Recent faculty, staff, and alumni obituaries.

Stepping into the whirlwind at the Magazine.

The Metcalf Internship Program reaches a milestone.

Earth’s earliest birds show a strikingly narrow range of diversity, sleepless mothers pass on metabolic problems to their offspring, and early-childhood programs show benefits in Jamaica.

A new director for the Seminary Co-op, UChicago literary scholar Robert Morrissey wins the French Legion of Honor, Chicago Harris and the Social Sciences Division appoint new deans, the University's Center for the Economics of Human Development opens, and more.

A literary mystery hidden inside a 150-year-old copy of Homer’s Odyssey finds an answer.

A new book examining the world’s natural landscapes challenges the idea of “the empty and the wild.”

The 89 mummies at the Oriental Institute include 13 humans, four cats, and a monkey paw.

Simulating a protein that allows cells to run amok, ­researchers hunt for better cancer drugs.

A scholar raises questions about the humanitarian claims of some military ventures.

The most ambitious fundraising campaign in UChicago’s history will focus on inquiry and impact.

Langston Hughes made a lasting impression as a visiting lecturer at the Laboratory Schools.