Fighting cancer, one drawing at a time

Radiation oncologist Andrew Howard uses comics to help patients understand cancer biology.

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06.23.2015

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At 100, civil rights leader Timuel D. Black Jr., AM’54, has seen change—and made it happen.

Why doesn’t the immune system fight cancer more often? Can we teach it how?

In CAR T-cell therapy, the immune system gets a boost that can be lifesaving.

Matinee idol and Oscar nominee Sessue Hayakawa is widely remembered as a UChicago alumnus. But was he?

Advised to “shoot what you love,” Henry Horenstein, EX’69, took pictures of country music stars and their fans.

The human impulse to censor plays out on the pages of a medieval Latin grammar manuscript.

Kim Ng, AB’90, has found her sweet spot as MLB’s senior vice president for baseball operations.

Director Claire Scanlon, AB’93, has worked on shows including GLOW and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Now she’s reinventing the romantic comedy.