In the News

William Eckhardt, SM’70

"$10 Million Gift to Enhance Faculty Support in the Physical Sciences Division"

(University of Chicago News Office, September 28, 2011)

Michael J. Klingensmith, AB'75, MBA'76

"Klingensmith Named Publisher of the Year"

(Minneapolis StarTribune, October 27, 2011)

Chris Holmes, AB'94

"Chris Holmes Marches to His Own Extraterrestrial Drummer"

Los Angeles Times, October 30, 2011)

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Volume 110, Number 3

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Ground truth

Chris Begley, AM’92, PhD’99, is an archaeologist with a taste for adventure. Just don’t call him Indiana Jones.

Letʼs get lost

Finding our way in the age of GPS doesn’t have to mean sacrificing serendipity.

Shades of meaning

Twenty-nine years after his death, the work of Faber Birren, EX’23, still colors the world around us.

Babyography

Since 1928, families have documented childhood landmarks in a book rich with history.

Past and present

Questions for geologist Susan Kidwell on her work in the emerging discipline of conservation paleobiology, teaching students out in the field, and what artists and scientists share.