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Year 2009

 

Rate Video: UChiBLOGo | Dario MaestripieriVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Mon, Mar 2

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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

Rate Video: Northwestern Treblemakers-I don't wanna wait @ U ChicagoVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Tue, Feb 24

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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

Rate Video: New York University vs University of Chicago, January 30, 2009Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sat, Jan 31

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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

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Rate U. of C. business dean to step down

Original at Chicago Tribune external link    9 hours ago

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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 »

Rate Blago Holds Book Signing At University Of Chicago

Original at WBBM780 external link    Wed, Dec 9

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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 »

Rate New Presidents or Provosts: College of Charleston, Delaware State U., Linn ...

Original at Inside Higher Ed external link    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.

Year 2009

 

Rate At U. of C., Blago gets an 'f' in

Original at Chicago Tribune external link    Tue, Dec 8

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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 »

Rate U. of C. Turning Beloved Garden into Construction Site

Original at Chicagoist external link    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...

Rate The Creative Graffiti Of U of C's Regenstein Library

Original at Chicagoist external link    Thu, Oct 15

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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...

Rate President Barack Obama, a former Law School Senior Lecturer, wins Nobel Peace Prize

Original at University of Chicago News Office external link    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. ...

Rate U of C Researcher Dies Of Plague Infection

Original at Chicagoist external link    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...

Rate Hyde Park woman found strangled near U of C

Original at Chicago Sun-Times external link    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 ...

Rate U. of Chicago Group Promotes Me ...

Original at Men's News Daily external link    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 ...

Rate Panel to Investigate Admissions at U. of Illinois

Original at New York Times external link    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 ...

Rate Some U Of C Students Opt For Co-Ed Dorm Rooms

Original at CBS2 Chicago external link    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. ...

Rate Activists blast U of C on charity care

Original at Town Daily external link    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 ...

Rate U Chicago Law Lecturer On Supreme Court Shortlist

Original at CBS2 Chicago external link    Wed, May 20

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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. ...

Rate Column In U Of C Student Paper Sparks Uproar

Original at CBS2 Chicago external link    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. ...

Rate U Of C To Close Women's Health Center

Original at CBS2 Chicago external link    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. ...

Rate Group says U of C 'censored' student's Facebook album

Original at Town Daily external link    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 ...

Rate U of C docs attack CEO's finance focus

Original at Crain's Chicago Business external link    Sat, May 2

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 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 ...

Rate Revelation Comes to the U of Chicago

Original at Chicagoist external link    Wed, Apr 22

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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...

Rate U of C ER plans put on back burner

Original at Chicagoist external link    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...

Rate Controversial Westboro church plans U of C protests

Original at Town Daily external link    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 ...

Rate U of C Medical Center Announces Layoffs

Original at Chicagoist external link    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...

Rate Seven Greatest Fictional University Of Chicago Graduates

Original at Huffington Post external link    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).

Rate U of C cuts ties with state student loan agency

Original at Chicago Tribune external link    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)

Rate A note to U. of C.

Original at Chicago Tribune external link    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 ...

Rate University of Chicago Medical Center in talks with ENH

Original at Chicago Tribune external link    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

Rate U of C honors Friedman with $200M center - Crain's Chicago Business

Original at Crain's Chicago Business external link    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, ...

Rate Chicago Tribune reporter to lead U of C news office - Chicago Maroon

Original at Chicago Maroon external link    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. ...

Rate Harvard plan raises financial aid questions

Original at Chicago Maroon external link    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...

Year 2007

 

Rate U. of C. opens police substation - Chicago Sun-Times

Original at suntimes.com external link    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

Rate Opinion: Police might have found car in U. of C. attacks - Chicago Tribune

Original at chicagotribune.com external link    Wed, Nov 21

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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

Rate Opinion: Student Shot to Death Near U of Chicago - The Associated Press

Original at ap.google.com external link    Tue, Nov 20

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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

Rate RIAA subpoenas U of C for pirates’ info

Original at Chicago Maroon external link    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.

Rate Yes to Sudan Investment, U of Chicago Says

Original at Voice of America external link    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

Rate University stands pat; activists take aim

Original at Chicago Tribune external link    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.

Rate UIC faculty takes care of biz

Original at Chicago Sun-Times external link    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 ...

Rate U Of C Cancer Doctor Flips Car On Michigan Ave.

Original at CBS2 Chicago external link    Fri, Jan 5

 IL - The driver has been identified as Dr. Ralph Weichselbaum, a highly respected cancer doctor at the University of Chicago.

Year 2006

 

Rate U. of C. hospitals post

Original at Chicago Tribune external link    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 ...

Rate U of Chicago group to manage top lab

Original at Belleville News-Democrat external link    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 ...

Rate U of Chicago Group to Manage Top Lab

Original at Washington Post external link    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 ...

Rate U of Chicago Group to Manage Top Lab

Original at Forbes external link    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 ...

Rate University of Chicago awarded $1.6 billion Fermilab contract

Original at WQAD external link    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 ...

Rate 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 external link    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...

Rate Colleges can't let 'liberals' shout down others' voices

Original at Chicago Sun-Times external link    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. ...

Rate Record freshman diversity at U. of C.

Original at Chicago Sun-Times external link    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 ...

Rate Recount Gives U Of C Higher College Ranking

Original at CBS2 Chicago external link    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.

Rate University of Chicago nominates Brown provost to be new president

Original at WQAD external link    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

Year 2005

 

Rate University Of Chicago Students Attacked During Robbery

Original at NBC5.com external link    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

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