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Putting human rights ideas into action

Students in innovative program use liberal-arts training to confront global challenges, prepare for their future.


Sarah Galer

Putting human rights ideas into action

Students in innovative program use liberal-arts training to confront global challenges, prepare for their future.


Sarah Galer

Seeking the roots of primate personality

Biologist Dario Maestripieri interprets DNA, environmental clues to help explain behavior of monkeys and humans.


University of Chicago Magazine

Michael Knezovich

Mysteries of nature move artist

Insect dances inspire Julia Oldham, MFA’05, in video pieces that explore the basis of human communication.


Madelaine Jerousek-Smith

Oriental Institute’s founding tale full of adventure

<p>Exhibition relives James Henry Breasted’s dangerous but fruitful 1919–20 journey to the Mideast.</p>


William Harms

Students' book transforms classics into 'tweets'

Alex Aciman and Emmett Rensin, now second years in the College, satirize great literature and modern culture in their new book, Twitterature.


Susan Soric

Smart comedy built Second City success

As theater turns 50, co-founder Sahlins recalls how UChicago lessons, audiences built foundation.


Susie Allen

Online communities deepen campus dialogue

From Facebook to Twitter to video messaging, technology helps reach new audiences.


Lisa Pevtzow

Building a 'beacon of light' for the arts

Architects’ vision for new Logan Arts Center merges arts theory, practice.


Lisa Pevtzow

Jeremy Manier