novelist Matthew Thomas, AB’97, talks about learning to hear the story that wants to be told.

Nov–Dec/14

For Jesuit priest Paul Mueller, SM’96, PhD’06, the same source reveals scripture and nature.

Nov–Dec/14

Finally, a dinosaur that swam.

Nov–Dec/14

Neuroscientist John Maunsell leads a new institute’s research into the mysteries of the brain.