The University of Chicago Magazine
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The Magazine’s undergraduate interns have reported on just about everything under the Hyde Park sun—and beyond.
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UChicago researchers study evolution after mass extinctions, weigh whether taste or calories make food more appealing, make the first planetary discovery attributed to NASA's Spritzer Space Telescope, solve a problem of the Nth degree, and show that a sports-based program can reduce violent crime.
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A new center where humanities and social sciences intersect, Freakonomics inspires a TV drama, and an acclaimed physicist comes to UChicago.
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Readers weigh in on Chicago-school economics, ancient reconstructions, recent campus architecture, sexuality’s discussion worthiness, and the messy business of who’s the youngest Pritzker graduate.
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A bookcase full of potboilers, mysteries, satires—and even some great books—have the same backdrop: the University of Chicago.
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The legacy of a Chicago medievalist lives on in his doodles.
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July–Aug/12
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The new store might not be as quirky, but it will have better temperature control.
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July–Aug/12