32 UChicago faculty were appointed to distinguished or named professorships on January 1. The Maroon sat down with eight of them to understand why they came to UChicago, how their work here has changed, and their lives outside of academia.

Developers have broken ground on a new quantum facility on Chicago’s South Side slated to house one of the world’s largest commercial quantum computers. Some community members expressed concern about health risks, environmental damage, and displacement.