Meet a UChicagoan

A regular series focusing on the people who make UChicago a distinct intellectual community.

 

Unraveling the ancient past, one tablet at a time

UChicago student Danielle Levy finds passion for the Akkadian language through Core curriculum

Organist pulls out all the stops to bring Bach to UChicago

For ‘Bach at Bond’ concert series,’ music scholar Jacob Reed performed 30 recitals in eight months

UChicago scientist seeks to make plastic more recyclable

Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering grad student Sam Marsden works to create new forms of polymers

Ecologist tracks how insects can devastate forests—and how to stop them

UChicago ecologist Greg Dwyer untangles relationships between insects, viruses and climate change

Engineer designs molecules for our quantum future

Ph.D. student Chloe Washabaugh excited to be part of a ‘historic moment’ in the tech revolution

“Fearless” in her fight for a career in baseball—and against ALS

Sarah Langs, AB’15, hopes to bring awareness to disease, inspire other women to work in baseball

Film archivist keeps Chicago families’ memories alive

Justin D. Williams of UChicago’s South Side Home Movie Project sees preservation as ‘a form of grief work’

Compassion drives scientist to make advances in breast cancer research

Postdoctoral scholar’s journey takes him from Vietnam to Chicago to place science in service of those in need