Zhao acknowledged that traveling internationally to engage in meaningful culture exchange can seem intimidating, though she ...

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Step inside Asst. Prof. Sam Light’s lab to learn how scientists are mapping the incredible network of microbes living inside ...

What makes a good life? For decades, psychologists have debated whether true fulfillment comes from happiness—a life of comfort and joy—or meaning—a life of purpose and impact. But what if there's a ...

University of Chicago President Paul Alivisatos said higher education today is facing deep challenges regarding free expression and academic freedom, and that the Chicago Principles of free expression ...

We are in a crisis regarding free expression and academic freedom in universities. The headwinds we face are twofold. First, deference to conventional wisdom has stifled inquiry in a number of ...

Early-career scholars recognized for pioneering work in statistics, physics, chemistry, astrophysics and computer science ...

The Doomsday Clock is a metaphor that represents how close humanity is to self-destruction, due to nuclear weapons and climate change. The clock hands are set by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, ...

Crammed in a too-small kitchenette apartment, the Younger family waits for a check. This parting gift from Big Walter, the family’s recently deceased patriarch, could be the key to a brighter future ...

“We are not only living in a time of cataclysmic change—we live in an era in which human rights is a central world issue. The shape of the world today does not afford us the luxury of an anemic ...

At UChicago’s MLK event, civil rights icon recalls integrating New Orleans schools and pleads to protect today’s youth As Ruby Bridges prepared to address a packed Rockefeller Chapel on Jan. 29, black ...

Even though humans have pondered the moon since the first of us looked skyward, there is still much we still don’t know about it. One of these unsolved questions is its origin story. We think the moon ...