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Hands-off surgery
Sitting several feet from his patient, Sudhir Srivastava guides a robot through a single-vessel bypass.![](features/images/toc_feature_2.jpg)
Law & Order
The Law School completes its makeover of the University’s first non-Gothic quad with style and substance.![](features/images/toc_feature_3.jpg)
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.![](features/images/toc_feature_4.jpg)
Taste of Chicago
Looking for some uncommon offerings this holiday season? Here is a selection with U of C connections.Features »
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Imperfect symmetry
Theoretician Yoichiro Nambu wins the Nobel Prize for work that shaped modern particle physics.
Before Saddam
During the mid-20th century, Iraq blossomed briefly as a pluralist society with democratic freedoms.
High fashion
Meghan Smith manages the Chicago History Museum’s vast closet.
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