Chicago and the University of Chicago

Looking back on his intellectual journey in a 1979 speech, U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, AB’41, made the case that his core legal skills stemmed from his training as an undergraduate English student at the University of Chicago.

Andrew Davis (left) and Lawrence Grossman pioneered study of the solar system’s chemical origins. Their new namesakes are minerals from the oldest known rocks.

With august roots as the nation’s oldest student film society, Doc screens something for everyone, from the French New Wave to Space Jam.

The University started Collegiate Scholars to help Chicago Public Schools students set high goals. Now the first graduating class has set a national example.

With an actor’s sense of emotion and human flaws, Martha Nussbaum develops creative ideas about social justice and the humanities.

Leading the finances of the world’s biggest media and entertainment company takes creativity, says Jay Rasulo, AM’82, MBA’84.

Read Paul Sereno’s convocation speech, "Historical Contingency and Ultimate Aims."

Watch a slideshow of the 503rd Convocation.

For 1,000 College students, the aid funded by a $100 million gift opens new possibilities. Now the program has met a major fundraising goal.

Eighteen years after winning economics Nobel, this year’s Alumni Medalist still pushes frontiers with research, teaching, and a popular blog.