In 1975 Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, AB’60, PhD’65, came up with the notion of autotelic experience—better known as flow. Forty-five years later, we’re still talking about it.

The view from a CTA bus driver’s seat took in the range of human experience—including the most heartbreaking.

School of Social Service Administration dean Deborah Gorman-Smith on the school’s ambitious future vision.

At the Oriental Institute, pint-sized archaeologists make their very own ancient Egyptian mural.

Tiebu djeun, the national dish of Senegal, cooked fresh in Bronzeville.

Math Academy has the proof.

Miles Morgan, ABʼ17, AMʼ17, on teaching at one of Englands most famous boarding schools.

Through the Inner-City Muslim Action Network, Nashashibi, AM’98, PhD’11, works to spread hope and opportunity in Chicago.

The Neighborhood Schools Program, founded in 1976–77, just celebrated its 40th anniversary.

In the 1960s the Small School Talent Search sought promising young scholars in rural areas. Fifty years later, one of those students gives his perspective on the program and its legacy.

Think of children as pint-sized psychologists, says parenting expert Erica Reischer, AM’96, PhD’00.

Gabby Wimer, Elizabeth Frank, and Joyce Lu, all AB’16, are building MealFlour, a social enterprise centered on mealworms, from the ground up.