Features
Fear of discovery
Law School graduate and administrator James Hormel, JD’58, seemed to have a storybook family and career. His secret life, however, could undo it all. Plus—Public by choice: Hormel on beginning a new life.
From the ground up
With the new Institute for Molecular Engineering, the University fills a historical void and hopes to shape the scientific future.
Table manners
The Smart Museum’s exhibition Feast explores hospitality and welcoming gestures.
Spellbound
Believing that fairy tales have lost their magic, Renaissance scholar Armando Maggi, PhD’95, calls for a new kind of happily ever after. Plus—Told and retold: An interview with writer and tale-teller Robert Coover, AM’65.
Ahead of her time
Jessie Taft, PhB 1905, PhD 1913, was a matriarch of modern social work.
Editor’s Notes
The right fit
A chance to figure out the right school, at any age.
Letters
Readers sound off
Alumni and friends write about George Anastaplo’s (AB’48, JD’51, PhD’64) continuing legacy, nepotism in higher education, and the University’s left/right leanings.
On the Agenda
The Pritzker path
As the Pritzker School of Medicine moves into the US News top ten, Dean for Medical Education Holly Humphrey, MD’83, discusses the school’s priorities.
Alumni Essay
Cover to cover
When Sadie Stein, AB’03, finally read the fourth installment in her favorite young-adult series, she was pleasantly surprised.
C Vitae
Book smart
For 50 years Robert Silvers, AB’47, has expertly paired writers and subjects at the New York Review of Books.
Lite of the Mind
What’s in a meme?
UChicago takes on popular online concepts.
UChicago Journal
Her best shot
Taylor Simpson, the Division III women’s basketball player of the year, casts a wide net.
Developing story
A University-subsidized project gives Hyde Park’s Harper Court a new lease on life.
Like father
John Snyder recalls his unusual childhood in the Carolinas.
Intestinal fortitude
Doctors at the University’s Celiac Disease Center raise awareness about a little-known condition.
Where we stand
President Zimmer outlines a University agenda of continuity and change.
Moving pictures
Dance and Soviet film inspired curator-artist Sarah Best’s installation at the Hyde Park Art Center.
Scalia’s an original
The Supreme Court justice returns to the Law School and makes his opinions heard.
Culture of play
Tech writer and law student Julian Dibbell tackles the problem of virtual property.
William Rainey Harper’s Index: A five-year odyssey
The quest continues to reduce the debt burden for College students.
Fig. 1: College prep
The International Baccalaureate program raises high-schoolers’ chances of attending—and finishing—college.
For the record: University news
Boyer’s unprecedented leadership, the status of women on the faculty, and the rising curtain at the Logan Center.
Citations: Faculty research
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.
Peer review
Releases
The Magazine lists a selection of general-interest books, films, and albums by alumni. For additional alumni releases, use the link to the Magazine’s Goodreads bookshelf.
Deaths
University obituaries
Recent faculty, staff, board, and alumni obituaries.