Michael Swiatek, MBA’91, describes himself as “a business executive who happens to be blind/low vision.” As chief strategy officer and chief accessibility officer at the Abra Group, his work involves making air travel more accessible. Read the full interview: https://bit.ly/4t2tP4D

As copresidents of the University of Chicago Forum for Free Inquiry and Expression Student Board, Snyder and Syed Ahmad are responsible for organizing events for students that foster free expression on campus. https://bit.ly/3YWwPSu

In a context where there are no risk-free choices, UChicago professor of geophysical sciences David Keith believes geoengineering deserves serious consideration as a tool to combat climate change. https://bit.ly/4agfDO3

Cults, machines, jazz, and more. Check out a selection of alumni releases: https://mag.uchicago.edu/university-news/releases-63

“After hearing my classmates’ stories of goals accomplished and accolades earned over those 10 years, I couldn’t help feeling a little insecure,” writes Xavier Serrani, AB’14. “I’ve had this nagging thought: Did I miss the aims of education?” https://bit.ly/3NA5CSY

On Arts and Humanities Day art enthusiasts took a tour of the campus buildings from which Theaster Gates sourced materials for the Smart Museum exhibition Theaster Gates: Unto Thee. Read about the tour and the day's events: https://bit.ly/49uOOV2

On Arts and Humanities Day in October, the University threw open its doors to the city and to artists and thinkers of every stripe. Read the Magazine’s dispatches from the day. https://mag.uchicago.edu/arts-humanities/broad-spectrum

In late 2023 the University shared a plan to reduce its budget deficit. Two years later, those measures have succeeded in shrinking the deficit substantially. University officers address those efforts, the University’s endowment, changes in federal research funding, and more. https://bit.ly/3LxmUzD

What’s that little plant on our Winter/26 cover? “You might say it’s a sedge only an ecologist could love,” writes Carrie Golus, AB’91, AM’93. Read more about the unlikely plants found growing on slag in the Calumet region. https://bit.ly/3LA9dQs

Slag is a byproduct of steelmaking. Dumped while molten, “it killed everything it touched, then hardened into a substance similar to asphalt.” But today UChicago alumnae are making the case that slag sites are novel ecosystems, valuable in themselves. https://bit.ly/3LA9dQs

The Winter/26 issue is here, with stories about novel ecosystems, geoengineering, airline accessibility, game music, a Chaucer scholar and codebreaker, and much more. https://bit.ly/3NcPiHJ

Two decades ago Jacqueline Stewart, AM’93, PhD’99, began collecting amateur videos from Chicagoans on the South Side. Today the South Side Home Movie Project includes over 1,200 reels of footage documenting life in Chicago and more. mag.uchicago.edu/arts-humanit...

Artist Amanda Williams, LAB’92, worked with UChicago chemists to recreate a hundred-year-old blue pigment invented by George Washington Carver. mag.uchicago.edu/university-n...

Patricia Manzolillo, AB’92, came from a Post Office family. Since 1996, she’s worked for USPS’s law enforcement arm, the United States Postal Inspection Service, helping to prevent crimes that involve the mail. mag.uchicago.edu/law-policy-s...

In policy challenges at the IOP, Harris Public Policy, and the Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation, UChicago students compete to find creative solutions to real-world problems. https://mag.uchicago.edu/university-news/shark-tank-wonks

“I hate waking up early,” one student wrote on an evaluation for the course in a past year, “but I dragged myself out of bed at 7:30 a.m. to get ready to go listen to Professor Zingales talk for three hours.” https://bit.ly/4pwZW9Z

"Three years ago I knew nothing here. Now I have memories in a hundred rooms." A student reflects on the workings of memory and the campus spaces that define her life in the College. https://mag.uchicago.edu/university-news/notes-campus

Claudia Goldin, AM’69, PhD’72, is our Fall/25 UChicagoan. Read the full Q&A with the Nobel Memorial Prize–winning economist and friend to golden retrievers. https://mag.uchicago.edu/economics-business/claudia-goldin-am69-phd72

Alumni essay: Madeline de Figueredo, AB’19, reflects on learning to live in community after the death of her husband. https://bit.ly/4ogRFpG

What makes a good life? In an excerpt from his new book, psychologist Shigehiro Oishi reflects on how his path has differed from his father’s and makes the case for a life defined by psychological richness. https://bit.ly/4p3xOf2

Humans will likely go to Mars, says geophysicist Edwin Kite, but rigorous research is needed before we make decisions about what to do when we get there. https://bit.ly/47F7Ir0

In a new book Jens Ludwig challenges conventional wisdom on gun violence and suggests new approaches to solving the problem. https://mag.uchicago.edu/ludwig

Fifty-five students participated in the pilot of the College’s Summer research residency program, living in Campus North while they conduct research and prepare for their future careers. https://mag.uchicago.edu/university-news/growth-mindset

In Horror on the Brain: The Neuroscience behind Science Fiction, Austin Lim, PhD’14, explores brain science through horror and science fiction. Read about some of the science-and-fiction connections Lim explores in the book. https://mag.uchicago.edu/science-medicine/body-horror

Flight attendants, wartime trade, magic, and more. Check out a selection of alumni books: https://bit.ly/4h0Chf3

