University of Chicago News

Harper Library and other parts of the UChicago campus, seen from the Rubenstein Forum

Announcement

University of Chicago Board of Trustees elects two new members

Noel Swerdlow, one of the ‘greatest scholars’ of the history of science, 1941-2021

Jack Szostak

University Professor

Nobel Prize-winning biochemist Jack Szostak to join University of Chicago faculty

A rice plant stalk on a bed of rice grains

Agriculture

RNA breakthrough creates crops that can grow 50% more potatoes, rice

Robert Ritner gestures to markings inside a tomb

Obituary

Robert K. Ritner Jr., eminent Egyptologist and beloved teacher, 1953–2021

University of Chicago scientists around first nuclear reaction, Chicago Pile-1

Core knowledge

The first nuclear reactor, explained

Dave Kaleta

Laboratory Schools

Artfully using LEGO as the building blocks of learning

Aerial view of people socializing on Chicago's Riverwalk

Urban science

How do cities impact mental health? A new study finds lower rates of depression

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Around UChicago

Scott Imbrie wears a VR headset

Medicine

UChicago researchers re-create sense of touch and motor control in paralyzed patient

Obituary

Lauren Berlant, preeminent literary scholar and cultural theorist, 1957–2021

Divinity School

Brie Loskota named executive director of Martin Marty Center

Graduate students

In competition, UChicago students present theses in three minutes or less

Ilan Naibryf stands in front of the Cloud Gate sculpture in Chicago

Remembering Ilan Naibryf

Ilan Naibryf, rising fourth-year student in the College, 1999-2021

Max Solomon Lewis

Remembering Max Lewis

Max Solomon Lewis, rising third-year student in the College, 2001-2021

President Robert J. Zimmer

Reflecting on 15 years of impact

President Robert J. Zimmer

Summer reading

Recommended reading

Books you should read this summer, according to UChicago faculty