Making it up as she goes along
For comedy writer Tami Sagher, AB'95, improvisation offers rules for art and life.

Poor suburbia
Elizabeth Kneebone’s (MPP’03) study rethinks the geography of American poverty.

Puzzles to dissolve
UChicago’s Uncommon Essay questions ask applicants what they would dissolve, if honesty is always necessary, and how to find x.

New York Times (July 5, 2010)
Until cryonics do us part
Peggy Jackson, AM’83, does not approve of her husband Robin Hanson’s (AM’84, SM’84) plan to preserve his brain in liquid nitrogen.

Santa Barbara Independent (July 8, 2010)
In the classroom with Obama and Kagan
Susan Epstein, JD’95, reflects on her association with two now-famous Law School faculty members.

Marketplace (July 5, 2010)
Vengeance for airline passenger
Harris School senior lecturer Charles Wheelan, PhD’98, filed suit to get his lost bag back.

New York Magazine (June 30, 2010)
Foxes of finance
Mudrick Capital president and CEO Jason Mudrick, AB’97, puts the “stag” in stagflation.

NPR (July 5, 2010)
Got hemorrhoids?
Biology professor Neil Shubin says blame your inner fish.

Friday, July 30
New Orleans Zephyrs vs. Memphis Redbirds
7–9:30 p.m. | Metairie, LA

Thursday, August 5
Twin Cities Summer Networking
5–7 p.m. | Minneapolis

Sunday, August 8
Othello
2–4 p.m. | Boston

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PERSPECTIVE

Go Fourth!
A slideshow from the fireworks display at Promontory Point.

FROM THE EDITORS

Misfire
UChicago’s Crime Lab leaders say the Supreme Court got it wrong when it struck down Chicago’s handgun ban.