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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