New Bucksbaum Institute fosters doctor-patient communication
Landmark pledge of $42 million from Bucksbaum Foundation to train physicians as trusted advisors and partners with patients.
John Easton
Engaging parents: A new school 'report card' tells parents what they need to know
Editorial encourages parents to read the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research's report cards of city schools

Chicago schools begin Tuesday under ‘Rahm Emanuel Generation’
Tim Knowles, director of UEI, encouraged that Chicago Public Schools looking at 'common core' learning standards for curriculum

Award-winning teachers find the unexpected
For Valentina Pichugin and other winners of Quantrell and Booth teaching awards, the classroom spurs new questions.
Susie Allen
Mansueto Library creates new space for thought
Opening this week, the new library serves a “hybrid culture” of physical and digital holdings.
Susie Allen
Freakonomics ideas flourish in the classroom
Economist Steven Levitt’s national following has not dimmed his love of teaching undergraduates.
William Harms
College prep starts early in UEI program
Twenty-five eighth-graders stood in a circle at the Woodlawn campus of the University of Chicago Charter School, tossing a ball of pale-blue knitter’s yarn to each other as they traced their own social network.
William Harms
Public school students forge path to top colleges
The University started Collegiate Scholars to help Chicago Public Schools students set high goals. Now the first graduating class has set a national example.
Sara Olkon