Philosopher Irad Kimhi teaches unhappiness in his own way.

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Readers appreciate a peek inside a cloistered religious order; a glimpse of retiring library director Judith Nadler’s career; the courage of the late George Anastaplo, AB’48, JD’51, PhD’64; the academic freedom of Milton Friedman, AM’33; the comfort of common cause against liberal bias; and more.

Argonne’s new director, Peter B. Littlewood, leads “dream teams” of scientists and engineers working to solve some of society’s most pressing challenges.

Recent faculty, staff, and alumni obituaries.

Stepping into the whirlwind at the Magazine.

The Metcalf Internship Program reaches a milestone.

Earth’s earliest birds show a strikingly narrow range of diversity, sleepless mothers pass on metabolic problems to their offspring, and early-childhood programs show benefits in Jamaica.

A new director for the Seminary Co-op, UChicago literary scholar Robert Morrissey wins the French Legion of Honor, Chicago Harris and the Social Sciences Division appoint new deans, the University's Center for the Economics of Human Development opens, and more.

A literary mystery hidden inside a 150-year-old copy of Homer’s Odyssey finds an answer.

A new book examining the world’s natural landscapes challenges the idea of “the empty and the wild.”

The 89 mummies at the Oriental Institute include 13 humans, four cats, and a monkey paw.