Library in the News
Does a concrete work of art contain a hidden manuscript?
WTTW Chicago Mysteries – April 16, 2024
Geoffrey Baer investigates in WTTW's 'Chicago Mysteries'
Current – March 29, 2024
Saul Bellow gets a stamp
Hyde Park Herald – February 12, 2024
Review: So may lumps of clay: Exhibitions by Ruth Duckworth and contemporary Japanese women artists
Chicago Tribune – January 18, 2024
Uncovering the Forgotten Female Astronomers of Yerkes Observatory
Atlas Obscura – January 9, 2024
Capturing the Stars: The Untold History of Women at Yerkes Observatory
AIP History Newletter – Volume 55 (2023), Number 2
Pioneer Women Astronomers Flourished a Century Ago
Worth – December 19, 2023
Capturing the Stars: The Untold History of Women at Yerkes Observatory
Lincoln Road – November 22, 2023
Regenstein’s ‘Capturing the Stars’ honors the women of Yerkes Observatory
Hyde Park Herald – November 6, 2023
Current and coming: In Chicago, the ceramic art of Ruth Duckworth
Antiques – October 13, 2023
University of Chicago Launches Forum for Free Inquiry and Expression With Speaker Panels, Banned Book Collection
WTTW News – October 4, 2023
University of Chicago announces plans to expand access to books that have been banned
CBS News – October 3, 2023
Banned Books
WTTW Chicago Tonight – October 3, 2023
Pritzker visits University of Chicago during Banned Books Week
WREX – October 3, 2023
Now Available to All Readers in Illinois: Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Partners with the University of Chicago Library to Expand The Banned Book Club
Library Journal – October 3, 2023
Pritzker unveils plan for public library of historically banned books at University of Chicago
ABC - WICS/WCCU – October 3, 2023
Column: Ida B. Wells, awarded a Pulitzer Prize 89 years after her death, is as relevant as ever
Chicago Tribune – May 6, 2020
UChicago stamp collection sheds light on everyday life in North Korea
Chicago Tonight – February 3, 2020
Ask Geoffrey: Brutalism in Chicago
WTTW – January 30, 2020
South Side character captured by three impressive new volumes
Chicago Tribune – November 13, 2019
Hyde Park’s D’Angelo Law Library: A showstopper with famous architect, rich history and little respect
Block Club Chicago – October 21, 2019
Vivian Maier photos, artifacts donated to University of Chicago
Chicago Tonight – August 28, 2019
U. of C. gets thousands of never-before-seen-prints made by famed photographer
Chicago Tribune – August 22, 2019
Diving into Saul Bellow’s archives
Chicago Tribune – May 16, 2019
Alum Donates 400 Volumes to Special Collections
Chicago Maroon – May 7, 2019
Cancer diagnosis leads to donation of 400 rare, valuable books
Chicago Tonight – May 1, 2019
After cancer diagnosis, Oak Park man surprises U. of C. with treasure trove of rare books
Chicago Tribune — April 11, 2019
‘The Fetus in Utero’ at U. of C. reveals mysteries of the womb
Chicago Tribune — February 11, 2019
Radiant Spaces
Chicago Magazine — February 5, 2019
Embryonic enigmas and fetal fantasies at Special Collections
Chicago Maroon — January 24, 2019
Historian Ada Palmer traces censorship of radical ideas across centuries
UChicago News — December 6, 2018
Smear tactic
The University of Chicago Magazine — Fall 2018
Archives of two giants of economics donated to UChicago Library
UChicago News — October 25, 2018
Life in the Library: Reading, Research, and Recreation
The College — September 21, 2018
June Pachuta Farris, Bibliographer for Slavic and East European Studies, 1947-2018
East from Chicago — August 6, 2018
Sights now seen: Vivian Maier’s photographs become a resource for scholars
Tableau — Spring 2018
Bearing witness: A Special Collections exhibit examines the trauma of war
University of Chicago Magazine — Spring 2018
“War, Trauma, Memory” exhibition opens in the Reg
Chicago Maroon — May 11, 2018
‘Fearless’ Ida B. Wells honored by new lynching museum for fighting racial terrorism
Washington Post — April 26, 2018
Ray Gadke, oversaw microforms and periodicals at University of Chicago library, dies
Chicago Tribune — March 18, 2018
Remembering Ray Gadke, the ‘Unsung Hero’ of the Reg
Chicago Maroon — March 6, 2018
The Regenstein’s Ray Gadke, AM’66, explains his unusual office decor
The Core — Winter 2018
Reg exhibit explores University scientists’ reactions to atomic bomb
Chicago Maroon — February 19, 2018
Library digitizes rare century-old kelp forest maps
Chicago Maroon — February 15, 2018
World War I-era maps help track history of kelp forests in Pacific Northwest
UChicago News — December 21, 2017
World War I-era maps help track history of kelp forests in Pacific Northwest
The Forefront — December 21, 2017
Looking back at 2017
UChicago News — December 19, 2017
An archive, Chicago born
The University of Chicago Magzine — Fall 2017
New faculty 2017
Dialogo – Fall 2017/Winter 2018
Linguistics for laypeople: How browsing the library stacks led to a book and a career
Tableau – Fall 2017
500 Vivian Maier photos donated to University of Chicago
Chicago Tonight – July 25, 2017
Hundreds of new Vivian Maier prints donated to U. of C.
