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06.26.2012

Lincoln’s personal and political conflicts over slavery and emancipation illuminate UChicago philosopher Jonathan Lear’s understanding of irony.

06.22.2012

Before Sho Yano, Fred Solomon, now 75, was the Doogie Howser of the Pritzker School of Medicine.

06.20.12

What will you be eating 23 years from now?

06.18.12

As Poetry turns 100, a look back at the back-and-forth between Harriet Monroe and her readers.

06.12.2012

Architects of new campus additions share the theories underlying their practice.

06.08.2012

In which we watch Venus plod across the face of the sun from the quads.
06.07.2012

DOVA chair Jessica Stockholder created Chicago’s newest public-art installation.

06.06.2012

Fashion mistakes are a rite of passage—let’s celebrate them.

05.31.2012

A scholar uncovers the social history of chai, and develops a taste for it along the way.
05.30.2012

In a new lunch series, faculty and students consider the draws of good TV.

05.24.12

Combining musical and spiritual traditions, Theaster Gates gives new meaning to the phrase “moving songs.”

05.22.2012

Illustrator Mark McMahon, a longtime contributor to the Magazine, roamed Chicago during the NATO summit and sent us some sketches in progress, along with his notes.