A lesson from Nick Kolakowski, AB’03, on what types of eccentricities an aspiring intellectual should embrace.

Jonathan Lear tries to revive the term as Socrates understood it—the opposite of detachment.

Lucy Wang went from trading bonds to writing scripts.

Does Donne dramatize religious incoherence or lapse into it?

Court Theatre’s world premiere gives College students new insight into Invisble Man.

Fresh off simultaneous No. 1 New York Times best sellers, editor Gretchen Young continues to find new authors with big stories to tell.

David M. Pickett, AB’07, brings Lego bricks to life, one frame at a time.

Gretchen Young, AB’84, AM’84, remembers her legendary neighbor, Kurt Vonnegut, AM’71.

Notes from the free-food line.

Athena DeCrime was there with Varla Vendetta, AB’99, when the Windy City Rollers were born.

The cofounders of a new RSO sit down to discuss controllers and consoles.

UChicago students don masks and capes for a masquerade at the Smart Museum.