The University of Chicago Magazine

Jan–Feb/13

The OI’s Demotic Dictionary illuminates life and language in ancient Egypt.

Jan–Feb/13

Behind the scenes at La Petite Folie restaurant, faculty members apprentice themselves.

Jan–Feb/13

Co-op admirers commemorate its move with a parade honoring the literary labors they love.

Jan–Feb/13

Researchers test our hard-wiring for morality and justice, discover how chemical signals from cells spread ovarian cancer, detect dim stars that shed light on dark energy, and prove that it’s not the thought that counts.

Jan–Feb/13

For ethicist and doctor Daniel Sulmasy, medical progress is about more than the body.

Jan–Feb/13

The road to safe, reliable bioweapon vaccines for children is fraught with ethical peril. On campus last fall, experts began to plot it out.

Jan–Feb/13

A gift revs UChicago’s entrepreneurial engine, the Renaissance Society names its first new director in 40 years, and a new dorm will rise after Pierce meets its demise.
Jan–Feb/13

Benjamin Elijah Mays, AM’25, PhD’35, was the conscience of the civil rights movement.

Jan–Feb/13

Exploring the attributes of low light, an architect and a physicist try to cultivate a dim awareness.

Jan–Feb/13

Isaac Tobin’s designs for University of Chicago Press books provoke readers to take a deeper look.

Jan–Feb/13

In 1956, two new PhDs drove a Land Rover from Austria to India to begin the research that would be their life’s work. Notes from their journey.

Nov–Dec/12

Holiday cookies that say UChicago.