Meet a UChicagoan

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

 

Film archivist keeps Chicago families’ memories alive

Saroop Singh 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

UChicago director and dramaturg is making classic theater feel fresh

Gabrielle Randle-Bent hopes to make things that ‘nourish’ as Court Theatre’s associate artistic director

UChicago graduate turns their fascination with space into children’s book about aliens

Joalda Morancy, who studied astronomy and astrophysics, takes readers on journey through solar system and beyond

Soccer coach makes history as she leads men’s team to NCAA Final Four

UChicago’s Julianne Sitch talks about ‘special’ moment as woman in leadership role

Ghost writer: Real-life haunted house inspires alum’s debut novel

Isabel Lachenauer, PhD’22, discusses how her childhood and perseverance led to her thriller, The Hacienda