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Video: UChiBLOGo | Dario MaestripieriOriginal at YouTube
• Mon, Mar 2
By rss@youtube.com (uchicagomagazine) Author: uchicagomagazine Keywords: University of Chicago U of C UChicago UChiBLOGo Dario Maestripieri primates biology genetics art ARS Scientia Chicago Cultural Center Chicago Science Science Chicago Added: March 2, 2009
Video: Northwestern Treblemakers-I don't wanna wait @ U ChicagoOriginal at YouTube
• Tue, Feb 24
By rss@youtube.com (nutreble1) Northwestern Treblemakers performed I don't wanna wait at a show hosted by Ransome Notes of University of Chicago. Soloed by Judy Hsu, arranged by Robynn Yip. Author: nutreble1 Keywords: Northwestern Treblemakers I don't wanna wait Judy Hsu Robynn Yip Added: February 24, 2009
Video: New York University vs University of Chicago, January 30, 2009Original at YouTube
• Sat, Jan 31
By rss@youtube.com (UpsideDownDog) Down by three with 32 seconds to play, NYU has possession... Author: UpsideDownDog Keywords: college basketball NYU vs Chicago U of C coles sports center violets maroons Added: January 31, 2009
U. of C. business dean to step down
Original at Chicago Tribune
• 9 hours ago
Crain's Chicago Business The University of Chicago business school dean who oversaw last year's blockbuster $300 million gift from financier ... University of Chicago Booth School dean Snyder leaving biz school in 2010Crain's Chicago Business all 3 news articles »
Blago Holds Book Signing At University Of Chicago
Original at WBBM780
• Wed, Dec 9
Main Justice Standing before a table full of his books at the campus bookstore, Blagojevich declared "I believe in grade inflation." Some people admitted to being fans ... At U. of C., Blago gets an 'f' inChicago Tribune Blagojevich on Constitution: 'F'n golden'UPI.com all 459 news articles »
New Presidents or Provosts: College of Charleston, Delaware State U., Linn ...
Original at Inside Higher Ed
• Wed, Dec 9
Christine M. Wiseman, provost and professor of law at Loyola University of Chicago, has been named president of Saint Xavier University, also in Illinois.
At U. of C., Blago gets an 'f' in
Original at Chicago Tribune
• Tue, Dec 8
The indicted politician scrawled the near-profanity on the nation's most sacred of documents at a book signing on the University of Chicago campus. ... and more »
U. of C. Turning Beloved Garden into Construction Site
Original at Chicagoist
• Sun, Oct 25
By Anna Deem Photo by: ChicagoGeek A two-acre plot of land that plays host to carrots, beets, and turnips during the warmer months is at risk of being turned into a construction site because its original owner, The University of Chicago, wants it back. The university plans to turn the garden into a stag...
The Creative Graffiti Of U of C's Regenstein Library
Original at Chicagoist
• Thu, Oct 15
By Marcus Gilmer We were perusing some pretty pictures on Flickr when we stumbled across this collection by Quinn Dombrowski. The photos are of some of the creative graffiti that's been posted at the Joseph Regenstein Library on the campus of the University of Chicago. We talked with Dombroski who informe...
President Barack Obama, a former Law School Senior Lecturer, wins Nobel Peace Prize
Original at University of Chicago News Office
• Fri, Oct 9
U. S. President Barack Obama, whose personal, family and professional ties to the University of Chicago include his 12 years as a Senior Lecturer at the Law School, will receive the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced Friday morning. ...
U of C Researcher Dies Of Plague Infection
Original at Chicagoist
• Sun, Sep 20
By Staff Professor Malcolm J. Casadaban, a 60-year-old genetics researcher at the University of Chicago, died on Sept. 13 at the University of Chicago Medical Center’s Bernard Mitchell Hospital. Casadaban was studying the genetics of the plague bacteria and officials think his infection may st...
Hyde Park woman found strangled near U of C
Original at Chicago Sun-Times
• Sun, Jun 14
United States A South Side woman was found fatally strangled Saturday morning in her Hyde Park home, about a block north of the University of Chicago campus. Charlene Miller, 54, of the 5400 block of South Ellis Avenue, was found at her home and pronounced on the ...