Chicago Tribune – July 19, 2017
Librarians providing innovative resources for faculty, students
University of Chicago – June 6, 2017
Tools of the trade
University of Chicago Magazine – Spring 2017
Transport yourself
University of Chicago Magazine – Spring 2017
Saul Bellow archives reveal ‘softer side’ of Nobel laureate
Chicago Tonight – March 28, 2017
You can now read Saul Bellow’s personal papers at the University of Chicago
Forward – March 24, 2017
Three new exhibitions examine meaning of Wolf Vostell’s iconic sculpture
University of Chicago – January 26, 2017
Three exhibitions celebrate Wolf Vostell and the Fluxus movement
Artdaily.org – January 2017
Concrete Happenings: Three Jan. exhibitions open Jan. 22, celebrating Wolf Vostell and the Fluxus movement
UChicago Arts – December 23, 2016
Digital Archaeology Digest
Forbes – October 28, 2016
Digital collections: University of Chicago Library shares ‘an online trove of Biblical manuscripts’
Library Journal – October 25, 2016
Reg showcases Wiesel’s legacy
The Chicago Maroon – October 25, 2016
James Nye: An open book
Live Mint – August 5, 2016
On the record
The Indian Express – August 4, 2016
Conservation, open access of cultural assets need of the hour: James H. Nye
Odishatv.com – August 2, 2016
Hyde Park’s greatest adventurer getting exhibit at U. of C.
WGN Radio – June 23, 2016
Hyde Park’s greatest adventurer getting exhibit at U. of C.
DNAinfo – June 21, 2016
For cartoonist Daniel Clowes, LAB’79, every page is personal
The University of Chicago Magazine – April 8, 2016
Cartoonist Daniel Clowes’ sketches and drafts getting exhibit at U. of C.
DNAinfo Chicago – March 7, 2016
Regenstein Library pilots undergraduate exhibit program
The Chicago Maroon – March 1, 2016
Reg exhibit an homage to Yiddish culture in Chicago
The Chicago Maroon – February 29, 2016
Ramakrishnan Professorship to support study of Sanskrit
UChicago News – January 26, 2016
New exhibition highlights UChicago scholarship, texts of South Asia
The Chicago Maroon – January 15, 2016
U of C exhibit showcases 19th-century poetry
Chicago Tribune – December 3, 2015
Profiles in resource sharing: David Larsen
Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve – November 23, 2015
A-level to be renovated and remodeled
Chicago Maroon – October 16, 2015
New Poetic Associations exhibit highlights rare poetry from 1800s
Chicago Maroon – October 16, 2015
Genius of the gridiron
The University of Chicago Magazine – October 14, 2015
Zeisel & Hepburn: A Tale of Lavender Water, Shakespeare, and Capital Punishment
The University of Chicago Law School – October 1, 2015
New Saul Bellow documents unearthed by biographer
DNAinfo Chicago – August 24, 2015
What do academic librarians do anyway?
