Should scientists consider how their discoveries might be misused? Are scientists too controlled by their funders? What responsibility do scientists have toward the public? Theologians, theoretical physicists and transplant physicians...Read more

Diversity is central to the University of Chicago’s intellectual mission and it must be a part of its daily business, President Robert J. Zimmer told a gathering of business executives,...Read more

Joan Archie, Executive Director of Construction Compliance at the University of Chicago Medical Center, has been named compliance officer of the year by the Black Contractors United organization. Archie, who...Read more

The Robert R. McCormick Foundation , a nonprofit organization committed to strengthening the nation’s civic health, has provided a $5 million grant to the University of Chicago to support the...Read more

As members of the University community return to campus this fall, they are finding that many programs and projects on campus and around the world reached significant milestones during the...Read more

After last year's influenza pandemic put flu vaccines in the spotlight for months on end, health experts believe this year's flu season should be more routine, with vaccines widely available...Read more

Cutting back on sleep reduces the benefits of dieting, according to a study published Oct. 5 in the Annals of Internal Medicine . When dieters in the study got a...Read more

The University of Chicago will construct a new child care center in close proximity to the University of Chicago Medical Center clinical and research facilities, Provost Thomas F. Rosenbaum announced...Read more

Can a young doctor's advice to his mother save 100,000 lives a year? Shantanu Nundy, a second-year resident in internal medicine at the University of Chicago Medical Center, may soon...Read more

Rodney L. Goldstein, an accomplished Chicago business executive and longtime leader in the University community, has been appointed as Chair of the University of Chicago Medical Center Board of Trustees...Read more

Endocrine surgeons from around the world will join dozens of Chicago physicians Friday, April 16 to celebrate the long, illustrious and ongoing medical career of Edwin Kaplan , a Professor...Read more

Daniel Sulmasy, MD, PhD, the Kilbride-Clinton Professor of Medicine and Ethics in the Department of Medicine and the Divinity School, and Associate Director of the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical...Read more