The University of Chicago Magazine
Chemists find a key to improving solar cell efficiency.
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.
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.
Theories and particles collide in a documentary that captures the tension and intensity of discovery.
The University’s first international center celebrates a milestone.
A new College initiative reduces debt, simplifies the application process, and supports careers.
New to Rockefeller Chapel’s staff, Matthew Dean, AB’00, has long inhabited its world of song.
Charis Eng, AB’82, PhD’86, MD’88, discovers key genetic markers linking cancer and autism.
Novelist Matthew Thomas, AB’97, talks about learning to hear the story that wants to be told.
For Jesuit priest Paul Mueller, SM’96, PhD’06, the same source reveals scripture and nature.
Neuroscientist John Maunsell leads a new institute’s research into the mysteries of the brain.