Connected Academics – August 10, 2015
Memoir focuses on late librarian’s work on censorship in occupied Japan
Japan Times – August 7, 2015
Into the wild
University of Chicago Magazine – July/Aug 2015
Go out there and meet people
Dialogo – Spring/Summer 2015
Meeting art historian Earl Rosenthal
OnMilwaukee.com – June 2, 2015
Ancient Books & Modern Technology
Tableau – Spring 2015
University acquires papers of prominent graphic novelist Clowes
Chicago Maroon – May 8, 2015
‘Ghost World’ artist’s papers acquired by University of Chicago
Chicago Tribune – April 30, 2015
A special collection
The College – April 28, 2015
T.H. Tsien, 105, dies; scholar of Chinese books rescued 30,000 of them
New York Times – April 19, 2015
Tsuen-hsuin Tsien, influential Chinese librarian, dies at 105
Chicago Tribune – April 17, 2015
T.H. Tsien, scholar and librarian of East Asian studies, 1909-2015
UChicago News – April 15, 2015
New exhibit showcases LGBT life at UChicago
Chicago Maroon – April 7, 2015
The all-nighters
The University of Chicago Magazine – March 30, 2015
Special collection showcases history of LGBTQ life at the University of Chicago
Chicagopride.com – March 29, 2015
Upcoming: UChicago LGBTQ
Windy City Times – March 17, 2015
In a bind: A UChicago Library restoration project rescues a 500-year-old manuscript
University of Chicago Magazine – March–April 2015
Women in University history highlighted by Special Collections
Chicago Maroon – March 6, 2015
Video games: Offered by universities
Geek Insider – February 12, 2015
In break from Reg-ular study grind, the Reg offers day of fun and workshops
Chicago Maroon – February 12, 2015
Ilga Vitolins: 1937-2015: U. of C. Library cataloger who spoke 4 languages
Chicago Tribune – January 26, 2015
Ask Geoffrey: Buildings, libraries & train stations
Chicago Tonight – January 21, 2015
10 of the most amazing college libraries in the US
College Raptor – January 2015
U. of C. unearths rare portraits for ‘I Step Out of Myself’ photo exhibit
DNAinfo Chicago – January 19, 2015
The University of Chicago unveils rare French illustrations of World War I
Chicago Reader – December 1, 2014
Library digitising rare Urdu literary journals
Dawn.com – November 17, 2014
Battle lines
University of Chicago Magazine – November–December 2014
How a pair of 19th-century cookbooks led to the rediscovery of a best-forgotten recipe
Chicago Reader – November 13, 2014
The graphics of the Great War in France
Hyperallergic: Sensitive to Art & Its Discontents – November 7, 2014
Rare books: University of Chicago Library receives $250,000 gift for catalog record enhancement
Library Journal – November 3, 2014
French impressions: Vivid graphics from a century ago
Chicago Tonight – October 31, 2014
Brenda Johnson named Library Director and University Librarian at the University of Chicago
Library Journal – October 16, 2014
The world’s most stylish libraries
Condé Nast Traveller – October 14, 2014
New Regenstein Library exhibit showcases WWI-era French illustration
Hyde Park Herald – October 10, 2014
Torch songs
The University of Chicago Magazine – September–October 2014
The regulars
The University of Chicago Magazine – September–October 2014
New exhibit at Special Collections unearths UChicago’s research in Mexico
UChicago News – August 18, 2014
Obama’s great-uncle, innovative librarian
Chicago Tribune – August 13, 2014
Charles Payne was WWII vet, U of C library official
Chicago Sun-Times – August 11, 2014
Princeton Review finds UChicago has best college library
USA Today – August 4, 2014
UofC to mount exhibit of French graphic illustration & World War I
Gapers Block – July 31, 2014
Margin call
The University of Chicago Magazine – July–August 2014
The Latest ‘AIA Guide to Chicago’
Chicago Tonight – July 8, 2014
Watch Helmut Jahn explain his design for U of C’s Mansueto Library
Curbed Chicago – June 20, 2014
Future-proofing the research library: Sarah Thomas delivers Judith Nadler Vision Lecture
Association of Research Libraries – June 13, 2014
An interview with Judith Nadler, university librarian at the University of Chicago
Library Journal – May 30, 2014
Future-proofing the research library
American Libraries – May 26, 2014
Speaking volumes: Retiring University librarian Judith Nadler reflects on her prolific career
University of Chicago Magazine – May–June 2014
How to imagine ourselves
The Lancet – May 17, 2014
Mysterious writing in rare 16th-century Homer identified
CNET – May 6, 2014
Not all Greek: Mystery script in rare copy of Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ solved
NBCNews.com – May 5, 2014
Mystery text in 1504 copy of Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ is deciphered
NBCNews.com – April 28, 2014
Exploring Ukraine: Past and present
PBS NewsHour – April 27, 2014
The 16 coolest college libraries in the country
Business Insider – April 10, 2014
Robo library
Discovery Channel Canada – April 9, 2014
Imaging/Imagining
Splash Chicago – March 25, 2014
Design 50: Who Shapes Chicago 2014
NewCity – March 20, 2014
Old hand
The University of Chicago Magazine – March–April 2014
Anatomical art featured in new exhibit at U. of C.
