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Noel Swerdlow, one of the ‘greatest scholars’ of the history of science, 1941-2021 Noel Swerdlow outdoors

Noel Swerdlow, one of the ‘greatest scholars’ of the history of science, 1941-2021

Argonne National Laboratory celebrates 75 years of scientific discovery Aerial image of the Advanced Photon Source, a large circular building, with the Chicago skyline in the distance

Argonne National Laboratory celebrates 75 years of scientific discovery

Tetsuo Najita, eminent scholar of Japan’s early modern and modern intellectual history, 1936-2021 Tetsuo Najita

Tetsuo Najita, eminent scholar of Japan’s early modern and modern intellectual history, 1936-2021

Charting the evolution of U.S. energy since 1800—from horsepower to renewables Sports Car VS Horse

Charting the evolution of U.S. energy since 1800—from horsepower to renewables

Why current protests are about more than George Floyd’s death Police Protest

Why current protests are about more than George Floyd’s death

UChicago historian Alice Goff receives 2020 Berlin Prize UChicago Campus

UChicago historian Alice Goff receives 2020 Berlin Prize

Why quarantines are so difficult to implement: Lessons from the 1800s Paul Emmert, View of a Smallpox Hospital, Waikiki (1853)

Why quarantines are so difficult to implement: Lessons from the 1800s

Book traces history of UChicago's neighborhoods back to their garden roots Aerial view of early Hyde Park-Kenwood overlooking Jackson Park

Book traces history of UChicago's neighborhoods back to their garden roots

History course on Dracula goes beyond the story of a bloodthirsty killer Vlad the Impaler

History course on Dracula goes beyond the story of a bloodthirsty killer

UChicago honors historian John Hope Franklin with new lecture series John Hope Franklin

UChicago honors historian John Hope Franklin with new lecture series