Readers remember Jonathan Z. Smith, Robert Maynard Hutchins, and other campus figures; reflect on growing older; seek ice-skaters; debate a speaking invitation; and more.

Handing down stories.

Challenge yourself with the toughest UChicago entrance exam.

Recent faculty, staff, and alumni obituaries.

The Magazine lists a selection of general interest books, films, and albums by alumni. For additional alumni releases, browse the Magazine’s Goodreads bookshelf.

Highlights from the latest alumni news columns.

A selection of the latest headlines from UChicago.

Charter schools, small payments, molecular chains, and fracking dangers.

After their record-breaking seasons came to bittersweet ends, both teams are already thinking ahead to next year.

Fifty-eight years of the Folk Festival by the numbers.

Readers react to the Chicago Pile-1 experiment and its far-reaching legacy; debate deterrence and gerrymandering; correct the fossil record; and more.

Winter on ice, past and present.