Features
Theory in practice
Nobel laureate Michael Kremer is building up development economics at UChicago.
Eyes on the story
Rebecca Jarvis, AB’03, put her journalistic “Spidey sense” to work unearthing the secrets of Theranos.
Front lines
An emergency physician reflects on racism, COVID-19, and the art of healing.
Stamps of approval
Joining past UChicagoans, Katharine Graham, AB’38, receives an accolade that will stick.
Alumni Weekend 2022: Together again
Reunited, and it felt so good.
Radical refusal
Lee Lozano, AB’51 (1930–99), began her career as a painter and ended as the artist who wouldn’t.
Narrative bodies
A Special Collections exhibition charts medical history through its imagery.
Editor’s notes
Time and time again
On the seasons inside.
Letters
Readers sound off
Alumni write in about UChicago football, the glories of Hebrew, Woolworth’s, a sticky situation, and more.
On the agenda
Lifelong learning, unbound
The Graham School recommits to Harper’s founding vision.
UChicago Journal
Walking the line
A sociologist investigates how businesses navigate legal gray areas.
Internet disconnect
Computer science and social science join forces to plumb the digital divide.
Applause, applause!
Court Theatre brings home a Tony.
Interview: Pastime politics
Peter Dreier, AM’73, PhD’77, examines how social movements changed baseball history.
Magnitude of vision
The James Webb Space Telescope is up and running, and UChicago faculty are celebrating.
Parting words
Voices from convocation.
Quick Study: UChicago research roundup
An ovarian cancer breakthrough, the statistics of rare events, nanocrystal communication, and a dark matter detector.
W. R. Harper’s Index: Court of record
Court Theatre, by the numbers.
For the Record: UChicago news highlights
A selection of the latest headlines from across campus.
Peer review
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
D. Maurice Charles, MDiv’90, PhD’13
Questions for the alumnus and Rockefeller Memorial Chapel dean.
LONG
Popular science
Sit in on two classes that get high marks from students.
When the personal is political
Reporters John Gunther, PhB 1922, and Vincent Sheean, EX 1921, sounded an early warning about the rise of European dictators.
Your start-up will probably fail
And other lessons learned the hard way, according to three young entrepreneurs.
MEDIUM
Teach a kid to fish …
Sativa Volbrecht, AB’20, SM’22, wants to get young people hooked on a hobby.
Among friends
In her debut novel, Tomi Obaro, AB’12, writes the story of a 30-year friendship.
Ballpark figure
In his spare time, applied math major Wilson Cunningham, Class of 2025, trains for the Cubs.
Getting the Army back together
Barbie Army, which broke up in 1991, releases a retrospective album.
Another man's treasure
John Snyder, AB’56, gives new life to the lost and discarded.
SHORT
The birds who joined the zoo
Black-crowned night herons know a good habitat when they see one.
What’s new in the College
A roundup of College news.
Top 3 class discussions
Alice Breternitz, Class of 2023, lists her favorites so far.
A meal to remember
Alumni share stories about President Hutchins, Milton Friedman, “Elvis,” and more.
On the horizon
A crowdsourced public art project looks at Lake Michigan in 100 different ways.
ET CETERA
Blossoms snap from painted vases
“a half-shattered vase can hold again.”