Live in a Chicago neighborhood with a high violent crime rate? Your odds of obesity, hypertension are higher, study finds
<p>UChicago researchers find connection between exposure to violent crime and elevated blood pressure, obesity</p>

Hands-on science energizes students
Field work in Bahamas enriches training in biology, geology
Chelsea Leu
Awarding-winning website goes to NYC
Watch a slideshow of our new responsive website on its way to the 2013 Webby Awards.
Honoring excellence in teaching
Awards pay tribute to inspiring teachers of undergraduates and graduate students.
South Asian culture takes center stage
Annual show celebrates cultural heritage of students from the subcontinent
Dianna Douglas
How hands do the talking
New Center for Gesture, Sign, and Language launches interdisciplinary project with Neubauer Collegium.
Susie Allen
Seven students in search of a play
Actors team up with top theater company to push creative boundaries.
Brooke E. O’Neill
Fragile knots untangle deep physics questions
Idea for innovative research began with musing about smoke rings.
Steve Koppes
Turning computer models into reality
Prof. Heinrich Jaeger's lab uses 3D printing to test complex qualities of shapes made via computer
By Steve Koppes