Emeriti Lounge at Alumni House Opens

March 25, 2022

Emeriti Lounge Opening Spring Quarter 2022!

The Emeriti Lounge at Alumni House (5555 S. Woodlawn Ave.) will be open weekdays from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. starting on Monday, March 28, when Spring Quarter begins.

James W. Truran, pioneer in nuclear astrophysics and beloved colleague, 1940-2022

March 22, 2022

Pioneering scientist helped explain how stars and stellar explosions produced the elements of the universe

Eugene Parker, ‘legendary figure’ in solar science and namesake of Parker Solar Probe, 1927-2022

March 22, 2022

Prof. Emeritus Eugene N. Parker, a pioneering astrophysicist whose contributions to solar physics were so enormous that NASA named its Parker Solar Probe mission after him, died March 15. He was 94.

Walter Kaegi, noted scholar of Byzantine and Roman Empires, 1937-2022

March 10, 2022

UChicago historian was well-traveled, well-loved by generations of mentees and colleagues

Robert Butler scholar of hearing and auditory spatial localization

March 04, 2022

Prof. Emeritus Robert A. Butler, whose research focused on hearing—particularly involving the localization of sound and auditory perception—died Feb. 5 after a brief illness. He was 98 years old.