Features
Opening words
Scenes and voices from the inauguration of President Paul Alivisatos, AB’81.
One hundred years of global aid
A course tackles the history of efforts to do good abroad.
Comic relief
With Work in Progress, Abby McEnany, AB’92, created an unconventional sitcom for anyone who feels different.
Optimal quitting
An economist’s advice on when to fold your hand in favor of the next opportunity.
Interior monologue
Decorator and pulp writer Richard Himmel, EX’42 (1920–2000), had a private eye for design.
Editor’s notes
Cover stories
A picture asks a question and a reader answers.
Letters
Readers sound off
Alumni write about Burton-Judson memories, English professor Michael Murrin, good square meals at Valois, and more.
On the agenda
A Message on Safety
The University starts dialogues and takes steps.
UChicago Journal
Grief and resolve
A devastating crime spurs new measures to improve neighborhood security.
Cash out
Digital money is here to stay, says Eswar Prasad, PhD’92.
Orchestrating change
Jeri Lynne Johnson, AM’05, joins art and activism in her Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra.
Interview: Aural traditions
Neil Verma, AM’04, PhD’08, is tuned in to the golden age of radio.
Go go gadget
College students learn to design and build their own scientific instruments.
“He’s a grand old Stagg”
Think you know all there is to know about Amos Alonzo Stagg? A new biography might surprise you.
Quick Study: UChicago research roundup
Viral vulnerabilities, El Niño effects, and cellular machines.
W. R. Harper’s Index: No people like snow people
Two plow trucks, 225 tons of salt, and other campus snow removal stats.
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
Richard H. Thaler
Questions for the Nobel Prize–winning behavioral economist.
LONG
If you frighten easily …
Radio dramatist Arch Oboler, EX’36, shone a light on the horrors of humanity—in fiction and in reality.
Young man and the sea
At 18, Jack Schultz, AB’50, began a journey that set the course for the rest of his life.
Data, data, everywhere
A new major in data science helps undergrads make sense of it all.
MEDIUM
Frönen by the numbers
The cold, hard figures behind an alumni dessert company. Plus: “Nice cream” cups
Olympic dreams
Rhythmic gymnast Liza Merenzon, Class of 2023, took a trip to Tokyo before her retirement.
How to make a labyrinth
A temporary version of an ancient design to help students be in the moment.
The baby namer
For $50, Sophie Kihm, AB’19, AM’20, will name your baby (satisfaction not guaranteed).
Meet the real lawyer behind the National High School Mock Trial Championship
Paul Kaufman, AB’00, did mock trial in high school. Now he runs the show.
SHORT
Top 5 campus birds
A list of beginner’s birds for aspiring birdwatchers.
What’s new in the College
Un plus grand Centre à Paris? Mais oui!
Autumn Quarter in pictures
Take a look at fall 2022.
ET CETERA
Helen Grown Old
“No one has cared to say.”