University News

July–Aug/12
Recent faculty, staff, board, and alumni obituaries.
July–Aug/12

UChicago researchers see through the racial veil, find thinking in a foreign language leads to more rational decision making, move toward a universal flu vaccine, and determine that ninth-grade performance affects the graduation rate of nonnative English speakers.

July–Aug/12

“Homer” relfects on five years of Odyssey scholarships.

06.06.2012

Fashion mistakes are a rite of passage—let’s celebrate them.
05.18.2012

A 1937 Fortune magazine article examines the University of Chicago, “where the students get more excited over the intellectual tumult kept up by President Hutchins and his faculty than over Joe Stumblebum in the backfield.”

July–Aug/12

As Harper Library turns 100, Arley D. Cathey, PhB’50, helps assure the future of the historic space.

July–Aug/12

As the Seminary Co-op moves from its underground origins into the light of day, the bookstore’s denizens bid the beloved space farewell.

05.16.2012

A four-hour snapshot of the Scav life.
May–June/12

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

05.02.2012

UChicago enters the age of television with student-run UCTV.

May–June/12

Recent faculty, staff, board, and alumni obituaries.

May–June/12

Chicago researchers use a galactic zoom lens, examine how European Jews resisted genocide, quantify what doctors ask patients about sex, and reconsider the moon’s origin.