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Over 300 million years ago, a minnow-sized fish died and fell to the bottom of the prehistoric swamp near what is now the village of Trawden, in northwest England.  The remains of this tiny […]

Looking for your next summer read? Look no further.  UChicago News asked the 2026 winners of the Quantrell Awards and Ph.D. Teaching and Mentoring Awards for their recommendations. The Three-Body […]

Battery electrolytes aren’t just one chemical, but a complex mixture of salts, solvents and additives interacting and reacting with each other.  Artificial intelligence has made great headway in […]

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted a document introducing a new nation to the world, composed of 13 “free and independent states.”  This Declaration of Independence, read to […]

As AI systems become increasingly powerful, policymakers around the world are grappling with a difficult question: How can society encourage innovation—and the now-plausible race to truly […]

The University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation celebrated the official launch of the new San Francisco-based Third Coast Foundry innovation hub on June 23 with a […]

Thousands of wines in France’s Bordeaux region carry similar-sounding names, many adopted long before modern trademark law took effect.  That crowded field gave University of Chicago Law School […]

Peter B. Littlewood, a distinguished condensed matter physicist and internationally recognized leader of research institutions, died June 15. Littlewood, the chair of the Department of Physics at the […]

In 2011, Japan reeled from the effects of a devastating magnitude 9.0 earthquake. But unnoticed in the chaos resulting from the quake, its major aftershocks and the tsunami it caused, something […]

Sitting in a restaurant, you reach for the ketchup bottle, eyeing the basket of fries in front of you. You give the bottle a shake, then a tap. For a moment, nothing happens—the ketchup clings […]

Distinguished physicist Nadya Mason, dean of the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, has been named UChicago’s vice president for research, President Paul Alivisatos […]

Tariffs tend to increase prices for consumers and provoke retaliation from trading partners.  Yet such protectionist taxes remain popular enough with some U.S. voters that the administration of […]

Trans-vaccenic acid (TVA), the most abundant trans fatty acid found in human breast milk, helps boost immune system development and has long-lasting effects on immune system health in mice, according […]

Thirteen members of the University of Chicago faculty have received distinguished service professorships or named professorships.  Profs. Frederic Chong, Christian Hansen, Augusta McMahon and […]

The University of Chicago’s 2026 Class Day was a celebration of community and accomplishment. Selected by their peers, College fourth-year students Matteo Caloia, Ana Emilia Davalos and Vincent Li […]

In 2013, Chicago Public Schools closed 49 elementary schools—the largest mass public school closure in U.S. history at the time.  A new study from researchers at the University of Chicago and the […]

University of Chicago professors Frank Calegari and Young-Kee Kim have been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences.  Since its founding in […]

The University of Chicago has been awarded $66 million in renewal funding from the National Cancer Institute to support the NRG Oncology Statistics and Data Management Center, which provides […]

Judges and investors awarded a total of $2.1 million to 10 finalists at the 30th annual Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge on June 4.   This year’s winner, Slideflow Labs, was […]

Each spring, thousands of University of Chicago graduates follow in a single procession across the Main Quadrangles toward Convocation. Yet each student arrived at that moment though uniquely […]

Nearly four years ago, the newest members of the University of Chicago community marched through Cobb Gate to the sound of bagpipes, processing through a campus completely unknown to most of them. On […]

Jake Silverman has been appointed Director of Athletics and Recreation at the University of Chicago, following a nationwide search. His appointment is effective July 15.  Silverman will provide […]

While looking through a medieval manuscript of the Book of Genesis, Benjamin A. Saltzman encountered a curious illustration. Adam and Eve, freshly fallen from grace, held their hands in front of […]

James M. Redfield, a University of Chicago scholar renowned for his groundbreaking research on the ancient Greek world and revered for shaping generations of students, died May 28 at the age of 91. […]

On June 19, 1865, “General Order No. 3” was read in Galveston, Texas, bringing news of freedom to enslaved people more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln had issued the Emancipation […]

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Now Available: CHDS 6.Unpublished Bo-Fragments in Transliteration V (Bo 1398–Bo 6002) The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures of the University of Chicago is pleased to […]

Now Available: ISACMP 4. A Bestiary of Ancient Nubia The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures of the University of Chicago is pleased to announce a new publication in print and […]

Opportunity: ISAC/Divinity School Postdoctoral Scholar The University of Chicago Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (ISAC) and Divinity School invite applications for a […]

Now Available: ISACMP 3. Ancient Iran in the ISAC Museum The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures of the University of Chicago is pleased to announce a new publication in print […]

LAMINE 4 awarded the 2025 Dr. Sona Aronian Book Prize for Excellence in Armenian Studies ISAC Publications is pleased to announce that a monograph published last year in ISAC’s Late […]

Archival assistant Megan Sands (UChicago, MAPSS in Anthropology '25, MA in Middle Eastern Studies '27) transforms photographs of Antoin Sevruguin We are delighted to highlight the work […]

Now Available: LAMINE 6. A Connecting Polemic in the Medieval Mediterranean The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures of the University of Chicago is pleased to announce a new […]

Naomi Harris translates Hittite poems for The Paris Review As reported by the Division of the Arts & Humanities and UChicago News, translations of ancient Hittite poems by PhD […]

ISAC Annual Report 2024–2025 Now Available The ISAC Annual Report 2024–2025 is now available. Readers can download a single PDF of the entire 2024–2025 Annual Report. […]