Meet a UChicagoan

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

 

Holly Lutz - Bat research

By studying wild bats, alum seeks clues to COVID-19 immunity

Ricky Holder

Navy veteran finds intellectual home at UChicago

Alexi McCammond, AB’15

On the campaign trail, alum breaks big stories, reflects on discourse in U.S.

Larry McEnerney in the Arley D. Cathey Learning Center

How one UChicago scholar has shaped writing for generations of students

Sr. Lect. Borja Sotomayor plays cards with some of his students during a recent 'Hack Night'

Geeky T-shirts, open door policy make UChicago computer scientist beloved campus figure

UChicago student Jon Zaghloul, a broadcaster and podcast host, at Stagg Field

Between classes, student talks sports and draws big names to podcast in his dorm

Samira Ahmed looks at books in the 57th St Bookstore

Young Adult novelist and alum writes stories of ‘revolutionary girls’

Riley Snorton in apartment

Scholar explores overlapping worlds of black and trans communities

Carol Fisher Saller

An editor takes the fear out of The Chicago Manual of Style

Devshi Mehrotra

How one recent alum is using technology to tackle inequality