U. of Chicago Group Promotes Me ...
Original at Men's News Daily
• Sat, Jun 13
CA This is the first men's advocacy group on the University of Chicago campus while there are nine women's advocacy groups. I'm all for this group. Young men are growing up without fathers. Any organization that promotes mentoring of young men by older ...
Panel to Investigate Admissions at U. of Illinois
Original at New York Times
• Wed, Jun 10
United States The commission, which is to complete its work in 60 days, will be led by Abner Mikva, a retired federal judge and former state legislator and congressman, who had been a professor at the University of Chicago Law School. Mr. Mikva said the panel should ...
Some U Of C Students Opt For Co-Ed Dorm Rooms
Original at CBS2 Chicago
• Fri, Jun 5
IL Read more in our Privacy Policy University of Chicago students Christina Pillsbury and Justin Garbacz, who are friends, plan to move into together next year under a new "open housing" plan on campus. It sounds like that old sitcom "Three's Company. ...
Activists blast U of C on charity care
Original at Town Daily
• Thu, Jun 4
IL BY ALEX PARKER / Staff Writer Hours after a US Congressman announced he was requesting a federal investigation into allegations of patient dumping at the University of Chicago Medical Center, activists gathered on the school's campus to discuss their ...
U Chicago Law Lecturer On Supreme Court Shortlist
Original at CBS2 Chicago
• Wed, May 20
New York Times Blogs IL That's ramping up the excitement at University of Chicago campus, which both Wood and the president know well. University of Chicago Law School Prof. Martha Nussbaum has been on the school's faculty with Wood since 1995. ...
Column In U Of C Student Paper Sparks Uproar
Original at CBS2 Chicago
• Tue, May 19
Read more in our Privacy Policy A University of Chicago student newspaper column about students' revealing clothing in warm weather generated such an uproar that the paper that the paper was prompted to retract parts of the column and issue an apology. ...
U Of C To Close Women's Health Center
Original at CBS2 Chicago
• Tue, May 19
IL Read more in our Privacy Policy The Duchossois Center for Advanced Medicine at the University of Chicago Hospitals. The University of Chicago Medical Center is planning to close a women's clinic that serves thousands of people a year. ...
Group says U of C 'censored' student's Facebook album
Original at Town Daily
• Wed, May 6
IL - Peter Sachs “The University of Chicago is claiming the power to censor off-campus, disrespectful, allegedly disrespectful speech,” Kissel says. The incident began in January, when a U of C student posted a photo album on Facebook naming his ex-girlfriend in the ...
U of C docs attack CEO's finance focus
Original at Crain's Chicago Business
• Sat, May 2
IL - Mike Colias, Mike Colias Some University of Chicago Medical Center faculty members are accusing CEO James Madara of putting hospital finances ahead of research and teaching. A letter delivered to Dr. Madara last month and signed by 76 faculty members asserts that, since adding ...
Revelation Comes to the U of Chicago
Original at Chicagoist
• Wed, Apr 22
By Melissa Feldsher Our intellectually reductive minds would like to think of Pagels as the female Indiana Jones without “The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.” While studying for her PhD at Harvard, Pagels was part of a team studying the Nag Hammadi scrolls, documents found in 1945 that shed light on early Chris...
U of C ER plans put on back burner
Original at Chicagoist
• Sat, Mar 14
By Anthonia Akitunde Courtesy of the University of Chicago Medical Center Plans to decrease beds and move patients from the University of Chicago's emergency room to other South Side facilities have been halted amid protest within and outside the university community. In a memo obtained by the Chicago Trib...
Controversial Westboro church plans U of C protests
Original at Town Daily
• Mon, Feb 23
IL BY PETER SACHS / Staff Writer Members of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church are planning three protests in Hyde Park next month, raising the ire of some University of Chicago students. The Topeka, Kan.-based church plans to protest at the ...
