SSA graduate, Law School student die in tragic North Side porch collapse Julie Sorkin, a 2003 graduate of the School of Social Service Administration, and Henry “Jay” Wischerath Jr., who had just ...

Survey on physicians’ religious beliefs shows majority faithful By John Easton Medical Center Public Affairs The first study of physician religious beliefs has found that 76 percent of doctors believe ...

A year after the looting of the Iraqi National Museum, Oriental Institute archaeologists continue to track missing artifacts. And their work is playing a pivotal role in helping recover items stolen ...

Survey shows altruism may create happier marriages By William Harms News Office In the nation’s first survey of altruistic love, scholars have found that people who have strong feelings of love for ...

Twelve scholars join faculty Twelve distinguished scholars have received faculty appointments at the University this year and have joined their new Chicago colleagues in the Biological Sciences ...

Persistence pays, contends economist James Heckman, as do other non-cognitive skills—for both the individual and society. Like persistence, dependability and other under-studied traits probably play ...

Edward Dimock, expert on India’s Bengali language, literature, dies Edward Dimock, one of the most influential scholars of Indian studies in North America, died in his home in Centerville, Mass., on ...

Under the leadership of Egyptologist Stephen Harvey, a team of archaeologists from the University’s Oriental Institute will soon begin to excavate recently discovered buildings from a critical era in ...

America’s individualist culture influences the ability to view others’ perspectives By William Harms News Office Americans are particularly challenged in their ability to understand someone else’s ...

Woodward discovers babies develop reasoning skills as early as 5 months By William Harms News Office New research by Amanda Woodward, Assistant Professor in Psychology, shows that babies begin to ...

Bernard Cohn, 75, studied colonialism, India’s caste system Bernard Cohn, Professor Emeritus in Anthropology and a pioneering scholar of the British colonial period of India, died Tuesday, Nov. 25, in ...

A $25 million gift from alumni Joe and Rika Mansueto will support construction of a new library at the University. Renowned Chicago-based architect Helmut Jahn designed the Joe and Rika Mansueto ...