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The Point: Filling the appetite for ideas

Graduate students extend examination of contemporary life to broader literary audience.


Sara Olkon

Minow leads push for corporate reform

Nell Minow, JD’77, is shaping a national debate on executive salaries and accountability.


Meg Breslin

New names of ancient minerals honor scientists

Andrew Davis (left) and Lawrence Grossman pioneered study of the solar system’s chemical origins. Their new namesakes are minerals from the oldest known rocks.


Steve Koppes

Public school students forge path to top colleges

The University started Collegiate Scholars to help Chicago Public Schools students set high goals. Now the first graduating class has set a national example.


Sara Olkon

Broad outlook brings success for Disney leader

Leading the finances of the world’s biggest media and entertainment company takes creativity, says Jay Rasulo, AM’82, MBA’84.


Phil Rockrohr

2010 Spring Convocation Speech

Read Paul Sereno’s convocation speech, "Historical Contingency and Ultimate Aims."


Paul Sereno

503rd Convocation Marks a New Tradition

Watch a slideshow of the 503rd Convocation.


Sara Olkon

Becker builds on a career of original thinking

Eighteen years after winning economics Nobel, this year’s Alumni Medalist still pushes frontiers with research, teaching, and a popular blog.


Meg Breslin

Passion for writing connects students, teachers

Mentors such as author James Fallows help students explore their craft in Vare Nonfiction Writer-in-Residence program.


Susie Allen

Nano-level collaboration yields big results

With self-assembling particles and complex nanocrystals, Elena Shevchenko and Dmitri Talapin lead the search for new materials with technological promise.


Steve Koppes