Hands-off surgery

Sitting several feet from his patient, Sudhir Srivastava guides a robot through a single-vessel bypass.

Law & Order

The Law School completes its makeover of the University’s first non-Gothic quad with style and substance.

Lost in the Second City

“Like a new-born babe, yelling lustily,” was how the Chicagoan announced its arrival in June 1926. Nine years later, it folded. And then it vanished.

Taste of Chicago

Looking for some uncommon offerings this holiday season? Here is a selection with U of C connections.

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Imperfect symmetry

Theoretician Yoichiro Nambu wins the Nobel Prize for work that shaped modern particle physics.

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photo: -Before Saddam

During the mid-20th century, Iraq blossomed briefly as a pluralist society with democratic freedoms.

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photo: -High fashion

Meghan Smith manages the Chicago History Museum’s vast closet.

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photo: -Lite of the Mind

Win the war of words

At holiday gatherings, alumni events, or wherever two or more UChicagoans find themselves in the same room, certain words and phrases always arise—phoenix-like—from the clashes.

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