Photographer paints UChicago in new light
Microbiologist Justin Kern, AB’04, PhD’10, captures evocative portraits of campus.
Lydialyle Gibson
Brain key to 'choking' under pressure
Sian Beilock studies why good performers fail—and how they succeed.
William Harms
Scholars revive China’s broken treasures
Historical sleuthing and digital techniques help Smart Museum recreate Buddhist cave temples.
Susie Allen
Helping the world’s poor claim legal rights
When lawyers for International Justice Mission first encountered a Kenyan inmate named Peter in late 2009, he had been languishing in prison without bail for 12 months on charges of robbery with violence—an offense punishable by death.
Sarah Galer
Blogger battles teen stereotypes
First-year Jamie Keiles gains national following with a smart critique of teen-oriented media.
Sara Olkon
Finding what makes constitutions endure
When the government of Kenya wanted outside advice this year on drafts of the country’s new constitution, one of their consultants was University of Chicago Law School professor Tom Ginsburg, one of the world’s foremost experts on how to write an ...
Sarah Galer
Center in Beijing opens with focus on collaboration
As nine pairs of scissors sliced through scarlet ribbon, a cheer went up on Wednesday from hundreds of people who filled the gleaming halls and galleries and classrooms of the University of Chicago’s Center in Beijing.
Brooke O’Neill
UChicago's botanic garden in bloom
In 1997 the American Public Gardens Association gave the University campus an official botanical garden designation. The botanical garden beds, which now number about 20, beautify the space and educate the visiting public about flora with labeled plan...