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Nimocks brings deep local knowledge to new job

Longtime Woodlawn resident builds University partnerships with city.


Rachel Cromidas

Memories help form portrait of a painter

Soft-spoken Wolf Kahn, AB’50, talks concretely about abstract art and life in the College.


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Terry Teachout

Fulbright fellows learn about themselves and world

From tortilla making in Mexico to drumming in Sri Lanka, international studies spark ideas.


Carmen Marti

Fans of French novel stage marathon reading

In Les Misérables, students and faculty find echoes of current economic woes.


Susie Allen

Anthropology comes alive in one-woman show

Recent grad Kit Novotny takes her collection of collectors to the stage.


Susan Soric

Doctors make world of difference in Africa

Lessons learned in overseas program could lead to better urban health care.


Greg Borzo

Fourth-year student takes balloon art to a higher level

University-funded art project integrates light, science, and hundreds of balloons.


Susie Allen

How Iraqi ‘cradle of civilization’ was robbed

Lawrence Rothfield performs inquest into the 2003 looting of museum antiquities.


Lisa Pevtzow

Scholars work to make Defender collection public

University helps a great Chicago family make a great gift to the city.


Josh Schonwald

Faculty, students share scholarly spotlight

On the cusp of independent careers, graduate students and postdocs team up with veteran scholars on the cutting edge.


Greg Borzo