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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Black Law Students Association members (left to right) Shelliann Marcano, Amani Farid and Sarah Walker chat with retired Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County R. Eugene Pincham, who spoke at a ...

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 ...

During the Cultural Revolution in China, which lasted a decade (1966 to 1976), artists and intellectuals experienced a level of oppression that is difficult, even now, to comprehend. In an attempt to ...

For a new graduate student in mathematics, the easy part is mastering equivariant K-theory or the geometry of quiver varieties. But navigating the transition from learning to doing research is another ...