Features
Endure and evolve
President Paul Alivisatos, AB’81, reflects on preserving, renewing, and expanding what makes the University of Chicago vital.
How to rebuild a pond
A beloved campus landmark enters a new era.
Let the games begin
UChicagoans and industry professionals have been coming together all year to celebrate the games they love, expand knowledge, and play.
Talking out of both sides of your mouth
A linguistics class puts humor and deception under the microscope.
Money talks
Vivian Tu, AB’16, wants everyone to feel confident managing their finances.
The measure of an idea
James A. Robinson won acclaim showing how institutions shape nations. Now he’s asking what shapes the institutions.
Think pieces
Join a faculty tour of Chicago Booth’s astonishing contemporary art collection.
Editor’s notes
Play on
Reflections on the games that entrance us.
Letters
Readers sound off
Your thoughts on Edith Rickert, PhD 1899; the Indiana Dunes; the Machine Shop; and more.
UChicago Journal
Funny business
With his music-driven digital shorts, Dan Bulla, AM’07, has made his mark at Saturday Night Live.
What animals feel
Gordon Burghardt, SB’63, PhD’66, has dedicated his career to understanding other species’ inner lives.
Don’t look now
A new book explores the complex meanings of turning away.
Fresh ink
A selection of recent books by UChicago faculty members.
Interview: Hearts and minds
Paige Reynolds, AM’90, PhD’99, thinks romance fiction has something to teach us.
Quick Study: UChicago research roundup
Memory palaces, carotenoids, and an early human ancestor.
For the Record: University news highlights
A selection of the latest headlines from across campus.
Peer review
Alumni Portfolio: Recovered craft
An alumna connects with historical art forms—and revisits her own past—through clay.
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
Alex Seropian, SB’91
Questions for the video game producer, College parent, and 2013 UChicago Alumni Professional Achievement Award recipient.
LONG
The university of utopia
An oral history of the Hutchins College.
The really big free library
A look at Harper Library’s big, beautiful collection of books you can keep.
MEDIUM
Assembling experience
On becoming part of a human tower.
Is trivia trival?
And other questions for the young alumni behind Global Pub Trivia Night.
Class correspondence
Meet the Magazine’s longest-serving class correspondent and the newest member of the corps.
Tales of a fifth-grade repetend
Let knowledge grow from more < more.
SHORT
A letter from the dean
Thoughts on the civic nature of higher education.
What’s new in the College
A digest of College news.
ET CETERA
Tortilla de patatas con cebolla
Just three main ingredients (one controversial).