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New
athletic center gets healthy start with $15 million gift:
When
the University of Chicago Field Houseopened its doors in 1932,
Gerald Ratner, an undergraduate business student and a left
fielder for the baseball team, thought the new building was
great: Now the team could practice inside during winter quarter.
Dangerous, perhaps, but fun.
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Medical
researchers Rowley and Koshland win "Americas Nobels":
Often
called "America's Nobels," the Albert Lasker Medical Research
Awards are considered the nation's most distinguished prize
in medical research. Of the more than 300 recipients to date,
59 have gone on to win the Nobel Prize.
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Learning
for a lifetime at the Graham School:Continuing
education has long been an important part of the U of C's intellectual
life. Today, the William B. and Catherine V. Graham School of
General Studies, formerly the Center for Continuing Studies,
has a full-time staff of 27 and annually attracts more than
10,000 students to credit and noncredit courses in the arts
and sciences, business, and the pro- fessions |
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New
Law School dean named for next year; star scholars hired:
Daniel
R. Fischel, JD'77, a leading scholar in law and economics, has
been appointed dean of the Law School beginning July 1, when
current dean Douglas Baird will return to full-time teaching
and scholarship at the end of his five-year term. |
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