Persistence pays, contends economist James Heckman, as do other non-cognitive skills—for both the individual and society. Like persistence, dependability and other under-studied traits probably play ...

Stephen Harvey pauses for a photo during one of his trips to Abydos. A watercolor rendition of a fragment of limestone, which shows a band of sky with stars, was found at the top of a wall from the ...

America’s individualist culture influences the ability to view others’ perspectives By William Harms News Office Americans are particularly challenged in their ability to understand someone else’s ...

Survey on physicians’ religious beliefs shows majority faithful By John Easton Medical Center Public Affairs The first study of physician religious beliefs has found that 76 percent of doctors believe ...

“The best investment I ever made,” John D. Rockefeller’s much-quoted assessment of the University, would seem to imply a close, even controlling relationship. But while Rockefeller ruled his other ...

Human evolution—in what has become our most important organ, the brain—is still under way, University researchers report in two related papers published in the Friday, Sept. 9 issue of Science. The ...

Twelve scholars join faculty Twelve distinguished scholars have received faculty appointments at the University this year and have joined their new Chicago colleagues in the Biological Sciences ...

Evidence for warfare was first reported in 2005, but this season the excavators found gruesome details associated with the preparation for the battle and the aftermath. “We found sling bullets at ...

Architect Pelli, donor Ratner join celebration for new athletics center By Jennifer Leovy News Office After an overcast, gloomy morning sky hung over Stagg Field on Saturday, the clouds began to part ...

A mind that possesses great artistic ability often suffers from great mental anguish, as well. This was a finding in a study of well-known visual and literary artists, and it was a result that Robert ...

For a new graduate student in mathematics, the easy part is mastering equivariant K-theory or the geometry of quiver varieties. But navigating the transition from learning to doing research is another ...

Since 1989, Robert Kottwitz has been helping Chicago graduate students in Mathematics to find strength in numbers. Now he has been rewarded with a 2001 Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate ...