Scholars revive China’s broken treasures
Historical sleuthing and digital techniques help Smart Museum recreate Buddhist cave temples.
Susie Allen
Helping the world’s poor claim legal rights
When lawyers for International Justice Mission first encountered a Kenyan inmate named Peter in late 2009, he had been languishing in prison without bail for 12 months on charges of robbery with violence—an offense punishable by death.
Sarah Galer
Blogger battles teen stereotypes
First-year Jamie Keiles gains national following with a smart critique of teen-oriented media.
Sara Olkon
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
Campus gardens fulfill Olmsted’s vision
Walk down the sidewalk between Hull Gate and Botany Pond and you may need to duck beneath a canopy of aralias that overhang the path leading to Cobb Gate and 57th Street just beyond.
William Harms
Summer Shakespeare makes campus a stage
Graduate students extend examination of contemporary life to broader literary audience.
Caroline O’Donovan
The Point: Filling the appetite for ideas
Graduate students extend examination of contemporary life to broader literary audience.
Sara Olkon
Student artists find summer inspiration
With projects ranging from short films to a musical score for a circus, students get creative with Arts Council Summer Fellowships.
Jessen O’Brien
Chelsie Sluyk
Doc Films brings the classics and the kitsch
With august roots as the nation’s oldest student film society, Doc screens something for everyone, from the French New Wave to Space Jam.
Susie Allen
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