Frances Oldham Kelsey, PhD’38, MD’50 (1914–2015), shaped drug testing and approval processes at the FDA.

A virtual exhibit illuminates the life of the mind—and of the universe.

High above Antarctica, a balloon-borne instrument searched for signs of elusive neutrinos.

Join a private tour of Jackson Park’s spring wildflowers with biologist Michael LaBarbera.

Psychologist Howard Nusbaum, LAB’72, studies how we learn from experience.

Gordon Burghardt, SB’63, PhD’66, has dedicated his career to understanding other species’ inner lives.

Maybe it’s not just a brownfield or a wastescape. Maybe it’s a novel ecosystem.

David Keith believes geoengineering deserves serious consideration as a tool to combat climate change.

Questions for the cosmologist and former dean of the Physical Sciences Division.

Humans will likely go to Mars. What we do when we get there warrants careful study and discussion, says Edwin Kite.

In a new book Austin Lim, PhD’14, explores brain science through science fiction.

New materials that defy the laws of thermodynamics could revolutionize batteries, buildings, and more.