Features Archive: 2013
May Homepage Features
Revitalized 53rd Street energizes community
Residents, businesses benefit from Hyde Park's growth as a destination for dining, shopping, and fun
How hands do the talking
New Center for Gesture, Sign, and Language launches interdisciplinary project with Neubauer Collegium
April Homepage Features
Seven students in search of a play
Actors team up with top theater company to push creative boundaries
Forging a new field of social neuroscience
Pioneering work by Profs. John Cacioppo and Jean Decety explains interplay of biology and social lives
Fragile knots untangle deep physics questions
Idea for innovative research began with musing about smoke rings
Indian artists call for harmony
Art collective’s work promoting artistic freedom inspires Smart Museum exhibition
Boyer champions College’s values
After 20 years as dean, John Boyer still mines College’s traditions to chart a vibrant future
March Homepage Features
Arts Incubator connects with community
Washington Park facility creates collaborative space for South Side artists
Turning computer models into reality
Prof. Heinrich Jaeger's lab uses 3D printing to test complex qualities of shapes made via computer
Auburn returns to Hyde Park for ‘Proof’
Court Theatre production brings David Auburn, AB’91, back to his acclaimed play’s roots
Student’s vision brings sight to world’s poor
Janice Guzon’s nonprofit collects used eyeglasses to change lives worldwide
February Homepage Features
Exploring ‘Love and Friendship in Hamlet’
Prof. David Bevington explains Shakespeare’s move from romantic comedy to doomed love
Hunt for distant planets intensifies
Armed with new tools, UChicago astronomers search for worlds like Earth
Chicago Studies makes city a classroom
Innovative program helps students pursue research about Chicago
January Homepage Features
Demotic Dictionary unveils culture of ancient Egypt
Four-decade project deepens knowledge of ancient life and links to modern languages
Law School clinic defends those in need
Trailblazing Federal Criminal Justice Clinic enables law students to help low-income clients in federal cases
Benjamin Mays found a voice for civil rights
UChicago alumnus, mentor to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., was movement’s intellectual conscience
Center for Care and Discovery puts focus on patients
Adaptable design helps new hospital offer emerging technology and treatments
