Features Archive: 2013
December Homepage Features
Core combines timeless courses and fresh ideas
Years of faculty discussion help update storied curriculum
Rockefeller fosters sense of community
Historic chapel serves as spiritual, intellectual home
What makes Nobel speeches endure
UChicago laureates Fama and Hansen join tradition of lectures that speak to history
NORC tracks Americans’ changing views
After 40 years, General Social Survey finds complex opinions on sex, politics, and more
November Homepage Features
Environmental research inspires new Rhodes Scholar
Fourth-year Samuel Greene plans to study renewable energy and climate change at Oxford
Scholars probe interface between arts and science
ArtslScience Initiative links divergent disciplines in novel collaborations
Graduate students take on policy challenges in Gary
Urban leaders guide students studying city's problems, new solutions
Nobel panel celebrates work’s impact
UChicago community gathers to discuss research of laureates Fama, Hansen
October Homepage Features
UChicago announces new Center in Delhi
India site to expand global engagement, building upon tradition of scholarly collaboration
New innovation hub uses discovery to fuel Chicago startups
Chicago Innovation Exchange to open on 53rd Street, sparking business and product creation
Transforming lives through foster care
Davida Williams, AM'82, devotes career to helping foster families overcome trauma
Nobel awarded to Fama and Hansen
Professors cited for groundbreaking economics research
September Homepage Features
UChicago Promise benefits incoming class
Wide-ranging program for students from Chicago makes impact on impressive Class of 2017
UChicago community welcomes incoming students
Orientation Week features celebration and tradition for Class of 2017
Seminary Co-op deepens intellectual life
Historic bookstore finds new ways to build community
Tackling city’s challenges with data
Fellowship allows students interested in analytics to make social impact
Dolphin cognition fuels discovery
Recent PhD graduate Jason Bruck took unlikely path to study dolphins’ remarkable memory
August Homepage Features
Supporting graduate students’ ambitions
UChicago investment in graduate education leads to meaningful research, successful careers
Hands-on science energizes students
Field work in Bahamas enriches training in biology, geology
Institute of Politics builds upon successful first year
With 160 internships and speakers of all backgrounds, institute creates opportunities for students
July Homepage Features
University unveils new residence hall and dining commons
Studio Gang design marks a milestone for College's distinctive house system
UChicago architecture embodies new ideas
New book traces the beauty and diversity of design on campus
Butterfly wings hold clues to evolutionary adaptation
UChicago biologists examine how genetics gives species different traits
Mira supercomputer powers collaborations in research
Simulations probe questions ranging from molecular biology to cosmology
Chicago Booth scholars answer ‘The Big Question’
Video series features UChicago experts tackling pressing issues in business and economics
June Homepage Features
Landmark affiliation strengthens biology scholarship
UChicago and Marine Biological Laboratory share common history, collaborative values
UChicago community celebrates 515th Convocation
Ceremony reflects upon past accomplishments, aspirations for future
Honoring excellence in teaching
Awards pay tribute to inspiring teachers of undergraduates and graduate students
May Homepage Features
South Asian culture takes center stage
Annual show celebrates cultural heritage of students from the subcontinent
Convocation unites tradition and creativity
Choosing engaging speakers from students and faculty is among UChicago’s most revered customs
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
