Science & Medicine

Nov–Dec/11

Psychologist Sian Beilock studies what makes people choke under pressure and offers techniques to prevent those mental meltdowns.

Nov–Dec/11

For five decades, Stuart Rice and his doctoral students have had great chemistry.

July–Aug/11

Geophysicist Raymond Pierrehumbert studies global warming on Earth and the climate physics of distant planets.

July–Aug/11

A Pritzker School of Medicine course teaches observation skills through the study of art.

July–Aug/11

At a time when science was a man’s field, physicist and chemist Conwell conducted research that won her a 2010 National Medal of Science.
Sept–Oct/11

In a rare procedure, UChicago doctors give a patient a new heart, liver, and kidney.

Sept–Oct/11

Archaeologist Hannah Chazin searches for late Bronze Age artifacts in Armenia.

Sept–Oct/11

Amy Lehman envisions treating patients from isolated African villages aboard a hospital boat.

Sept–Oct/11

Cell biologist Stephanie Levi’s Night Labs series makes science accessible.

Sept–Oct/11

For 41 years Stanton Friedman, SB'55, SM'56, has traveled the world with a simple message: UFOs are real.

Sept–Oct/11

Nadrian Seeman, SB’66, uses DNA not to study biology but as a building block for nano-tiny structures.

July–Aug/11

Monica Vela, MD’93, who has faced health-care disparities as both a physician and a patient, teaches students about the issues that afflict underserved communities, inspiring many to reach out.