The loss of her grandmother compelled an alumna to understand her heritage.

In writing about her father’s life, Anna Huttenlocher, LAB’79, saw links between his work in pediatric neurology and his traumatic childhood in Nazi Germany.

A century-old shipwreck just north of Promontory Point has Paleozoic origins.

In her histories of globalism, migration, families, and children, Tara Zahra reveals the fine cracks in foundational stories.

An unexpected basketball pioneer, a history-making race, and other surprises from Unknown Chicago Tales.

A College track star turned secret agent and a plot to kill Vladimir Lenin.

David Nirenberg studies the intertwined—and sometimes violent—histories of faith communities.

Brent Staples, AM’76, PhD’82, goes behind the work that earned him one of journalism’s highest honors.

Cecelia Watson, AMʼ05, examines the history—and occasional hatred—of punctuation’s most daunting mark.

Erich Rosenthal, AM’42, PhD’48, escaped Nazi Germany to attend UChicago. His parents remained and perished. Decades later, his son Ted Rosenthal has memorialized their tragic family history in music.

Among the rare books and manuscripts in the Regenstein lurk other amazing artifacts.

From our archive: Allan Bérubé, EXʼ68, wrote Coming Out Under Fire to tell the history of gay men and lesbian women in World War II. (Photography by Bart Everly)