Alumni Essay
Summer/24
What teaching middle school taught me about the humanities.
Spring/24
A whirlwind tour of Chicago street food—and why it matters.
Fall/23
The loss of her grandmother compelled an alumna to understand her heritage.
Summer/23
A film professor reappraises
his childhood approach to performing magic.
Summer/21
Finding a new passion at age 59, or my journey to become a competitive adult figure skater.
Winter/21
What a surgeon learned from illness and grief in a pandemic year.
Spring/20
How an activist and technician found himself at the Mission Science Workshop.
Summer/19
For sports editor Lester Munson, JDʼ67, UChicago strikes the right balance of academic and athletics excellence.
Winter/19
The view from a CTA bus driver’s seat took in the range of human experience—including the most heartbreaking.