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UChicago scientists design ‘nanotraps’ to catch and clear coronavirus from tissue

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COVID-19 vaccine

UChicago alum explains how Moderna helped launch a vaccine revolution

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Convocation 2021

Prof. Deborah Nelson named speaker for Convocation ceremony

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Awards

Five UChicago faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences

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Harris Public Policy

How gender bias impacts college career guidance—and dissuades women from certain jobs

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Awards

Eight UChicago faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Awards

UChicago political scientist Susan Stokes named Carnegie Fellow

Announcement

Three Law School scholars named to presidential Supreme Court reform commission

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The New Normal

Life after the COVID-19 vaccine: Envisioning the ‘new normal’

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Ryerson Lecture

Prof. Neil Shubin discusses story, science behind ‘missing link’ fossils

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Class Day

Rep. Andy Kim, AB’04, named speaker for UChicago’s 2021 Class Day celebration