Science & Medicine

Searching for relics from the dawn of urban life

Oriental Institute team’s exploration of enigmatic 6,000-year-old Syrian site reveals evidence of social inequality, technology.


William Harms

Young scholar tracked pre-Jurassic beasts to UChicago

Passion for fossils of mammalian ancestors leads to PhD’s prize-winning research.


Steve Koppes

http://www.uchicago.edu/features/20100215_maestripieri

Biologist Dario Maestripieri interprets DNA, environmental clues to help explain behavior of monkeys and humans.


Michael Knezovich

Seeking the roots of primate personality

Biologist Dario Maestripieri interprets DNA, environmental clues to help explain behavior of monkeys and humans.


University of Chicago Magazine

Michael Knezovich

Scientists explore the future of high-energy physics

Niobium-based superconducting devices could lead to smaller, more efficient linear colliders.


Steve Koppes

Scientists explore the future of high-energy physics

Niobium-based superconducting devices could lead to smaller, more efficient linear colliders.


Steve Koppes

Mysteries of nature move artist

Insect dances inspire Julia Oldham, MFA’05, in video pieces that explore the basis of human communication.


Madelaine Jerousek-Smith

Oriental Institute’s founding tale full of adventure

Exhibition relives James Henry Breasted’s dangerous but fruitful 1919–20 journey to Mideast.


William Harms