Features
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.
Editor’s notes
The air we breathe
Handing down stories.
Letters
Readers sound off
Readers remember Jonathan Z. Smith, Robert Maynard Hutchins, and other campus figures; reflect on growing older; seek ice-skaters; debate a speaking invitation; and more.
On the agenda
Deepening ties
Madhav Rajan, dean and George Pratt Shultz Professor of Accounting at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, reflects on deepening Booth’s connections to the wider University.
UChicago Journal
Water world
A study of lunar rocks sheds new light on the origins of the Earth and its moon.
Blinded by the cite
A new model reveals forgotten influencers and “sleeping beauties” of science.
Measuring Medicaid
For informed decisions on health care policy, Katherine Baicker prescribes hard evidence.
The long founding moment
The Constitution is a short read. The rest is history.
The writing on the wall
In which creatively inclined College students gain a major.
The long view
Hanna Gray’s memoir offers a first-person view of a career of firsts.
Heavy metal
You probably don’t know musician Joey Brink’s name, but you may have heard him perform.
Original Source: Bearing witness
A Special Collections exhibit examines the trauma of war.
Fig. 1: Driving up wages
Why do male Uber drivers earn more than their female counterparts?
William Rainey Harper’s Index: Welcome back, alums
Alumni Weekend by the numbers.
Citations: Faculty research
Researchers follow a trail of cosmic “crumbs,” fight the flu, and probe the effects of universal basic income.
For the Record: University news
A selection of the latest headlines from UChicago.
Peer review
Releases
The Magazine lists a selection of general interest books, films, and albums by alumni. For additional alumni releases, browse the Magazine’s Goodreads bookshelf.
Notes
Highlights from the latest alumni news columns.
Alumni essay
The meditative judge
Yoga and meditation lend a new perspective to a judge's work.
Deaths
University obituaries
Recent faculty, staff, and alumni obituaries.
Lite of the mind
Alumni Weekend bingo
Remember road trip bingo? Play our version on the quadrangles.