University News

July–Aug/12

An executive director for the Institute of Politics, an arts incubator in Washington Park, and a definitive history of intellectual property wars.

07.10.2012

Dalai Lama, Aung San Suu Kyi, Al Gore, Colin Bradley? Defusing the (totally real) Z&H and Med conflict.
July–Aug/12
Alumni and friends write in on modern fairy tales, engineering at UChicago, “the full spectrum of diversity” in the Magazine, and memorable mentors.
July–Aug/12
... President Hutchins made an appearance on campus in 1992? ... Acrotheatre bounced onto the UChicago scene ... Doc Films took a cruise—in the Reg? ... Sho Yano wasn't the youngest doc to graduate from UChicago?
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.