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:

RT @haarc_center: What does it take to age well—against the odds?.From community support to cutting-edge science, discover how @ERogalskiPh….

RT @sarahcpwilliams: The brains of people who stay sharp-witted in their 80s and 90s might hold clues to healthy aging for the rest of us.….

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

RT @mustafaoguler: By design: In the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering’s capstone course, fourth-year students put their skills to t….

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: @UChicagoAlumni

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

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“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.

“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 David Shields, AM’75, PhD’82. He calls these ultrabrief lines “Laconics.”

Nicholas Epley is our Spring/25 UChicagoan. Read our Q&A with the @ChicagoBooth behavioral science professor and scholar of social cognition:

RT @UChicagoAlumni: A lively Core party brought staff and students together to celebrate College life, alumni stories, and student voices!….

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.

For 40 years @MacLeanEthics 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: @UChicagoMed @UChiPritzker @UChicagoAHD

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 artists from generative AI:

Check out some highlights of the 21st annual UChi-Con, organized by the University of Chicago Japanese Animation Society:

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. @UChicagoAlumni

100 years ago John T. Scopes was put on trial for teaching evolution in a Tennessee classroom. Nearly forgotten is the role of a half dozen UChicago professors and alumni in the trial—including the protagonist himself, John Thomas Scopes, EX’31.

Once they were College students. Now they are faculty. What have they learned? @UChicagoAlumni @UChicagoCollege .

“Is life a game? You can take this question either as literal or figurative, structural or provocative. There is no wrong answer, though any answer has enormous consequences.” Read an excerpt from Patrick Jagoda’s 2024 Aims of Education address.