DNAinfo Chicago – March 17, 2014
UChicago Presents: Art and Anatomy
Gapers Block – March 15, 2014
Late 19th and early 20th-century urban rail transit maps
The Scout Report – March 7, 2014
Cooking with Crerar: Child gruelty
University of Chicago Magazine – February 12, 2014
Big moments on campus
New York Times – February 9, 2014
Quick, cheap, and possibly poisonous
The University of Chicago Magazine – January 28, 2014
Reg exhibit sees color in commodity
Chicago Maroon – October 29, 2013
Museums show off Columbian Exposition artifacts for anniversary
DNAinfo Chicago – September 25, 2013
Curators’ choice
University of Chicago Magazine – September–October 2013
The 20 most spellbinding university libraries in the world
Independent – August 27, 2013
Places and spaces, courtesy of the University of Chicago photo archives
WBEZ – August 21, 2013
Cookbooks on display
Chicago Tribune – July 10, 2013
Small deco masterpieces
Chicago Reader – June 19, 2013
Hawks’ early training
Redeye – June 19, 2013
A glimpse of where Chicago hockey was in 1934
New York Times – June 12, 2013
Moving with memories: Hyde Park’s Seminary Co-Op Bookstore gets a documentary exhibition
Newcity – May 8, 2013
Underneath the glass bubble
Chicago Maroon – April 16, 2013
The market assistant
The University of Chicago Magazine – March 26, 2013
The zine scene
Chicago Tribune – March 24, 2013
Limited editions
The University of Chicago Magazine – March-April 2013
She does it herself: University of Chicago exhibit focuses on self-published women
Newcity Lit – March 4, 2013
UBorrow reduces recall requests by 30% at University of Chicago Library
Library Journal – February 13, 2013
My Life Is an Open Book
Time Out Chicago – February 7, 2013
University of Chicago developing new library catalog, will be powered by VuFind software
Library Journal – January 30, 2013
Zines get their day at Regenstein
Hyde Park Herald – January 16, 2013
What they’re wearing these days: Library pins
The Core – Winter 2013
New online: University of Chicago Library digitizes original manuscript of Walt Whitman’s “The Bible as Poetry”
Library Journal – January 7, 2013
An Interview with Anne Knafl
Circa – Autumn 2012
The library of the future will probably look something like this
TeachThought – November 30, 2012
America’s most beautiful college libraries
Travel + Leisure – November 2012
Just updated: The research guide to turkeys from the University of Chicago Library
Library Journal – November 20, 2012
14 Stunning university libraries
Her Campus – November 6, 2012
University of Chicago receives $83,000 grant from British Library’s Endangered Archives Programme
Library Journal – November 3, 2012
AIA to honor Helmut Jahn with lifetime achievement award
A/N Blog – October 16, 2012
Exhibition on German Jewish mathematicians to open Oct. 4 at Crerar Library
UChicago News – October 2, 2012
AALL Reflections: Launching into RDA: The New Frontier
AALL Spectrum Blog – August 3, 2012
Still Here
Metropolis Magazine – July 20, 2012
On the Edge: Medieval Margins and the Margins of Academic Life
Time Out Chicago – June 14, 2012
Video: Here’s the robot UCF considering to store, retrieve library books
Orlando Business Journal – June 8, 2012
Preservation on display at University of Chicago’s Mansueto Library
Ithaka S+R Blog – May 30, 2012
The University of Chicago Centennial Catalogues
The Scout Report – May 25, 2012
Special Collections exhibition on Haggadah will close with lecture May 13
UChicago News – May 9, 2012
Baseball bats and the wired library: a cautionary tale
The Chronicle of Higher Education – April 29, 2012
Chicago Jazz
Scout Report – April 20, 2012
Haggadot on view at the University of Chicago
Jewcy – April 5, 2012
Underground robot library
Popular Science – April 2012
2012 RBMS Leab Exhibition Award winners
American Library Association – March 5, 2012
Library design showcase 2012: The shape of things
American Libraries – February 28, 2012
Way down south (campus)
University of Chicago Magazine – January 20, 2012
Photos of the year: The best tech snaps of 2011
silicon.com – December 21, 2011
AIA’s best new buildings from Chicago
ArchitectureWeek – December 7, 2011
The best (and worst) in Chicago architecture 2011
WBEZ – December 19, 2011
