Natural remedies
Psychologist Marc Berman’s research investigates the restorative power of the great outdoors.
Keeping watch
Frances Oldham Kelsey, PhD’38, MD’50 (1914–2015), shaped drug testing and approval processes at the FDA.
Wonderland
Stephen D. Korshak, LAB’69, AB’74 (Class of 1973), has brought together some of the most iconic works of imaginative illustration.
Poster session
A treasure trove of radical political posters comes to UChicago.
Defender of democracy
How University of Chicago graduate student Anand Kumar, PhD’85, fought against authoritarianism in India.
Endure and evolve
President Paul Alivisatos, AB’81, reflects on preserving, renewing, and expanding what makes the University of Chicago vital.
Botany Pond
A beloved campus landmark enters a new era.
Games
UChicagoans and industry professionals have been coming together all year to celebrate the games they love, expand knowledge, and play.
Humor and lies
A linguistics class puts humor and deception under the microscope.
Money talks
Vivian Tu, AB’16, wants everyone to feel confident managing their finances.
The measure of an idea
James A. Robinson won acclaim showing how institutions shape nations. Now he’s asking what shapes the institutions.
Think pieces
Join a faculty tour of Chicago Booth’s astonishing contemporary art collection.
Climate systems engineering
David Keith believes geoengineering deserves serious consideration as a tool to combat climate change.
Arts and Humanities Day
On UChicago Arts and Humanities Day 2025, the University threw open its doors to the city and to artists and thinkers of every stripe.
Postindustrial ecosystems
Maybe it’s not just a brownfield or a wastescape. Maybe it’s a novel ecosystem.
Edith Rickert
Christina von Nolcken’s biography of novelist, medievalist, and code breaker Edith Rickert, PhD 1899, is the product of 12 years of meticulous research.
Crony capitalism
You’ve probably been captured. Luigi Zingales is onto you.
Nuclear threat
Nobel laureates and nuclear experts urge action on a looming threat.
Kind of blue
An alumna artist and a team of UChicago chemists revived a century-old recipe for blue pigment.
Gun violence
A new book challenges conventional wisdom on gun violence and suggests new approaches to solving the problem.
Math and fiber arts
Carolyn Yackel, SB’92, weaves together math and fiber arts.
A good life
Beyond seeking pleasure or meaning, the writer argues, a third path to a good life is to embrace its complexity.
By design
In the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering’s capstone course, fourth-year students put their skills to the test.
Mathematical model
Mina Rees, PhD’31 (1902–97), helped scientific research flourish.
Out of circulation
As book bans spread nationwide, a professor, an author, and UChicago’s library system defend the freedom to read.
A light that stays
Remembering Martin E. Marty, PhD’56 (1928–2025).
In full color
Daisy Rockwell, AB’91, AM’98, PhD’98, sees literary translation as a creative act.
Uninhibited debate
At an alumni event this spring, panelists discussed threats to higher education in light of a foundational UChicago value.
Medical ethics
For 40 years UChicago’s MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics has built a bridge between clinical practice and ethical inquiry.
A teacher’s legacy
Remembering Stuart Rice.
Heritage crops
How literary scholar David Shields, AM’75, PhD’82, came to rediscover dozens of forgotten crops and preserve Southern culinary heritage.
Graffiti
Notes on campus graffiti.
Monkey Trial
The University of Chicago and the defense of John Thomas Scopes, EX’31.
What are children for?
Many millennials aren’t sure about having children. A new book examines why.
Climate and growth
A new institute confronts climate change and economic growth as closely linked challenges.
A judge’s tale
Retired federal judge David S. Tatel, JD’66, reflects on how blindness shaped his life and career.
Women in printing
An exhibition at the Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center highlights women’s contributions to the craft of printing.
Dean Nadya Mason
Dean Nadya Mason is helping the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering reach new heights.
Route 20
From the Atlantic to the Pacific, an alumna takes the measure of Route 20 and points along the way.
Democracy and capitalism
Two faculty projects examine the awkward partnership between democracy and capitalism.
Epigraphic Survey
The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures celebrates 100 years of studying inscriptions.
Emancipation narrative
Jonathan D. S. Schroeder, PhD’16, rediscovered a forgotten 19th-century text—then unearthed its author’s extraordinary life story.
Cartoons
Former attorney Phil Witte, JD’83, quit his job to be a full-time cartoonist. Now he has a book of cartoon criticism.
Memorability
Memorability, says Wilma Bainbridge, isn’t only in the eye of the beholder.