The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has announced that nine University faculty members have been elected 2009 fellows. Also elected to the academy were James Crown, Former Chairman of the Board ...

Created in 1941, the Alumni Medal is awarded to recognize achievement of an exceptional nature in any field, vocational or voluntary, covering an entire career. It is the highest honor the Alumni ...

The first study of physician religious beliefs has found that 76 percent of doctors believe in God and 59 percent believe in some sort of afterlife. The survey, performed by researchers at the ...

Jay Berwanger, football star at the University and first winner of the Heisman Trophy, died Wednesday, June 26, of lung cancer. He was 88 years old. To football aficionados, Berwanger is well known as ...

Rebecca Elsenheimer of Lisle, Ill., graduated this year from the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy with hundreds of hours of research experience in a University meteorite laboratory to her ...

In his new book, Law Without Values: The Life, Work, and Legacy of Justice Holmes (University Press), Albert Alschuler, the Wilson-Dickinson Professor in the Law School, offers a fresh and ...

If you ever have been inspired to tread the boards or sing your heart out, then members of the Quadrangle Club are looking for you. The Quadrangle Club Revels––a long-lost tradition of comedic ...

Poised for a century atop Cobb Gate, a proud gargoyle finally flew from his perch to rest temporarily on the sidewalk below. Assisted by a construction crane, the more than 3,000-pound limestone ...

Andrew Abbott, a specialist in social theory, professions and historical sociology, has been named the Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor in Sociology. His argument that ...

A wealth of material that documents the ancient Middle East has become available through a new, free online service at the Oriental Institute. The material comes from the extensive collection at the ...

The University has developed an energy consumption reduction program with the first installment of a $2.5 million donation from James and Paula Crown of Chicago. The University’s sustainability ...