Immigrant Children's Advocacy
Maria Woltjen, Director of the Immigrant Children's Advocacy Project, describes how she founded a program to provide unaccompanied immigrant children with guardians ad litem. In 2005, nearly 8,000 unaccompanied immigrant children were taken into feder...
Physics and the Cell: Mysteries of the Cytoskeleton
Margaret Gardel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Physics, is a 2007 recipient of the NIH Director's Pioneer award, along with four others from The University of Chicago. Fundamentally interdisciplinary, Gardel's research straddles both the physical and ...
Evolving Brains
Dr. Bruce Lahn discusses newly discovered variants in two genes, one of which affects brain-size in humans. Because these variants have arisen very recently, studying them may help researchers understand the ongoing evolution of the human brain.
Hamoukar: Redrawing the Map of the World's Earliest Cities
Clemens Reichel, Research Associate at the Oriental Institute, explains the importance of the groundbreaking archaeological expedition he co-directed at Hamoukar in Northern Syria. Until recently, archaeologists believed that urban civilization first a...
The Mystery of the Child
Martin E. Marty, Professor Emeritus of the History of Modern Christianity in the Divinity, discusses his new book, The Mystery of the Child, and the origins of his interest in the subject of children. Departing from literature on children that regards...
A Conversation with James Dewey Watson
James Dewey Watson, PhB'46, SB'47, won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering the structure of DNA and remains one of the most influential researchers in the field of genetics. Back on campus to receive the 2007 University of C...
Fermi Remembered
Nobel Laureate and scientific luminary Enrico Fermi (1901-54) was a pioneering nuclear physicist whose contributions to the field were numerous, profound, and lasting. His legacy continues to color the character of the sciences at the University of Ch...
Reflections on Milton Friedman
Milton Friedman, AM'33, who joined the University of Chicago economics faculty in 1946 and won the 1976 Nobel Prize in Economics, was perhaps the most influential economist of the 20th Century. His death in November 2006 gave rise to widespread consid...
Saul Bellow: The Man, the Writer
Saul Bellow, the 1976 Nobel Laureate in Literature, attended both the College and graduate school at the University of Chicago and was a member of the faculty for more than 30 years. One of the most influential novelists of the 20th Century, Bellow ce...
Alumni Convocation 2007
The annual Alumni Convocation celebrates University tradition and alumni achievement. Nobel Laureate James Dewey Watson, PhB'46, SB'47, was presented with the 2007 Alumni Medal and gave the convocation address.