Since making headlines two years ago with a surprising 375-million-year-old fossil, the evolutionary biologist Neil Shubin continues to unlock the secrets of life’s formerly blurry transition from sea to land.

The Reva and David Logan Center for Creative and Performing Arts is scheduled to open in 2011.

Emily Oster, assistant professor of economics at the University of Chicago, is doing research that shows improvements in attitudes and behavior in areas where cable television has been introduced.

Vivek Taparia, AB’03; chronicles his experiences raising women in India above the poverty line through microfinancing.

This second-year College student hosts his own radio program.

Martha Roth, PhD, Professor of Assyriology, discusses the final volume of the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary, a comprehensive lexicon of ancient Akkadian dialects 86 years in the making.

272 stars gave their lives for the photo spread on cosmic explosions that graced pages 80 and 81 of the March 2007 National Geographic.

James Heckman, the Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor and a Nobel Laureate, argues that investing in early education offers the most cost-effective path to a whole range of social benefits.