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The University of Chicago Magazine @uchicagomag.bsky.social · 1d

Every year since 1962, a distinguished faculty member has been invited to give the Aims of Education address to incoming first-year College students during Orientation Week. Read excerpts from their talks https://bit.ly/4q13CC5

What are the aims of education?

For more than 50 years, distinguished professors have offered answers to this question.

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The University of Chicago Magazine @uchicagomag.bsky.social · 2d

Reunion volunteers share the best things about Alumni Weekend. https://mag.uchicago.edu/university-news/five-best-things-about-alumni-weekend

The five best things about Alumni Weekend

(according to reunion volunteers)

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The University of Chicago Magazine @uchicagomag.bsky.social · 6d

What is KPTC? And how is W different from WB? ICYMI, test your knowledge of UChicago building abbreviations—and make it to class on time! https://mag.uchicago.edu/university-news/maroon-alphabet

six images of buildings on the University of Chicago campus

The University of Chicago Magazine @uchicagomag.bsky.social · 7d

Mathematician Carolyn Yackel, SB’92, uses fiber arts—including shibori, temari, and knitting—to explore mathematical concepts. https://mag.uchicago.edu/university-news/crossover-artist

Crossover artist

Carolyn Yackel, SB’92, weaves together math and fiber arts.

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The University of Chicago Magazine @uchicagomag.bsky.social · 8d

The Fall/25 issue of The Core is here, with stories on campus spaces, the aims of education, summer research, postal inspection, oral history, and much more. https://bit.ly/4nGrc5J

The University of Chicago Magazine @uchicagomag.bsky.social · 8d

The Fall/25 issue of The University of Chicago Magazine is here. Sit in on a class about crony capitalism, learn what makes a good life, and discover how an alumna weaves together math and fiber arts, and much more. https://bit.ly/3J32Eod

Cover of the fall 2025 issue of The University of Chicago Magazine, with a photograph of three red embroidered temari balls against a dark blue background.

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The University of Chicago Magazine @uchicagomag.bsky.social · 20d

Learn how Assistant Professor of Music Paula Clare Harper’s (AB’10) recent book on Taylor Swift came together, challenges of studying music on the internet, her favorite version of “All Too Well,” and more: mag.uchicago.edu/paulaharper

It’s got a good beat and you can study it

The coeditor of a new scholarly volume on Taylor Swift believes in taking popular music seriously.

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The University of Chicago Magazine @uchicagomag.bsky.social · 28d

A selection of new books by alumni. https://mag.uchicago.edu/university-news/releases-61

Releases

A selection of books, films, and recordings by UChicago alumni.

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The University of Chicago Magazine @uchicagomag.bsky.social · Sep 16

Marilu Henner, EX’74, is our Summer/25 UChicagoan. Read the full Q&A with the actor, author, and possessor of HSAM (highly superior autobiographical memory): https://mag.uchicago.edu/arts-humanities/marilu-henner-ex74

Marilu Henner, EX’74

Questions for the actor, author, and possessor of HSAM (highly superior autobiographical memory).

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The University of Chicago Magazine @uchicagomag.bsky.social · Sep 15

The University of Chicago Magazine hired its first Metcalf intern in 1997, the year the program started. Once the Magazine began hiring two interns, they got a standard practice assignment: interview each other. Meet our summer 2025 interns: mag.uchicago.edu/university-n...

Internal dialogue

Meet the Magazine’s interns, Brady Santoro, Class of 2027, and Vivian Li, Class of 2028.

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The University of Chicago Magazine @uchicagomag.bsky.social · Sep 9

What expands under pressure and contracts when heated? Groundbreaking materials discovered by Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering researchers defy the conventional laws of thermodynamics. https://bit.ly/46eMn78

Breaking all the rules

New materials that defy the laws of thermodynamics could revolutionize batteries, buildings, and more.

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The University of Chicago Magazine @uchicagomag.bsky.social · Sep 2

Irwin Keller, EX’85, JD’88, wasn’t sure whether his dreams of his late mother were a divine message or just wishful thinking. Read his reflections on skepticism and faith. mag.uchicago.edu/university-n...

Such stuff as dreams are made of

Following the loss of his mother, an alumnus reflects on skepticism and faith.

