Science & Medicine

Fall/26

Stacy Tessler Lindau, AM’02, is finding innovative ways to make health care fair.

Fall/26

Ka Yee C. Lee—former provost, sometime singer, and forever scientist—hopes to nurture discovery in the Physical Sciences Division.

Fall/26

A scholar’s new book highlights the big impact of small insects.

Fall/26

New research reveals a previously unrecognized cause of tectonic plate slippage

Summer/26

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

Summer/26

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

Summer/26

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

05.01.2026

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

04.21.2026

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

Spring/26

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

Winter/26

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

Winter/26

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