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CHICAGO
IN THE NEWS
* STUDENT COUNSELING
CENTER GETS NEW DIRECTOR
Thomas Kramer began work this month as director of Chicago's
Student Counseling and Resource Service. His experience
working with students includes stints as director of residency
programs at Columbia University, Mount Sinai School of
Medicine, and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/030109/counseling.shtml
*DIVERSITY INITIATIVES
GROW MORE DIVERSE
Founded in 1986 as an ad hoc committee, Chicago's Coordinating
Council for Minority Issues has been reformed into a new
Office of Minority Student Affairs, while a new policy-making
board will deal with a full range of issues related to
minority faculty, students, and staff. For details on
the groups' activities and goals: http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/030109/omsa.shtml
RESEARCH
AT CHICAGO
* GOVERNMENT
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS MAY COME TOO LATE
According to a study by Chicago economists Pedro Carneiro
and James Heckman, special government scholarship programs
do little to boost college attendance among disadvantaged
students. Instead, they argue in the Economics Journal,
abilities formed relatively early in life have a much
greater influence on whether students attend college:
http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/030109/college-att.shtml
* WHAT'S THE
BUSINESS FORECAST FOR 2003?
In early December a trio of leading economic prognosticators
offered an analysis of the year ahead. If you missed the
Graduate School of Business's annual Business Forecast
Lunch events in Chicago and New York, you can read or
hear predictions from GSB professor Robert Z. Aliber;
Joel M. Stern, MBA'64; and GSB professor Marvin Zonis
online: http://gsb.uchicago.edu/media/bfl.htm
NEWS
FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
* TRAVEL IN MIND
FOR THE YEAR AHEAD
It's time to check your vacation calendar against the
list of alumni travel offerings for 2003 and choose the
faculty-led study trip to suit your interests. The Galapagos
Islands, China, the Italian Lakes, Oxford, the Russian
Waterways, Ireland, Scandinavia, a chateau in the Loire
Valley, a cruise from Venice along the Dalmatian Coast,
sites from the Odyssey--all are beckoning you. http://www.alumni.uchicago.edu/travel_education/trips/
* ALUMNI WEEKEND
DETAILS ONLINE
June 5 through June 8 an extended Alumni Weekend offers
campus-wide activities open to all Chicago alumni. The
weekend includes reunions for College classes, the Divinity
School, the Pritzker School of Medicine, the Laboratory
Schools, SSA, and the Harris School. In addition, free
faculty-led classes, tours, exhibitions, and concerts
will welcome all alumni, friends, and families. Check
the schedule of events at http://alumnireunion.uchicago.edu
* CHICAGO AFFINITY CARD HELPS FUND
STUDENT AID
The University of Chicago VISA card supports student aid--more
than 60 Chicago students have already benefited--and alumni
programs. The card offers its users Value Miles, a low
introductory APR, no annual fee, and credit lines up to
$100,000--plus a wallet-sized portrait of campus, guaranteed
to stir memories and prompt admiring comments whenever
you use it. To apply, go to: http://www.alumni.uchicago.edu/visa/
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