Year in architecture 2011: Grading on a curve
Library Journal – December 15, 2011
Best architecture of 2011: Despite the ongoing construction downturn, much to celebrate
Chicago Tribune – December 9, 2011
CAF announces 'Patron of the Year' winners
Chicago Tribune – November 30, 2011
The Bibliotech: Library of the Future, Now
New York Times – November 4, 2011
From XXL to S: Chicago architecture awards recognize excellence at a variety of scales
Chicago Tribune – October 28, 2011
Joe and Rika Mansueto Library
Architect – October 6, 2011
Eric Fischer’s social maps show world in a new light
UChicago News – October 2011
Humanities Festival builds bridge to Hyde Park
Chicago Tribune – October 20, 2011
Mansueto Library emerges as a Chicago icon
UChicago News – October 10, 2011
Mansueto Library dedication set for Oct. 11
UChicago News – Oct. 6, 2011
Soviet art retrospective goes citywide
UChicago News, Sept. 12, 2011
Librodome and Bright Passage
University of Chicago Magazine, Sept-Oct 2011
Adventures in the Soviet Imaginary
Time Out Chicago – August 23, 2011
Race against the machine
UChiBLOGo – August 8, 2011
Eating their words: How food writing collections can shape us
The Atlantic – August 5, 2011
A high-tech library keeps books at faculty fingertips—with robot help
Chronicle of Higher Education – July 24, 2011
Go ask alumni: Ex libris
The Core – July-August 2011
Advenutres in the Soviet Imaginary
Gapers Block – July 14, 2011
Top 10 YouTube videos posted by colleges, and what they mean
Chronicle of Higher Education – July 5, 2011
Under the Dome
UCHIBLOGO – June 28, 2011
Chicago’s best architecture, urban design and historic preservation for the first half of 2011
Chicago Tribune – June 27, 2011
Joe and Rika Mansueto Library / Murphy/Jahn
ArchDaily – June 14, 2011
Q&A with Frances McNamara
Gapers Block – June 10, 2011
Around Town: University of Chicago Library
WGN – June 7, 2011
The new University of Chicago library
Chicago Tonight – WTTW – June 2, 2011
Scholars, scientists gather to discuss the intersection of science and architecture
UChicago News – June 1, 2011
רובוטים במקום ספרנים בספרייה בשיקגו
Haaretz (Israel) – May 26, 2011
UofC’s futuristic new Mansueto Library is definitely one for the books
Lee Bey’s Chicago – WBEZ – May 20, 2011
Beneath this bubble, a book-storing marvel
Chicago Tribune – May 18, 2011
A Hole Lot of Books
Inside Higher Education – May 18, 2011
Video of the Day: How Chicago’s Automated Library Works
The Atlantic – May 17, 2011
‘Sky’s the limit’ at U of C’s new $81 million, high-tech library
Chicago Sun-Times – May 16, 2011
Cutting-edge domed Joe and Rika Mansueto Library opens at University of Chicago
World Architecture News.com – May 16, 2011
Com US$ 25 mi, universidade dos EUA inaugura biblioteca automatizada
Economia & Negócios – May 16, 2011
Robots retrieve books in University of Chicago’s new, futuristic library
Wired – May 11, 2011
Reading room of Jahn’s U. of C. Mansueto Library to open next week
Chicago Tribune – May 10, 2011
Library to receive two works by Filipino hero Jose Rizal
UChicago News – April 27, 2011
Design for Learning: A Twenty-First-Century Research Library
Isthmus – April 10, 2011
Special Collections Research Center to reopen in renovated space March 28
UChicago News – March 24, 2011
Food 411
Chicago Sun Times – March 21, 2011
Sweet Home Chicago: Chocolate, Confectionery Production, and Technology in the Windy City
WBEZ – March 12, 2011
Food Calendar
Chicago Tribune – March 8, 2011
Voices from colonial India
OPEN Magazine – February 26, 2011
1 million books scanned and returned to CIC university libraries
Inside Google Books – February 4, 2011
February architectural events
ArchitectureChicago Plus – February 3, 2011
Helmut Jahn continues hot streak with Mansueto Library at University of Chicago
WBEZ – January 18, 2011
CIC/Google celebrate major milestone: A million digitized volumes
CIC website – February 4, 2011
Avant les deluge: Mansueto Library
ArchitectureChicago Plus – February 1, 2011
Sweet Home Chicago
Time Out Chicago – January 26, 2011
African-American history uncapped by UNCAP
Chicagoist – January 18, 2011
Alternate Rockefellers
UChiBlogo – January 18, 2011
The paper campus: University buildings that never were
UChiBlogo – January 6, 2011
