In his ultrabrief “Laconics,” retired English professor David Shields, AM’75, PhD’82, cuts straight to the heart of things.

How literary scholar David Shields, AM’75, PhD’82, came to rediscover dozens of forgotten crops and preserve Southern culinary heritage.

The arts and humanities root us in the full complexity of human history, language, culture, and art—and are essential to confronting the challenges of the 21st century.

A poem. 

Highlights from the daylong celebration of arts and letters at UChicago.

A new minor bridges the growing gap between researchers and the public.

Melanie Deal’s (AM’78) mixed-media works blend humor and nostalgia.

Samples from a Smart Salon conversation with artist Robert Earl Paige.

Bay Area alumni take in a century of filmmaking in one morning.

Poet and humanities lecturer Richie Hofmann explains why that’s the wrong question.

Jared Janas, AB’94, has become a celebrated hair, makeup, and wig designer on Broadway. His UChicago major? Math.

Elisabeth Hogeman, MFA’16, puts her spin on the still-life tradition with physical and digital collages.