First light

Joining on to build the next biggest and best telescope, Chicago secures its astrophysics footing.

Man of letters

Excerpts from Saul Bellow’s lifetime correspondence, including glimpses of Hyde Park and his University colleagues, make a vibrant addition to the writer’s canon.

The origins of writing

An Oriental Institute Museum exhibit shows how four distinct writing systems emerged independently.

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Drawn to comics

Drawn to comics

Literary scholar Hillary Chute frames a career with graphic narrative.

Investigations »

Dollar signs

Dollar signs

Chicago Booth economists predict lingering effects of the housing bubble and persistent unemployment will limit the expected recovery in 2011.

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Byte cop

Byte cop

Brett Goldstein maps out Chicago’s crime-ridden spots with his predictive-analysis system.

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Lite of the Mind

Twinkling tour at twilight

Campus in the late fall, just after sunset, made the perfect backdrop to create a flashlight tour of campus.

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