The University of Chicago Magazine
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July–Aug/11
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July–Aug/11
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The art of Soviet-era children’s literature shifted from experimental and avant-garde to a realistic, government-mandated style under Stalin.
Sept–Oct/11
The University makes some departures rooted in its enduring values.
Sept–Oct/11
Before her daughter arrived, a baby photo from the orphanage was the only thing the author had.
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In a rare procedure, UChicago doctors give a patient a new heart, liver, and kidney.
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Japan's claustrophobic commuter rail system operates with human and technological precision.
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Archaeologist Hannah Chazin searches for late Bronze Age artifacts in Armenia.
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Sept–Oct/11
A look back at a more civil discourse, on a University-broadcast radio forerunner to Sunday morning talk shows.
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Economist Bruce Meyer studies the myth of the middle-class squeeze.
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Amy Lehman envisions treating patients from isolated African villages aboard a hospital boat.
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Sept–Oct/11
Are there more Federalists, Objectivists, or zombie fighters?