Entrepreneurs meeting the demand for raw materials, not environmental virtue, drives the expansion of the recycling industry.

Surprise specimens in the lab.

Biology professor Michael LaBarbera has spent his career immersing students—and himself—in an underwater world and the unending adventure of science. 

The 2014 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 this June’s Alumni Weekend. 

The Maroon guided ’80s preps through the last Lascivious Costume Ball.

After more than three decades at Britannica, editor in chief Dale Hoiberg, AM’74, PhD’93, knows the encyclopedia business inside out.

Going to the Law School helped Natalie Shapero, JD’11, let her poetry loose.

David Saltzberg, SM’91, PhD’94, keeps the research realistic on The Big Bang Theory.

Researchers show that quality of sleep has a profound effect on cancer growth rates.

An interpreter in residence holds “office hours” for visitors to the Smart Museum of Art.

A simple way to reduce wasteful government spending.

A program to reduce the financial and psychological obstacles to the college application process makes an impact in its first year.