The University of Chicago Magazine

Jan–Feb/14

From Major League Baseball and the NBA to Italian soccer and the NFL’s foothold in China, the sports world’s executive suites have a Maroon tint.

Jan–Feb/14

Earl Shorris, EX’54, established a free humanities course to help impoverished adults escape the “surround of force” that restricts their lives.

Jan–Feb/14

An exhibit at the Oriental Institute Museum pairs modern workers with the ancient tools of their trades.

Jan–Feb/14

A new leader brings policy-world experience to Chapin Hall’s vital research on families’ well-being.

Jan–Feb/14

A bacterium pits the immune system against itself, the divergent genetics of assocated diseases, labor’s shrinking piece of the pie, and how place influences transgender acceptance.

Jan–Feb/14

Dana Suskind leads an initiative to improve parental communication, a key factor in a child’s success.

Jan–Feb/14

A Divinity School alumnus keeps ethical conduct front and center at his company.

Jan–Feb/14

Argonne’s Isaacs appointed provost, an energy policy insitute generates hire voltage, the University prepares to debut its Center in Delhi, a Rhodes scholar finds an ideal learning environment, UEI extends its outreach, and the Neubauers receive a precious medal.
Jan–Feb/14

Nearly half of young people report experiencing online abuse—and they're changing the way they respond.

Jan–Feb/14

The voluminous University of Chicago Library, by the numbers.

Jan–Feb/14

Once a favored Soviet leisure spot, Sochi tries to transform ­itself for the Olympics.

Jan–Feb/14

“A certain messiness” marked the halting evolution of racist imagery in the decades after slavery’s abolition.