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South Side Story: The bike tour

Over 100 students, faculty and Hyde Park residents participated in the South Side History Bike Tour.


Hannah Hayes

Chicago’s hidden Renaissance

Jacqueline Goldsby explores a little-known African American literary movement at the University's 30th annual Humanities Day Oct. 25.


Josh Schonwald

Thaler’s Nudge gets global attention

<p>Politicians here and abroad embrace idea about how to influence behavior.</p>


University of Chicago

Capturing a piece of Hyde Park culture

Undergraduate Sarra Jahedi’s film, The Game, documents the avid local chess scene.


Carrie Golus

Landmark festival celebrates French composer

Music lovers to converge on campus to hear and discuss musical pioneer Olivier Messiaen.


Josh Schonwald

Artists who defied convention

The University of Chicago Department of Visual Arts’ exhibition reveals little-known South Side scene that reflects the turmoil of the times.


Susie Allen

Views of art, self on ‘other’ side of globe

University of Chicago undergraduates travel to Spain to see masterpieces, and themselves, in a different context.


Greg Holden

Music, Movies, and the Mind

University of Chicago PhD student David Bashwiner&#39;s mind-expanding score reaches the big screen.


Michelle Rapaport

On a mission for Burma

Cristina Moon, AB’ 05, began as a student activist. Now she dedicates her career to the plight of the Burmese people.


Libby Ellis

Stone Age graveyard reveals Green Sahara

Paleontologist Paul Sereno and his team discovered the richest collection of prehistoric human remains known anywhere in the Sahara.


Steve Koppes