Features
With feeling
Stacy Tessler Lindau, AM’02, is finding innovative ways to make health care fair.
Splintering
A national security expert reflects on the mounting danger of political violence in the United States.
Back in the fold
Ka Yee C. Lee—former provost, sometime singer, and forever scientist—hopes to nurture discovery in the Physical Sciences Division.
Preserve and build
On the semiquincentennial of the Declaration of Independence, a scholar of constitutional history reflects on the perpetual struggle for a “well-constructed union.”
Burned into memory
Shortly before her death, Rachel Caroline Eaton, AM 1911, PhD 1919 (1869–1938), completed a revolutionary history of the Cherokee Nation. In 2025 her landmark work was finally published.
Editor’s notes
An American journey
Going west with eyes wide open.
Letters
Readers sound off
Your thoughts on life-changing Chicago minds, games, human towers, and more.
Inside Chicago Minds
Fueling the minds that change the world
A letter from the provost.
Fuel for thought
Endowed faculty chairs, like those held by members of the Wallman Society of Fellows, empower the University to attract and support Chicago minds.
Defining qualities
Six faculty members detail what being a Chicago mind means to them.
Wave theory
By adapting insights across different mathematical questions, Yu Deng solved a century-old problem and earned a 2026 Fields Medal.
UChicago Journal
Machiavelli earns his stripes
Joe Dickerson is studying the philosophy of leadership on and off the field.
Seismic development
New research reveals a previously unrecognized cause of tectonic plate slippage.
Future proofing
The Law School is preparing lawyers for the age of artificial intelligence.
The accidental entomologist
A scholar’s new book highlights the big impact of small insects.
Fresh ink
A selection of recent books by UChicago faculty members.
Interview: From theory to practice
David Booth, MBA’71, used academic research to transform investing. Now he’s sharing his philosophy in his new book, Stay Calm: Learn to Embrace Uncertainty in Investing and Life.
Quick Study: UChicago research roundup
Early birds, better batteries, and more.
For the Record: University news highlights
A selection of the latest headlines from across campus.
Peer review
Alumni Portfolio: Community, embodied
Young Joon Kwak, AM’10, opens new possibilities for connection through sculpture and performance.
Alumni Essay: Knuckle down
The science and myth of baseball’s most elusive pitch.
Notes
A selection of UChicago alumni whose names are in the news.
Releases
A selection of books, films, and recordings by UChicago alumni.
Snapshots
Photos from the archives and readers like you.
Deaths
University of Chicago obituaries
Recent faculty, staff, and alumni obituaries.
The UChicagoan
Kurt Elling, AM’17
Questions for the Grammy-winning jazz singer, songwriter, and Broadway performer.
LONG
On uncertainty
An excerpt from a speech to the Class of 2026.
A visual history of Ida Noyes
It began with a bookstand for a cumbersome dictionary.
With AI, Without AI, About AI
Chatbots have answers. Professors are asking new questions.
SHORT
A letter from the dean
“The Core has provided a steadying ballast.”
Mini Rock
Peek inside Rockefeller Minuscule Chapel.
Residence halls by size
The largest one might surprise you.
Monday Bunday
Meet Elizabeth and Jeffrey, beloved bunnies of Wallace House.
Guess where
Watch Gavin Atack, AB’23—better known as Chicago Geographer—explore the globe one moment at a time.
ET CETERA
Basque burnt cheesecake
A recipe from Borja’s Tasty Bytes.