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NOV–DEC 2014, VOLUME 107, NUMBER 2 150925_TIAA-CREF_Chicago.indd 1 10/8/15 9:49 AM LANDMARK GIFT Pearson Family Foundation donates $100 million, creating institute to confront global conflicts At a time of heightened global violence, as war and political persecution drive the largest displacement of refugees and migrants since World War II, the University of Chicago has received a $100 million gift to establish The Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts and The Pearson Global Forum, which will annually convene preeminent international policy leaders and scholars to ensure the regular exchange of ideas, and to maximize the potential for positive change by also bringing together participants from a variety of sectors concerned with global conflicts. The Pearson Institute will be housed at the Harris School of Public Policy. The landmark gift from The Thomas L. Pearson and The Pearson Family Members Foundation is equal in size to the second-largest gift in the University’s history. Daniel Diermeier, dean of the Harris School of Public Policy and Emmett Dedmon Professor of Public Administration, speaks at the University’s Mandel Hall on September 30, where more than 1,100 faculty, students, alumni, trustees, and dignitaries gathered for the announcement of The Pearson Institute. Above, brothers Thomas L. Pearson and Timothy R. Pearson on campus. CAMPAIGN.UCHICAGO.EDU Features 24 PROVING GROUND UChicago’s Urban Labs turn promising ideas for helping cities into hard evidence of what works. By Maya Dukmasova FALL 2015 VOLUME 108, NUMBER 1 30 DÉJÀ VIEWS Historical postcards capture UChicago as it was and as it wanted to be seen. By Laura Demanski, AM’94 32 FUTURE TENSE As UChicago celebrates 125 years, campus experts predict what discoveries, challenges, and new questions the next quarter century will bring. 44 CHARTERED PHILANTHROPY As the historic document turns 800, David M. Rubenstein, JD’73, reflects on preserving a Magna Carta in the United States. By Laura Demanski, AM’94 48 SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCKS The history of beekeeping stretches back centuries, the director of the Oriental Institute discovered when a hobby turned into a scholarly pursuit. By Gil J. Stein, as told to Lydialyle Gibson Departments 3 EDITOR’S NOTES Back to the future: Prospect and retrospect. By Laura Demanski, AM’94 4 LETTERS Readers discuss the University’s policy on freedom of expression; add personal recollections of chemist Harold Urey; celebrate professor Robert Morrissey, PhD’82, and the University’s Center in Paris; respond to other readers’ letters; and more. 11 UCHICAGO JOURNAL Dean John W. Boyer’s (AM’69, PhD’75) history of the University; the Renaissance Society turns 100; law professor Craig Futterman fights for police transparency; the University partners to increase access to level I trauma care; Alisa Miller, MBA’99, MPP’99, talks about improving diversity in media coverage; graduate students bring hands-on STEM education to the South Side; Robert Behar, LAB’81, AB’83, MD’87, MBA’11, shares why he gives back to the College; and more. 22 COURSE WORK As the University looks In political scientist Monika Nalepa’s game theory course, students learn how back on 125 years, voters play around with political participation. By Helen Gregg, AB’09 campus leaders look 53 PEER REVIEW ahead to the 150th Noteworthy alumni accomplishments and fresh-off-the-presses books. anniversary. See Plus: Alumni News, Deaths, and Classifieds. “Future Tense,” page 32. Illustration 84 LITE OF THE MIND by Gonçalo Viana. Meet and tweet. By Carrie Golus, AB’91, AM’93 See the full print issue of the University of Chicago Magazine, web-exclusive content, and links to our Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, SFI-01042 and Tumblr accounts at mag.uchicago.edu. the university of chicago magazine | fall 2015 1 Construction is under way on the Campus North Residential Commons at 55th Street and University Avenue. The College residence hall, designed by Studio Gang architects, is slated to open in fall 2016. For more on Campus North, see “Continuing Education,” page 21. photography by robert kozloff EDITORˆS NOTES Back to the future BY LAURA DEMANSKI, AM’94 Volume 108, Number 1, Fall 2015 executive editor Mary Ruth Yoe editor Laura Demanski, AM’94 associate editor Lydialyle Gibson art director Guido Mendez his fall, the University cel - alumni news editor Helen Gregg, AB’09 ebrates 125 years of inquiry senior copy editor Rhonda L. Smith student interns Hannah Gitlin, ’16; and impact that began with James Mackenzie, ’16 its incorporation on Sep- graphic designer Laura Lorenz tember 10, 1890. A packed lite of the mind & interactive slate of campus events and content editor Joy Olivia Miller contributing editors John Easton, a quasquicentennial page AM’77; Carrie Golus, AB’91, AM’93; on the University’s website Brooke E. O’Neill, AM’04; Amy (125.uchicago.edu) offer Braverman Puma ways to remember and cel- Editorial Office The University of Chicago ebrate. At the Magazine, we Magazine, 5235 South Harper Court, Suite looked back and ahead: back with a se- 500, Chicago, IL 60615. telephone lection of vintage UChicago postcards 773.702.2163; fax 773.702.8836; T (“Déja Views,” page 30), and ahead by In College dean John W. Boyer’s email [email protected]. The Magazine is sent to all University of asking faculty and other campus leaders (AM’69, PhD’75) reflections on the Chicago alumni. The University of Chicago to predict the state of their fields in the prospects for liberal arts education, Alumni Association has its offices at University’s 150th year. Our cover illus- UChicago’s past decodes its future. Boy- 5235 South Harper Court, 7th Floor, Chicago, IL 60615. telephone 773.702.2150; trator, Gonçalo Viana, brought past and er’s essay comes as the ink is barely dry fax 773.702.2166. address changes future together, imagining a new use for in his years-in-the-making The University 800.955.0065 or [email protected]. an old technology of remembering, the of Chicago: A History, which you can read web mag.uchicago.edu View-Master. Readers of my genera- about in “Past and Present,” page 12. The University of Chicago Magazine tion may feel a double pang of nostalgia. (ISSN-0041-9508) is published quarterly When we first asked campus ex- FOND FAREWELL (Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer) by the perts to forecast the next 25 years in Associate editor Lydialyle Gibson University of Chicago in cooperation their fields, we had trouble forecast- has moved on from the University to with the Alumni Association, 5555 South Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637. ing their reactions to our request. In start a new chapter at Harvard Maga- Published continuously since 1907. an unpredictable and rapidly changing zine. For ten years, Lydia graced our Periodicals postage paid at Chicago and world, who would be gutsy enough to pages with indelible stories about additional mailing offices.postmaster go on record about new developments ideas and—especially—the people Send address changes to The University of Chicago Magazine, Alumni Records, 5235 a quarter of a century from now? behind them. She served as coeditor South Harper Court, Chicago, IL 60615. UChicago thinkers, natch. Twen- of UChicago Journal and managed © 2015 University of Chicago. ty-two scholars went out on that limb our Metcalf interns. But most of all, (see “Future Tense,” page 32). Com- Lydia wrote. Her award-winning National Advertising Representative Ross Garnick, telephone 212.724.0906; puter science professor Andrew Chien story about organismal biology pro- email [email protected] glimpses a future where computing is fessor Michael LaBarbera and his me- viewed as a science and an art. Global- nagerie of marine animals, “A Life ization and migration will influence Aquatic” (Mar–Apr/14), delved into the spread of religion and languages what made LaBarbera such a percep - in particular ways, predict the Divin- tive observer of the mysterious crea- ity School’s Richard A.