Science & Medicine
In CAR T-cell therapy, the immune system gets a boost that can be lifesaving.
For the UChicago doctors and molecular engineers working to enlist our own immune systems in the battle against cancer, successes and setbacks alike are critical to making the next leap.
Computer scientists Heather Zheng, Ben Zhao, and Blase Ur mine data to study behavior and expose security flaws.
In three weeks, there are just over 500 hours. The students in the Marine Biological Laboratory’s September intensive courses tried to use them all.
Michael Wing, AB’85, on his career guide for “the PhD barista.”

James DuCanto, AB’88, on his “rock-star protection program” (aka saving people from choking on their own vomit).
Associate professor Charles Smart summits the Abelian sandpile.