Face time at the Magazine’s Instagram account.

The 2014 alumni award recipients have made their marks on the University, their fields, or their causes. The University of Chicago Alumni Association will recognize them at a ceremony in Rockefeller Chapel during this June’s Alumni Weekend. 

The Maroon guided ’80s preps through the last Lascivious Costume Ball.

Humanities dean Martha Roth and social sciences dean Mario Luis Small discuss the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society, “a laboratory for humanists.”

The sounds of March.

Prehistoric sharks that migrated like salmon, African Americans’ long commutes, babies’ nuanced social observations, and genetic findings that complicate the story of how dogs evolved from wolves.

Gift to UEI helps low-income students prepare for college, diverse accomplishments recognized, UChicago Medicine’s cancer research receives an infusion of funds, India honors prolific scholars, Zimmer supports the South Side as the site for the Obama library, and the Center in Delhi names an executive director.

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

Readers react to the previous issue’s cover image (with a bullseye), raise matters of race and scholarly evidence, pine for Milton Friedman’s influence in response to the financial crisis, rev their critical engines over advertising, and more.