The University of Chicago Magazine
Sept–Oct/11
Undocumented college graduates, growing limbs from fish DNA, the American flag's effect on votes, and alcohol's stress content.
Sept–Oct/11
Where's the profit motive to keep nuclear power plants safe?
Sept–Oct/11
Philip Schiller, AB'55, built one of the country's most comprehensive collections.
Volunteer projectionists at Doc Films try to keep an old technology from flickering out.
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Monica Vela, MD’93, who has faced health-care disparities as both a physician and a patient, teaches students about the issues that afflict underserved communities, inspiring many to reach out.
From our print archive: In an essay from 1950, Ed Diamond, AB’47, AM’49, explains how nature and its whims—including a pair of frozen glasses and the birth of a baby—almost “de-iced” the UChicago hockey team.