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  March 4, 2025    
 
Short List
 
 
News for the UChicago community
 
 
 
Hello, readers! This week we bring you into a microbiology lab at UChicago to see why researchers believe that the human gut microbiome holds secrets for our improved health.

Stay with us to the Postscript, where we brighten your read with the vibrant colors, patterns, and textures of an alumna’s artwork.
 
 
       
  Top of mind    
 
 
Illustration by Ben Giles
 
 
 
 
1. The longest route
 
Writer Mary Quade, AB’93, shares the varied experiences she’s had while living and traveling along US Route 20, which stretches from Boston, Massachusetts, to Newport, Oregon. More 
 
Read an interview with Quade that followed the publication of her award-winning 2023 essay collection, Zoo World.
 
 
 
2. Go, go gadgets!
 
UChicago’s Actuated Experience Lab creates objects that help users think differently about technology and its role in their lives. More 
 
Watch a video demonstration of the lab’s TorqueCapsules—gadgets that can serve as accessibility tools, game controllers, and more.
 
 
 
3. Inside the Light Lab
 
Microbiologist Sam Light brings viewers inside his UChicago lab, where he and his team map the human microbiome in an attempt to find new ways to treat disease. More 
 
Learn more about the lab’s work in a Q and A with Light and one of his PhD students.
 
 
 
4. Remembering Martin Marty (1928–2025)
 
Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of the History of Modern Christianity Martin E. Marty, PhD’56, was one of the country’s foremost historians of religion, a prolific author, a beloved mentor, and an advocate for pluralism in American life. More 
 
Read a tribute by the Margaret E. Burton Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of the History of Christianity and Theology W. Clark Gilpin, AM’72, PhD’74.
 
Explore the importance of creativity in Marty’s religious thought and practice through a remembrance by Brett Colasacco, AB’07, MDiv’10, PhD’18, who is writing Marty’s biography.
 
 
       
  Plus . . .    
 
 
Inspiration for A Raisin in the Sun  +  Heart health in menopause  +  Terabytes in a millimeter  +  Hope for youth violence relief  +  Sharing and caring  +  See more stories
 
 
       
  Things to do    
 
March 10
 
Attend a Harper Lecture on human rights and climate change in San Francisco 
 
 
 
March 16
 
Foster connections between the UChicago Alumni Club of Los Angeles and the Women of Dartmouth LA Alumnae Club at a joint alumni mixer 
 
 
 
March 21
 
Join a New York City panel discussion and reception to learn how UChicago prepares graduates to create and appreciate theater 
 
 
 
April 2
 
Mark 10 years of the Chicago Principles with a thought-provoking panel discussion in New York City 
 
         
         
    See more things to do    
         
         
 
       
  On the job    
 
Job of the week
 
Associate director, alumni volunteer experience 
 
         
         
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Professional development
 
March 19
 
Connect with UChicago alumnae who have excelled in leadership positions across various industries at a New York City event  
 
         
         
    See more job resources    
         
         
 
 
       
  In memoriam    
 
 
John Bertram Reinitz
 
 
John Bertram Reinitz (1958–2025)
 
Known as a fiercely independent thinker, Reinitz helped inaugurate a new, data-driven approach to developmental biology.
More 
 
Photography by Jean Lachat
 
 
 
 
John P. Gould
 
 
John P. “Jack” Gould, MBA’63, PhD’66 (1939–2024)
 
After serving as an economist in the US federal government, Gould returned to the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where he spent decades as a transformative leader in business education. More 
 
Photography by Chris Strong
 
       
  Postscript    
 
 
Photography by Claire Britt
 
 
 
Pattern play
 
 
 
 
 
 
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