The University of Chicago Magazine
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Sharing UChicago's stories since 1907.
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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
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
Greening the red planet
Humans will likely go to Mars. What we do when we get there warrants careful study and discussion, says Edwin Kite.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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
Growth mindset
Over the summer a cohort of students lived together in Campus North, conducted research, and laid the groundwork for their future careers.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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
November 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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
Releases
A selection of books, films, and recordings by UChicago alumni.
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October 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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
Animal archive
Meredith Miller, AB’98, combines archival materials and everyday objects to rethink our relationship with endangered species.
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October 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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
Life itself
Nobel laureates and nuclear experts urge action on a looming threat.
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October 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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
What are the aims of education?
For more than 50 years, distinguished professors have offered answers to this question.
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October 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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
The five best things about Alumni Weekend
(according to reunion volunteers)
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October 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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
October 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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
Crossover artist
Carolyn Yackel, SB’92, weaves together math and fiber arts.
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October 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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
October 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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
October 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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
It’s got a good beat and you can study it
The coeditor of a new scholarly volume on Taylor Swift believes in taking popular music seriously.
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September 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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
Releases
A selection of books, films, and recordings by UChicago alumni.
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September 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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
Marilu Henner, EX’74
Questions for the actor, author, and possessor of HSAM (highly superior autobiographical memory).
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September 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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...
Internal dialogue
Meet the Magazine’s interns, Brady Santoro, Class of 2027, and Vivian Li, Class of 2028.
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September 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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
Breaking all the rules
New materials that defy the laws of thermodynamics could revolutionize batteries, buildings, and more.
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September 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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...
Such stuff as dreams are made of
Following the loss of his mother, an alumnus reflects on skepticism and faith.
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September 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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...
Out of circulation
As book bans spread nationwide, a professor, an author, and UChicago’s library system defend the freedom to read.
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August 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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...
Uninhibited debate
At an alumni event this spring, panelists discussed threats to higher education in light of a foundational UChicago value.
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August 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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...
Game plan
Daryl Fairweather’s (AM’12, PhD’14) new book encourages readers to think like an economist.
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August 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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
Mathematical model
Mina Rees, PhD’31 (1902–97), helped scientific research flourish.
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August 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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...
By design
In the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering’s capstone course, fourth-year students put their skills to the test.
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July 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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...
Need to know
A band of UChicago alumni and affiliates brings psych-rock daring to Bollywood classics.
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July 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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...