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Beneath this bubble, a book-storing marvel

Architect Helmut Jahn's ambitious design of the new Joe and Rika Mansueto Library praised as "convention-busting"


Terrorism research gains world’s attention

Following Osama bin Laden’s death, experts like Robert Pape and Jenna Jordan ponder nation’s next steps.


Jeremy Manier

Fighting tuberculosis in India’s slums

Sandeep Ahuja, MPP’06, policy alum from the Harris School, finds innovative ways to track and treat impoverished TB patients


Steven Yaccino

$2 billion chip

Mathematics Prof. Benson Farb explains the hyberbolic paraboloid — the unique shape of Pringles potato chips


NBC Nightly News

Freakonomics ideas flourish in the classroom

Economist Steven Levitt’s national following has not dimmed his love of teaching undergraduates.


William Harms

Real “Glee” inspires alum’s choir film

Sparked by a College course, Marissa Flaxbart, AB'05, creates a documentary on show choir at her former high school.


Sara Olkon

UChicago nurtures city’s Internet start-up scene

With mentors from Groupon and other local companies, young entrepreneurs are joining Chicago’s burgeoning tech industry.


Rachel Cromidas

Opera gives voice to veterans’ memories

For Lyric Opera’s “Hercules,” famed director Peter Sellars reaches out to UChicago veterans and scholars.


Sara Olkon

University of Chicago launches new engineering program

Matthew Tirrell named Founding Pritzker Director of Institute for Molecular Engineering


Molecular Engineering names founding director

Matthew Tirrell, currently head of bioengineering at Berkeley, will lead new program poised for far-reaching innovation.


Steve Koppes

Jeremy Manier