Volume 118, Number 4
Summer/26

Features

Natural remedies

Psychologist Marc Berman’s research investigates the restorative power of the great outdoors.

Keeping watch

Frances Oldham Kelsey, PhD’38, MD’50 (1914–2015), shaped drug testing and approval processes at the FDA.

Wonderland

Stephen D. Korshak, LAB’69, AB’74 (Class of 1973), has brought together some of the most iconic works of imaginative illustration.

Poster session

A treasure trove of radical political posters comes to UChicago.

Defender of democracy

How University of Chicago graduate student Anand Kumar, PhD’85, fought against authoritarianism in India.

Editor’s notes

Follow the minds

A new campaign honors the thinkers who define the University.

Letters

Readers sound off

Your thoughts on Botany Pond, jokes, the Hutchins College, and more.

Chicago Minds

Welcome to Chicago Minds!

A letter from the vice president.

What is a Chicago mind?

The University’s new campaign is inspired by the thinkers at the heart of it all.

Enduring priorities and campaign initiatives

Eight ways Chicago Minds will make a difference.

Match the minds

A Chicago Minds history quiz.

UChicago Journal

Music man

The Game Music Ensemble performs music for the digital era.

Bound together

At this speed dating event, damage and mysterious pasts are welcome.

Ten hours in paradise

Creating and condemning the world in a day.

Particle chaser

High above Antarctica, a balloon-borne instrument searched for signs of elusive neutrinos.

Interview: Life stories

Journalist Harrison Smith, AB’14, reflects on the craft of obituary writing.

Bound together

At this speed dating event, damage and mysterious pasts are welcome.

Quick Study: UChicago research roundup

Eardrum evolution, lipid nanoparticles, and the financial impact of natural disasters.

For the Record: University news highlights

A selection of the latest headlines from across campus.

Peer review

Alumni Awards

Meet the 2026 Alumni Awards recipients.

Alumni Essay: Through the roofs

Notes on rock climbing in the South.

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

Maria Hinojosa, LAB’79

Questions for the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and Latino USA anchor and executive producer.