Patrice M. Jones

Best known for its star-studded lineup of Nobel Prize-winning economists and scientists, the University of Chicago wants to raise its arts profile--and, some say, shed its nerdy image--by erecting a...

On Tuesday, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the giant Chicago philanthropy, is to announce this year's batch of "exceptionally creative" people who will receive $500,000 over five...

This week, Daniel Socolow made The Calls out of the Blue. As is his custom, he first suggested the person on the other end sit down or pull off the...

Wanted: an educational visionary with the political skills of a senator and the diplomatic polish of a secretary of state. The successful candidate will be a scholar of national prominence,...

Robert J. Zimmer, a mathematician and longtime faculty member and administrator at the University of Chicago, is poised to be elected the university's 13th president on Friday. Zimmer, 58, inherits...

Shopping on Saturday is certain to be crazed. Why do so many people wait until the last minute? A. People have been asking this question forever but Joseph Ferrari, a...

When he wanted Tom Brokaw to speak at his school's commencement, Northwestern professor Joe Angotti just called the retiring NBC news anchor, kidded him about how he is on the...

Secretary of State Colin Powell said Friday that the Bush administration is willing to "adjust and adapt" its proposal to expand the United Nations' role in Iraq, while the White...

The U.S. has declared that major combat is over in Iraq, four weeks after hostilities started. Tribune correspondents provided this look at how newspapers around the world have been following...