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

Web exclusive: What do UChicago mathematicians think of the Apple TV+ show Prime Target? We asked, so you don’t have to. mag.uchicago.edu/university-n...

Scientists have made new measurements of moon rocks from the Apollo missions to shed light on the origins and age of the moon. mag.uchicago.edu/science-medi...

“What is it like to learn? It is the strained eyes from reading in the dark, yes, but it is also afflictions of the more metaphorical sort.” Read an essay by Shiloh Miller, Class of 2026: mag.uchicago.edu/university-n...

Web exclusive: “I began the practice of, the last thing before going to bed every night, putting down the two things that I’d learned in the course of the day into a sentence,” says retired English professor David Shields, AM’75, PhD’82. mag.uchicago.edu/arts-humanit...

Harris Public Policy assistant professor Eyal Frank is quantifying the costs of biodiversity loss. He recently showed that the decline of bat populations in North America has contributed to a rise in infant mortality. mag.uchicago.edu/law-policy-s...

Nicholas Epley is our Spring/25 UChicagoan. Read our Q&A with the Chicago Booth behavioral science professor and scholar of social cognition: mag.uchicago.edu/university-n...

For decades, when an oil well stopped producing, it was simply left behind. Over time these wells break down, releasing radioactive and carcinogenic chemicals. Environmental attorney Adam Peltz, AB’05, works to identify and plug these orphaned wells. mag.uchicago.edu/law-policy-s...

For 40 years UChicago’s MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics has built a bridge between clinical practice and ethical inquiry. Learn about the center’s history and the ethical challenges that are top of mind for the center today. mag.uchicago.edu/university-n...

Web exclusive: UChicago’s annual anime and video game convention, UChi-Con, is a daylong event with workshops, a costume competition, live music, art vendors, and lectures—including one by computer scientist Ben Zhao on his work protecting visual artists from generative AI. mag.uchicago.edu/uchi-con

Check out some highlights of the 21st annual UChi-Con, organized by the University of Chicago Japanese Animation Society: mag.uchicago.edu/university-n...

Many millennials aren’t sure about having children. A new book examines why. Read more about “What Are Children For? On Ambivalence and Choice” by Anastasia Berg, AM’13, PhD’17, and Rachel Wiseman, AB’12. mag.uchicago.edu/law-policy-s...