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WHEN CHICAGO CHANGES WESTERN CIV, THE WORLD WEIGHS IN
Changes in the College's general-education courses in civilization studies, including
a new sequence in European Civilization to be offered this fall, became the stuff
of headlines, editorials, and alarm. A front-page article in the June 28 Chronicle
of Higher Education places the change in context--and perspective:
http://www-news.uchicago.edu/citations/02/020628.westernciv.html
DEATH COMES TO TWO 20TH-CENTURY LEGENDS
--WINNER
OF THE FIRST HEISMAN TROPHY, Maroon halfback Jay Berwanger, AB'36,
died June 26. In his freshman year on Chicago's then Big Ten team, Berwanger was
coached by Amos Stagg. The first player chosen during the NFL's first draft, Berwanger
was also a first-class alumnus, winning the U of C Alumni Service Medal in 1984:
http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/02/020627.berwanger.shtml
COMMON DIABETES DRUGS MAY HEIGHTEN CARDIOVASCULAR WOES
A Chicago-based team has found that sulfonylurea drugs--the oral medications used
to lower blood-sugar levels in patients with type 2 diabetes--may increase cardiovascular
problems. Focusing on mice with a genetic defect that duplicates the drugs' actions,
the study demonstrated a direct link between the receptor for sulfonylurea drugs
and coronary arterial spasm, heart damage, and death. http://www.uchospitals.edu/news/SUR2.html
DEPUTY PROVOST FOR RESEARCH NAMED
Keith Moffat, the Louis Block professor of biochemistry & molecular biology,
began a three-year term as Chicago's deputy provost for research July 1. Moffat's
duties include service on the new Science Council, charged with setting priorities
and developing strategies for scientific research at the University and at Argonne
National Laboratory.
http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/02/020617.provost.shtml
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