U of C Medical Center Announces Layoffs
Original at Chicagoist
• Sun, Feb 8
By Marcus Gilmer The job cuts keep getting deeper. The University of Chicago Medical Center announced this morning that they will be eliminating 450 jobs (with hundreds more being lost through attrition) as well as cutting $100 million from its annual budget. On Friday, Dr. Skip Garcia, chairman of the Uni...
Seven Greatest Fictional University Of Chicago Graduates
Original at Huffington Post
• Mon, Sep 29
• 3 related articles
By The Huffington Post News Editors Classes begin at the University of Chicago this week and to mark the start graduate student Michael Sherrin compiled a list of the 7 greatest fictional U of C alumni (Cameron Diaz's character in My Best Friend's Wedding fails to make the cut).
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U of C cuts ties with state student loan agency
Original at Chicago Tribune
• Thu, Jul 3
United States - Jul 3, 2008 AP CHICAGO - The University of Chicago is cutting ties with Illinois' student loan agency, forcing the school's graduate students to look for new ways to ... U. of Chicago Students Scramble After Lender Pulls Out Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
A note to U. of C.
Original at Chicago Tribune
• Thu, Jun 19
United States - I am a second year undergraduate economics major at the University of Chicago. It is my pleasure to study under and converse with some of the greatest minds ...
University of Chicago Medical Center in talks with ENH
Original at Chicago Tribune
• Mon, Jun 16
United States - Jun 16, 2008 University of Chicago has been looking at areas that have more affluent patients, recently confirming a lease of office space for U of C doctors in ... Northwestern University ends affiliation with ENH The Windy Citizen - Chicago Tribune
U of C honors Friedman with $200M center - Crain's Chicago Business
Original at Crain's Chicago Business
• Thu, May 15
U of C honors Friedman with $200M center IL - May 15, 2008 Crain’s) — The University of Chicago announced Thursday that it is creating a $200-million economics institute to honor the late Milton Friedman, ...
Chicago Tribune reporter to lead U of C news office - Chicago Maroon
Original at Chicago Maroon
• Mon, Apr 28
Chicago Tribune reporter to lead U of C news office IL - Apr 28, 2008 By Michael Lipkin The University of Chicago has appointed Chicago Tribune journalist Steven Kloehn as News Office director, effective May 27. ...
Harvard plan raises financial aid questions
Original at Chicago Maroon
• Thu, Jan 17
By Tyler Warner Alicia Reyes, the director of financial aid at the University, noted that increasing financial aid is especially difficult at the U of C, a school with a smaller endowment than Harvard and Yale. The University of Chicago is trying to raise an additional $300 million to add to its financial...
U. of C. opens police substation - Chicago Sun-Times
Original at suntimes.com
• Tue, Nov 27
Chicago Sun-Times, United States - BY ASSOCICATED PRESS CHICAGO---- A week after the fatal shooting of a graduate student, the University of Chicago has opened a police substation near the ... U. of C. opens new police substation Chicago Tribune
Opinion: Police might have found car in U. of C. attacks - Chicago Tribune
Original at chicagotribune.com
• Wed, Nov 21
Chicago Tribune, United States - Student Shot to Death Near U of Chicago The Associated Press U. of C. to review alert system Chicago Tribune U. of C. reels from hour of violence Chicago Tribune Rockford Register Star - Chicago Tribune
Opinion: Student Shot to Death Near U of Chicago - The Associated Press
Original at ap.google.com
• Tue, Nov 20
Student Shot to Death Near U of Chicago U. of C. to review alert system Chicago Tribune U. of C. reels from hour of violence Chicago Tribune University of Chicago targets fears after student’s shooting death Rockford Register Star Chicago Tribune - ABC7Chicago.com
RIAA subpoenas U of C for pirates’ info
Original at Chicago Maroon
• Wed, Sep 19
By Rhema Hokama The University of Chicago’s NSIT department forwards settlement letters from the recording industry to the offending individuals. At that point, the University is no longer legally responsible for the acts of copyright infringement.
