Health care’s cost benefits
To Nobel-winning economist Robert Fogel, increasing health-care costs signal better health and wealth.

Good chemistry
UChicago establishes a center for chemical innovation.

Chicago in Davos
University representatives participate in the World Economic Forum.

BBC (January 20, 2010)
Irish UN worker killed in Haiti quake
Andrew Grene, AB’87, is remembered as “a true humanitarian.”

Chicago Tribune (January 20, 2010)
Chicago Booth dean headed to Yale
Edward A. Snyder, AM’78, PhD’84, takes over the Yale School of Management in July 2011.

USA Today (January 22, 2010)
Justice Stevens bemoans changed court
John Paul Stevens, U-High’37, AB’41, has witnessed an ideological shift on the Supreme Court.

Chicago Tribune (January 21, 2010)
Rare medical books find a home at U of C
University acquires titles dating to the 16th century.

Friday, February 5
First Friday Celebration
5–7 p.m. | Kansas City

Sunday, February 14
Love, Italian Style
2–3 p.m. | Smart Museum

Wednesday, February 17
Lost Classes Reconnect
7–9:30 p.m. | New York City

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PERSPECTIVE

The pragmatist
Zitsi Mirakhur, AB’08, calls her Teach for America experience in New Orleans “the hardest thing that I have done in my life.”

ANNOUNCEMENT

Earthquake response
The Medical Center coordinates the deployment of volunteers and offers matching gifts for student, faculty, and staff donations.