Photographer Meredith Miller, AB’98, uses archival materials and everyday objects to rethink our relationship to endangered species. https://bit.ly/4q11DgW

Nobel laureates and nuclear experts gathered on campus in July to urge action to prevent nuclear war. Read an excerpt from their declaration and learn more about the event. https://bit.ly/3KDFuVY

Every year since 1962, a distinguished faculty member has been invited to give the Aims of Education address to incoming first-year College students during Orientation Week. Read excerpts from their talks https://bit.ly/4q13CC5

Reunion volunteers share the best things about Alumni Weekend. https://mag.uchicago.edu/university-news/five-best-things-about-alumni-weekend

What is KPTC? And how is W different from WB? ICYMI, test your knowledge of UChicago building abbreviations—and make it to class on time! https://mag.uchicago.edu/university-news/maroon-alphabet

Mathematician Carolyn Yackel, SB’92, uses fiber arts—including shibori, temari, and knitting—to explore mathematical concepts. https://mag.uchicago.edu/university-news/crossover-artist

The Fall/25 issue of The Core is here, with stories on campus spaces, the aims of education, summer research, postal inspection, oral history, and much more. https://bit.ly/4nGrc5J

The Fall/25 issue of The University of Chicago Magazine is here. Sit in on a class about crony capitalism, learn what makes a good life, and discover how an alumna weaves together math and fiber arts, and much more. https://bit.ly/3J32Eod

Learn how Assistant Professor of Music Paula Clare Harper’s (AB’10) recent book on Taylor Swift came together, challenges of studying music on the internet, her favorite version of “All Too Well,” and more: mag.uchicago.edu/paulaharper

A selection of new books by alumni. https://mag.uchicago.edu/university-news/releases-61

Marilu Henner, EX’74, is our Summer/25 UChicagoan. Read the full Q&A with the actor, author, and possessor of HSAM (highly superior autobiographical memory): https://mag.uchicago.edu/arts-humanities/marilu-henner-ex74

The University of Chicago Magazine hired its first Metcalf intern in 1997, the year the program started. Once the Magazine began hiring two interns, they got a standard practice assignment: interview each other. Meet our summer 2025 interns: mag.uchicago.edu/university-n...

What expands under pressure and contracts when heated? Groundbreaking materials discovered by Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering researchers defy the conventional laws of thermodynamics. https://bit.ly/46eMn78

Irwin Keller, EX’85, JD’88, wasn’t sure whether his dreams of his late mother were a divine message or just wishful thinking. Read his reflections on skepticism and faith. mag.uchicago.edu/university-n...

As book bans spread nationwide, a professor, an author, and the UChicago library system defend the freedom to read. mag.uchicago.edu/university-n...

In April UChicago Alumni and The Chicago Forum for Free Inquiry and Expression cohosted “Uninhibited Debate: How UChicago Shaped Free Expression Discourse.” Panelists addressed open discourse in classrooms, the legacy of the Chicago Principles, and more mag.uchicago.edu/university-n...

With plenty of references to Beyoncé and other Black women in pop culture, Daryl Fairweather’s (AM’12, PhD’14) new book, Hate the Game, discusses how game theory plays into everyday lives, offering economics-rooted insights into navigating careers and finances. mag.uchicago.edu/economics-bu...

Mathematician Mina Rees, PhD’31, worked behind the scenes to develop the first federal agency dedicated to funding scientific research in peacetime. Her policies have characterized federal science funding into the 21st century. mag.uchicago.edu/university-n... @uchicagoalumni.bsky.social

After four years of textbooks and problem sets, molecular engineering students test their skills out on real world engineering problems. They might not be able to solve the problems in two quarters, but what matters is how they approach the challenge. mag.uchicago.edu/science-medi...

With two College alumni singers, an editor at the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists behind the drums, and a UChicago linguistics professor on the bass, Do the Needful pays tribute to classic Bollywood. mag.uchicago.edu/arts-humanit...

The brains of people who stay sharp-witted in their 80s and 90s might hold clues to healthy aging for the rest of us. Emily Rogalski of UChicago is studying these "superagers" at the @haarccenter.bsky.social. I spoke with her for @uchicagomag.bsky.social mag.uchicago.edu/science-medi...

Raised by artists, Daisy Rockwell, AB’91, AM’98, PhD’98, chose UChicago because at the time it didn’t have a major focus on the creative arts. She studied Hindi for the first time, then Tamil and Sanskrit. Today she’s an artist, scholar, and translator mag.uchicago.edu/arts-humanit...

By design: In the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering’s capstone course, fourth-year students put their skills to the test. mag.uchicago.edu/science-medi... @uchicagomag.bsky.social @uchicagopme.bsky.social

On this day 100 years ago, John T. Scopes, EX’31, was put on trial for teaching evolution in a Tennessee classroom. Read about the UChicagoans involved in the trial, including the defendant himself: mag.uchicago.edu/law-policy-s... @uchicagoalumni.bsky.social

Our Summer/25 issue is here! Discover new materials that defy physics, a Bollywood cover band, superagers, the art of translation, the fight against book bans, and more. mag.uchicago.edu/issue/summer25