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1. Let's go somewhere |
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An archaeologist dives for shipwrecks in Kentucky. An American writer spies for the Soviets in Nazi Germany. A physicist lends his name to NASA's mission to the sun. Be an armchair traveler with this year's Summer Syllabus from UChicago Magazine. More » |
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Earn extra credit and read about digital-age archaeological digs. |
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Look back at last year's Summer Syllabus of alumni essays. |
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Share your own adventures in reading. Tweet to @uchicagomag. |
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2. A riot's legacy holds a history lesson |
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July marks a century since the 1919 Chicago race riot. Claire Hartfield, JD'82, has written a book for young adults about why it happened and why it still matters. More » |
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Read up on Eve Ewing's (AB'08) latest poetry collection, 1919. |
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Listen as SSA's Franklin Cosey-Gay co-leads a bike tour tracing the course of that violent Chicago summer. |
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3. Score one for the quantum world |
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The Chicago Quantum Exchange is about to get a boost from the State of Illinois. More » |
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Learn how launching quantum tech has become the next space race. |
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4. Philosophy by night |
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Not even a polar vortex could deter students from packing the house and asking big questions at Night Owls, the College's late-night philosophy discussion series. More » |
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Read more about "The Philosophy of Divorce" and other Night Owls events. |
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5. Cast in 40 feet of steel |
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Visual artist Amanda Williams, LAB'92, is part of a duo creating Brooklyn's first public monument for a historic woman. More » |
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Read an appreciation of Williams's public artworks in Chicago. |
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See which of Williams's works is on loan to Chicago's new mayor. |
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