Yes to Sudan Investment, U of Chicago Says
Original at Voice of America
• Thu, Feb 8
Arbeiter rejected criticism that by refusing to divest its holdings in companies doing business in Sudan the University of Chicago was aiding and abetting ... University stands pat; activists take aim Chicago Tribune U. Chicago will not divest from Sudan Yale Daily News
University stands pat; activists take aim
Original at Chicago Tribune
• Wed, Feb 7
While other colleges sever financial ties with Sudan, U. of C. defies protests and sticks to 1967 policy When the anti-apartheid movement swept U.S. college campuses more than 20 years ago, the University of Chicago stood out.
UIC faculty takes care of biz
Original at Chicago Sun-Times
• Fri, Jan 12
IL - 7, and the University of Chicago ranked No. 10 among the top graduate school English departments. • • The U. of C. topped the faculty scholarly productivity ...
U Of C Cancer Doctor Flips Car On Michigan Ave.
Original at CBS2 Chicago
• Fri, Jan 5
IL - The driver has been identified as Dr. Ralph Weichselbaum, a highly respected cancer doctor at the University of Chicago.
U. of C. hospitals post
Original at Chicago Tribune
• Thu, Nov 2
United States - Nov 2, 2006 Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, the teaching hospital affiliate of Penn State University, was named president of the University of Chicago Medical Center ...
U of Chicago group to manage top lab
Original at Belleville News-Democrat
• Wed, Nov 1
IL - Nov 1, 2006 AP. CHICAGO - A group led by the University of Chicago landed a five-year, $1.6 billion federal contract Wednesday to manage the Fermi National Accelerator ...
U of Chicago Group to Manage Top Lab
Original at Washington Post
• Wed, Nov 1
United States - Nov 1, 2006 AP. CHICAGO -- A group led by the University of Chicago landed a five-year, $1.6 billion federal contract Wednesday to manage the Fermi National Accelerator ...
U of Chicago Group to Manage Top Lab
Original at Forbes
• Wed, Nov 1
NY - Nov 1, 2006 A group led by the University of Chicago landed a five-year, $1.6 billion federal contract Wednesday to manage the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, or ...
University of Chicago awarded $1.6 billion Fermilab contract
Original at WQAD
• Wed, Nov 1
IL - Nov 1, 2006 A group led by the University of Chicago is getting a one-point-six-(b)billion ... of Energy today awarded the five-year contract to the U-of-C and Universities ...
U. of Chicago Hospitals continued to double-bunk sick infants after warning, court says
Original at Stephen's Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~ OLDaily RSS 0.91
• Wed, Oct 25
Two children's hospitals affiliated with the University of Chicago deliberately overcrowded their clinical units for ill infants in order to get greater reimbursements from Medicaid, a state court in Illinois has found in a ruling that allows a lawsuit to proceed. (for subscribers) C...
Colleges can't let 'liberals' shout down others' voices
Original at Chicago Sun-Times
• Mon, Oct 16
United States - At the U. of W., those many years ago, we had no end of guest lecturers -- running ... Let me take you back to 1969 on the venerable University of Chicago campus. ...
Record freshman diversity at U. of C.
Original at Chicago Sun-Times
• Sun, Oct 8
United States - Sitting in a bustling basement coffee shop at the University of Chicago, 21-year-old Anthonia ... The freshman class at U. of C. is the most diverse group of ...
Recount Gives U Of C Higher College Ranking
Original at CBS2 Chicago
• Fri, Aug 18
Thanks to a recount, the University of Chicago has received a higher ranking in the “America’s Best Colleges Guide” published by U.S. News and World Report.
University of Chicago nominates Brown provost to be new president
Original at WQAD
• Thu, Mar 9
CHICAGO Brown University's current provost has been nominated to take over as the University of Chicago's new president. The University ... Robert J. Zimmer Nominated to Serve as President of University of ... AScribe Brown provost is tapped to lead U. of C. Chicago Tribune
University Of Chicago Students Attacked During Robbery
Original at NBC5.com
• Sun, Dec 4
CHICAGO -- Two University of Chicago students were injured when they were attacked during a robbery on a Hyde Park neighborhood street early Saturday. ... Woman charged in robbery is U. of C. guard Chicago Tribune WQAD - Chicago Tribune - all 8 related