A band of UChicago alumni and affiliates brings psych-rock daring to Bollywood classics.

The coeditor of a new scholarly volume on Taylor Swift believes in taking popular music seriously.

Questions for the actor, author, and possessor of HSAM (highly superior autobiographical memory).

Daisy Rockwell, AB’91, AM’98, PhD’98, sees literary translation as a creative act.

Visual artists are under threat from generative AI. Computer scientist Ben Zhao explains how his tools Glaze and Nightshade protect them.

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.