Chicago researchers use a galactic zoom lens, examine how European Jews resisted genocide, quantify what doctors ask patients about sex, and reconsider the moon’s origin.

Thirty-eight student projects win money from “uncommon” project.

A class on Invisible Man raises questions about rereading.

Chicago researchers find empathy in rats, the positive effect of negative criticism, the cancer risk of a big belly, and the importance of language to young children’s identity.

Strategist David Axelrod will lead a campus institute designed to be an ROTC for public service.

Clarke’s diner satisfies students’ hunger all night long.

UChicago students don masks and capes for a masquerade at the Smart Museum.

Before they were friends, Lauren Berlant and Kimberly Pierce were teacher and student—but they’ve always been great talkers.

Alumni at Taking the Next Step gave 900 students hope that career success is possible beyond graduation.

Students often continue to collaborate with professors after earning their degrees. Sometimes, as in these four examples, those relationships move beyond collegial to true professional and personal friendships.

A homebody with a hitchhiker’s heart, Bonnie Jo Campbell writes stories that cover a lot of ground.

Mandeep Bedi, AB’10, who died trying to help his injured wife, left a colorful legacy.