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