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Imperfect symmetry
Theoretician Yoichiro Nambu wins the Nobel Prize for work that shaped modern particle physics.There is a certain symmetry in the numbers: this fall, the number of University of Chicago Nobel laureates rose to 82, in physics to 28.
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What’s in a name?
Even in death, former economics professor and Nobel laureate Milton Friedman, AM’33, can stir fresh controversy.
Barbershop duet
On a Thursday afternoon in late September, opera historian Philip Gossett appeared in the doorway of the Reynolds Club Barbershop. “Silvestre, I need your help,” he said.
Westward how?
The University has purchased eight parcels of land in Washington Park, all on Garfield Boulevard.
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Pajama party
A throng of physicists, students, journalists, and science fans—many clad in robes, slippers, and blanket sleepers—converged on Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory around 1:30 a.m. September 10.![photo: -](images/toc_aikido.jpg)
Going to the mat
In Donald Levine’s Conflict Theory and Aikido class, the goal is not to learn to fight but rather to harmonize.![photo: -](images/toc_talking_points.jpg)