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The University of Chicago Magazine @uchicagomag.bsky.social · Aug 19

As book bans spread nationwide, a professor, an author, and the UChicago library system defend the freedom to read. mag.uchicago.edu/university-n...

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As book bans spread nationwide, a professor, an author, and UChicago’s library system defend the freedom to read.

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The University of Chicago Magazine @uchicagomag.bsky.social · Aug 13

In April UChicago Alumni and The Chicago Forum for Free Inquiry and Expression cohosted “Uninhibited Debate: How UChicago Shaped Free Expression Discourse.” Panelists addressed open discourse in classrooms, the legacy of the Chicago Principles, and more mag.uchicago.edu/university-n...

Uninhibited debate

At an alumni event this spring, panelists discussed threats to higher education in light of a foundational UChicago value.

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The University of Chicago Magazine @uchicagomag.bsky.social · Aug 6

With plenty of references to Beyoncé and other Black women in pop culture, Daryl Fairweather’s (AM’12, PhD’14) new book, Hate the Game, discusses how game theory plays into everyday lives, offering economics-rooted insights into navigating careers and finances. mag.uchicago.edu/economics-bu...

Game plan

Daryl Fairweather’s (AM’12, PhD’14) new book encourages readers to think like an economist.

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The University of Chicago Magazine @uchicagomag.bsky.social · Aug 5

Mathematician Mina Rees, PhD’31, worked behind the scenes to develop the first federal agency dedicated to funding scientific research in peacetime. Her policies have characterized federal science funding into the 21st century. mag.uchicago.edu/university-n... @uchicagoalumni.bsky.social

Mathematical model

Mina Rees, PhD’31 (1902–97), helped scientific research flourish.

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The University of Chicago Magazine @uchicagomag.bsky.social · Jul 17

After four years of textbooks and problem sets, molecular engineering students test their skills out on real world engineering problems. They might not be able to solve the problems in two quarters, but what matters is how they approach the challenge. mag.uchicago.edu/science-medi...

By design

In the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering’s capstone course, fourth-year students put their skills to the test.

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The University of Chicago Magazine @uchicagomag.bsky.social · Jul 16

With two College alumni singers, an editor at the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists behind the drums, and a UChicago linguistics professor on the bass, Do the Needful pays tribute to classic Bollywood. mag.uchicago.edu/arts-humanit...

Need to know

A band of UChicago alumni and affiliates brings psych-rock daring to Bollywood classics.

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Sarah CP Williams @sarahcpwilliams.bsky.social · Jul 11

The brains of people who stay sharp-witted in their 80s and 90s might hold clues to healthy aging for the rest of us. Emily Rogalski of UChicago is studying these "superagers" at the @haarccenter.bsky.social. I spoke with her for @uchicagomag.bsky.social mag.uchicago.edu/science-medi...

Aging against the odds

The brains of aging outliers hold lessons for neuroscientists.

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The University of Chicago Magazine @uchicagomag.bsky.social · Jul 11

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 mag.uchicago.edu/arts-humanit...

In full color

Daisy Rockwell, AB’91, AM’98, PhD’98, sees literary translation as a creative act.

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Mustafa O. Guler @mustafaoguler.bsky.social · Jul 9

By design: In the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering’s capstone course, fourth-year students put their skills to the test. mag.uchicago.edu/science-medi... @uchicagomag.bsky.social @uchicagopme.bsky.social

By design

In the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering’s capstone course, fourth-year students put their skills to the test.

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The University of Chicago Magazine @uchicagomag.bsky.social · Jul 10

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: mag.uchicago.edu/law-policy-s...
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Evolution on trial

The University of Chicago and the defense of John Thomas Scopes, EX’31.

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The University of Chicago Magazine @uchicagomag.bsky.social · Jul 10

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. mag.uchicago.edu/issue/summer25

Cover of The University of Chicago Magazine. Illustration of two people speaking in front of 57th Street Books

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The University of Chicago Magazine @uchicagomag.bsky.social · Jun 26

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

Target audience

Mathematicians share their thoughts on a new TV series.

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The University of Chicago Magazine @uchicagomag.bsky.social · Jun 25

Scientists have made new measurements of moon rocks from the Apollo missions to shed light on the origins and age of the moon. mag.uchicago.edu/science-medi...

A cool answer to a lunar question

A new study sheds light on the moon’s age and origin story.

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