Sometime in the spring of 1936, a thief walked up the stairs of a royal building in the heart of the ancient city of Persepolis and pried off a chunk of a 2,500-year-old parapet. It was a carved stone ...

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted a document introducing a new nation to the world, composed of 13 “free and ...

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Polsky Center and seven partnering innovation programs launched with events including the Midwest Deep Tech Demo Day ...

Fourteen members of the University of Chicago faculty have received distinguished service professorships or named professorships.

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Black holes are regions in space where an enormous amount of mass is packed into a tiny volume. This creates a gravitational pull so strong that not even light can escape. They are created when giant ...

After years marked by challenge and change, the University of Chicago’s graduating Class of 2025 has overcome hurdles few could have foreseen. Speaking June 7 at Convocation, Prof. Kunle Odunsi ...

“Dark energy” is a term scientists use to refer to whatever is causing the universe to expand faster over time. We don’t know exactly what dark energy is—no one has ever directly seen or measured ...