Hyde Park’s Olympic history
William Rainey Harper and a committee of University luminaries led the city’swinning bid for the 1904 Games—only to suffer the agony of defeat.
John MacAloon pushed play, and Chicago’s future appeared on the auditorium screen, a three-minute video “flyover” that provided a gleaming electronic peek at the 2016 Olympic bid committee’s ambitions. The video offered a helicopter-pilot’s perspective heading south along the lakefront, then west to Washington Park, swooping past the proposed Olympic Stadium and aquatics venue there, and back up north.
Chicago on the map: More than skin deep
A dermatologist’s program in Malawi helps treat albinos and teach others not to ostracize those who have the condition.
Artist’s niche carved
A Smart Museum exhibit reveals H. C. Westermann’s meticulous nature.
Talking points: Elizabeth Davenport
Rockefeller's new dean recalls her long journey to a pulpit of her own.
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