For a UChicago designer, video games illuminate real-world problems
Ashlyn Sparrow designs games for social impact that go beyond entertainment
UChicago film scholar Jacqueline Stewart awarded MacArthur Fellowship
$625,000 grant recognizes work that illuminates contributions of Black filmmakers
Kimberly Kay Hoang to deliver Aims of Education address to first-year students
An annual UChicago tradition, the address spotlights the broader meaning and value of education
Why can’t we identify music notes as well as colors? A perfect pitch study offers clues
Neuroscientists explore how people with absolute pitch process sounds
A ‘we’ project: In city-wide exhibition, MacArthur Fellows invoke art as a tool for change
Smart Museum partners with community spaces to host art installations around Chicago
UChicago summer program aims to foster diversity in field of economics
Becker Friedman Institute welcomes students from underrepresented backgrounds to learn from leading faculty
Emotion in stories gets our attention—and attention affects our memories
UChicago psychology research explores how people engage with narratives
Michael Murrin, leading scholar of allegory and ‘dracologist,’ 1938–2021
Scholar remembered for personal kindness, expertise on interpretation of European legends
In time capsule, UChicago students send COVID-19 artifacts 100 years into the future
Anthropology class explores ‘how materials communicate’ through time