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  • Physicist John Schiffer in 1987 at his desk at the University of Chicago.

    John P. Schiffer, Nuclear Physicist, 1930-2022

    June 28, 2022

    John Schiffer, professor emeritus of physics at the University of Chicago and former director of the Physics Division at Argonne National Laboratory

  • Kenneth Dam, former University provost and Law School scholar, 1932-2022

    June 07, 2022

    A longtime professor at the University of Chicago Law School, Kenneth Dam also served as deputy secretary in the Department of State (1982-85) and Department of the Treasury (2001-03).

  • 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

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