The University of Chicago Magazine

Sept–Oct/13

Researchers investigate the hair’s breadth between reptiles and mammals, find social activism is afoot, and survey how stress tests cells.

Sept–Oct/13

New UChicago athletic director Erin McDermott has experience and high expectations.
Sept–Oct/13

Many more planets than previously known appear to have conditions that are just right for life.

Sept–Oct/13

UChicago dips a toe into long-distance learning with its first two online course offerings.

Sept–Oct/13

Jud Newborn, AM’77, PhD’94, tells the story of Munich’s anti-Nazis.

Sept–Oct/13

Argonne gets up to speed with a new supercomputer.
Sept–Oct/13

Studying terrorism’s social context produces complicated answers about its causes.

Sept–Oct/13

“There is so much more to Renaissance art that people never see.”

Sept–Oct/13

Easley Blackwood Jr. composes music, and palindromes, with spirit and precision.

Sept–Oct/13

Developer Alex Seropian, SB’91, redefined video games—and he sees profound changes to come.

Sept–Oct/13

A new dorm and dining commons on the site of Pierce Tower will remake 55th and University.
Sept–Oct/13

Kimberly Peirce, AB’90, revives the pop culture classic.