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Hopes and Fears

Rio games symbolize a perennial dilemma in Latin America.

Confetti filled the city’s skies when Rio de Janiero was named the host of the 2016 Olympics, breaking the hearts of Chicagoans and making Brazil the first South American country to host the games. But like so many things in Latin America, the Olympics raise both hopes and fears.

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Remembering the Fall of the Berlin Wall

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Faculty Honors

Swanlund Professor Wins Susan G. Komen for the Cure Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction

Test Your U of IQ

bison A bison and the entire bird collection from the Columbian Exposition of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair could previously be found on the second, third, and fourth floors of this building. Which building is it?