Eckhardt Center to foster precision science
Innovative building will enrich tradition in physical sciences and house trailblazing new institute.
Steve Koppes
Telling the life stories of words
Love of English language takes alumni on a lexical journey.
Debra Kamin
Young poets set Chicago scene abuzz
Graduate students in English Department balance critical and creative work.
Susie Allen
Photographer paints UChicago in new light
Microbiologist Justin Kern, AB’04, PhD’10, captures evocative portraits of campus.
Lydialyle Gibson
Brain key to 'choking' under pressure
Sian Beilock studies why good performers fail—and how they succeed.
William Harms
Scholars revive China’s broken treasures
Historical sleuthing and digital techniques help Smart Museum recreate Buddhist cave temples.
Susie Allen
Blogger battles teen stereotypes
First-year Jamie Keiles gains national following with a smart critique of teen-oriented media.
Sara Olkon
Finding what makes constitutions endure
When the government of Kenya wanted outside advice this year on drafts of the country’s new constitution, one of their consultants was University of Chicago Law School professor Tom Ginsburg, one of the world’s foremost experts on how to write an ...
Sarah Galer
Center in Beijing opens with focus on collaboration
As nine pairs of scissors sliced through scarlet ribbon, a cheer went up on Wednesday from hundreds of people who filled the gleaming halls and galleries and classrooms of the University of Chicago’s Center in Beijing.
Brooke O’Neill
Political thinker Levin passes final test
A PhD defense can be nerve-wracking, even for Yuval Levin, conservative author and former Bush administration staffer.
William Harms