Features
Committed to the core
The College’s new dean, Melina Hale, PhD’98, brings leadership experience and unlimited intellectual curiosity to a crucial role.
Color unearthed
An ISAC researcher and conservator illuminate the role of color in the ancient world.
Light bearer
John J. MacAloon, AM’74, PhD’80, cofounded Olympic studies, revitalized an 80-year-old master’s program, and taught hundreds of students in the Soc Core.
Sacred scholarship
Two new courses illustrate how the Divinity School is broadening its scope to include more world religions.
Editor’s notes
Best in class
Students and teachers, a love story.
Letters
Readers sound off
An alumna discovers an ancestor, plus your thoughts on reading habits, Chicago snowstorms of legend, and more.
UChicago Journal
Benefits that go beyond words
UChicago students foster creativity at a South Side school for neurodiverse kids.
Staging race
Noémie Ndiaye explores the construction of race in the premodern world.
A moonshot for student learning
The UChicago Education Lab aims to reverse pandemic-induced learning loss.
Building back
University trustee John W. Rogers, Jr., LAB’76, spoke about increasing economic opportunity for Chicago’s Black community.
Fresh ink
A selection of recent books by UChicago faculty members.
Interview: A whole new ball game
Jon Greenberg, AM’07, has been with the Athletic since the online sports publication was “just an idea.”
Quick Study: UChicago research roundup
Accelerating jet streams, language and cognition, and the pace of mammals’ brain development.
W. R. Harper’s Index: Classroom management
UChicago classrooms by the numbers.
For the Record: UChicago news highlights
A selection of the latest headlines from across campus.
Peer review
UChicago Alumni Awards
The Magazine is delighted to present the 2024 Alumni Award recipients. A celebration of their achievements is planned for Alumni Weekend, May 16–19, 2024.
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.
Alumni essay
City of big sandwiches
A whirlwind tour of Chicago street food—and why it matters.
Deaths
University of Chicago obituaries
Recent faculty, staff, and alumni obituaries.
The UChicagoan
Ben Zhao
Questions for the computer science professor who developed anti–AI piracy tools Glaze and Nightshade.