500th Convocation celebrates spirit of open inquiry
Speakers stress the boldness of University’s past and future—“Discovery is our business.”
Jeremy Manier
Paris Center spreads University’s global reach
Five years on, intimate program brings Chicago-style collaboration to the heart of European culture.
Steve Kloehn
Groups work in harmony for Jazz Fest
Collaboration brings Grammy winner Cassandra Wilson to kick off weekend of music.
Kadesha Thomas
University hosts DC forum on health, education
Cabinet secretaries join national experts to examine reform efforts.
Jeremy Manier
University breeds rare species of interdisciplinary scientist
Chicago academic ‘ecosystem’ fosters broad-based graduate training in evolutionary biology.
Steve Koppes
Students undeterred in careers as future journalists
Rigorous Chicago training, professional programs bolster career chances amid tough market.
William Harms
Janet Rowley to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom for cancer chromosome studies
Her discoveries showed cancer is a genetic disease.
John Easton
Memories help form portrait of a painter
Soft-spoken Wolf Kahn, AB’50, talks concretely about abstract art and life in the College.
The Core
Terry Teachout
Fulbright fellows learn about themselves and world
From tortilla making in Mexico to drumming in Sri Lanka, international studies spark ideas.
Carmen Marti