Recent faculty, staff, trustees, and alumni obituaries.

Five myths about art, antiques, and collectibles.

The 2015 alumni award recipients have made their marks on the University, their fields, or their causes. The University of Chicago Alumni Association will recognize them at a ceremony in Rockefeller Chapel during Alumni Weekend, June 4–7, 2015.

The importance of measles immunization, by the numbers.

Carbon dioxide worries more Americans than global warming.

WIlliam Bila, IMBA’02, advocates on behalf of Romani people.

Researcher Ariel Kalil finds “light-touch, low-cost” parenting tools.

Jeffrey Quilter, AB’72, digs into the history of human societies for deeper insight into who we are.

An express commitment to free speech, a prehistoric achievement, a prestigious faculty appointment, fresh (water) ideas, the Crime Lab expands its reach, and more.

“Genomic parasites” jumpstart the evolution of pregnancy, a UChicago economist recommends paying NCAA college athletes, some regulations make power plants less efficient, and neural responses predict generosity in three- to five-year-olds.

A UChicago Library restoration project rescues a 500-year-old manuscript.

Bruce Freed, AB’66, tries to bring more transparency to corporate political spending.