In a heated showdown with Western cattlemen, Idaho environmentalist Jon Marvel, AB’72, tries to outlaw livestock grazing on public lands.
Chicago geophysical scientist Patrick McGuire develops artificial-intelligence technology to turn astronauts into “cyborg astrobiologists.”
A former academic finds personal fulfillment—and a different set of intellectual problems—amid health-care shortfalls and patients who face matters of life and death.
Presumed dead by the Alumni Association, an alumnus shares some life benchmarks, told through four writers’ lenses.
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The University establishes a permanent center in China to expand its intellectual collaborations.
Chicago Journal »
Biologist Dario Maestripieri studies the differences that separate man from man, monkey from monkey.
Investigations »
Psychotherapist Jinnie English helps formerly poor executives come to terms with their past.
Arts & Sciences »
As the Law School plans its next time capsule, we consider students’ possessions then, now, and 50 years into the future.
Lite of the Mind »
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