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On a mission for Burma

Cristina Moon, AB’ 05, began as a student activist. Now she dedicates her career to the plight of the Burmese people.


Libby Ellis

Stone Age graveyard reveals Green Sahara

Paleontologist Paul Sereno and his team discovered the richest collection of prehistoric human remains known anywhere in the Sahara.


Steve Koppes

A 3,000-year-old patient

Radiologists and Egyptologists team up to analyze Meresamun, a nearly 3,000 year-old-Egyptian mummy.


Suzanne Wilder

A $20 million gift, a new agenda in science

Bill Eckhardt, MS '70, has donated $20 million to build new fields of scientific expertise.


Steve Koppes

Politics of the hip-hop generation

Bakari Kitwana, the 2007-2008 Artist-in-Residence in the University’s Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture, discusses hip hop.


Josh Schonwald

Two new learning centers to open in the ‘heart’ of campus

The historic Harper Memorial Library and Stuart Hall reading rooms will be transformed into vibrant, 24-hour student learning centers.


Julia Morse

Going viral with a new music search engine Songza

A website developed by University of Chicago alumnus Aza Raskin, AB’05, allows users to listen to music for free.


Valerie Vedral

Organ and carillon reunite at Rockefeller

University of Chicago’s carillonneur and organist enjoy a special place in history, as two newly renovated jewels return to their former glory.


Michael Drapa

University of Chicago alumni give $25 million in support of new Library

The Joe and Rika Mansueto Library was designed by acclaimed architect Helmut Jahn and will have the capacity to house up to 3.5 million volumes of print material—setting the University of Chicago apart from peers who are moving books off-campus.


Julia Morse

Surgeon pioneers minimally invasive ‘heart’ surgery

University of Chicago’s Sudhir Srivastava is one of the few surgeons worldwide to use minimally invasive robotic tools.


Megan Seery