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First light
Joining on to build the next biggest and best telescope, Chicago secures its astrophysics footing.![](images/1102_TOC_Features-Slide-Show_2.jpg)
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.![](images/1102_TOC_Features-Slide-Show_3.jpg)
The origins of writing
An Oriental Institute Museum exhibit shows how four distinct writing systems emerged independently.Features »
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Drawn to comics
Literary scholar Hillary Chute frames a career with graphic narrative.![Dollar signs](images/1102_TOC_Departments-SubNav_1.jpg)
Dollar signs
Chicago Booth economists predict lingering effects of the housing bubble and persistent unemployment will limit the expected recovery in 2011.![Byte cop](images/1102_TOC_Departments-SubNav_3.jpg)
Byte cop
Brett Goldstein maps out Chicago’s crime-ridden spots with his predictive-analysis system.![Lite of the Mind](http://magazine.uchicago.edu/1102/every_issue/images/toc_lotm.jpg)