Elemental Obama
While political pundits debate whether a former Law School lecturer is too University of Chicago to be president of the United States, the U of C focuses on—what else?—what it means to be U of C.This past spring, New York Times columnist David Brooks, AB’83, recited one of his favorite stories about Barack Obama for a packed audience of Alumni Weekend–goers. Late one evening in April 2007, in the midst of a phone interview with the candidate—who, tired and cranky, was still on the Senate floor—Brooks found himself getting nowhere with questions about foreign-aid programs in Africa
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Back to the city that works
Economist Dennis Carlton returns to Chicago after two years doing antitrust work at the Justice Department.
Speech competition
To understand how language changes, Salikoko Mufwene looks to principles from ancient history, economics, and The Origin of Species.
It’s complicated…
An ex-husband and wife find their own version of happily ever after—and it’s all on film.
C Vitae
Back in his court
After suffering a tennis-related injury in college, back expert Brian Hainline prevents pain from sidelining the pros.Features »
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