Laura Demanski has been editor of the University of Chicago Magazine since 2012. Before that she established the Core, the university's magazine for undergraduate alumni, spending five years as its editor. During that time she also directed a staff of writers in UChicago's alumni relations and development department who were responsible for materials from direct response letters to donor proposals to divisional and departmental newsletters. Prior to joining the world of higher ed communications, Demanski studied English literature at the University of Chicago; wrote book reviews for the Baltimore Sun, Chicago Tribune, and other publications; and worked as an assistant editor at Simon & Schuster.