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Timuel Black, civil rights leader and Chicago historian, 1918–2021

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‘A place of distinction’: Revisiting the history of presidential inaugurations at UChicago

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Astronomy

To watch a comet form, a spacecraft could tag along for a journey toward the sun

David Card

Economics

David Card, former UChicago faculty member, wins share of Nobel Prize

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Core knowledge

Perfect pitch, explained

Ashlyn Sparrow

Meet a UChicagoan

For a UChicago designer, video games illuminate real world problems

Arley D. Cathey

Gift

University of Chicago receives $50 million gift from late alumnus Arley D. Cathey

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Around UChicago

From left to right: Prof. Liang Jiang, Prof. Yau W. Wah, Prof. Aashish Clerk

Awards

Three UChicago scientists named 2021 fellows of American Physical Society

Obituary

R. Darrell Bock, influential scholar of educational metrics, 1927–2021

UChicago Presidents

Presidents discuss University’s history and future at David Rubenstein Forum

Neuroscience

Primate neurons have fewer synapses than mice in visual cortex
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Diversity Advisory Board

New awards recognize UChicago graduate students for championing diversity, inclusion

Argonne physicist Jiyong Zhao

Argonne National Laboratory

Dust collected from a speeding asteroid analyzed with massive accelerator

MESSAGE TO UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY

“UChicago is every bit as vibrant as I recall.”

President Paul Alivisatos —President Paul Alivisatos

Paul Alivisatos at Rubenstein Forum window, with view of Rockefeller Chapel

Presidential inauguration

UChicago to celebrate inauguration of President Paul Alivisatos on Oct. 29