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FEBRUARY 2003
Volume 95, Issue 3
 
 
   
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COVER STORY
* Deep into the Landscape: Archaeology in the Amuq

ALSO IN THE FEBRUARY MAGAZINE
* Minority report
* The return of the Chicago Seven

NEWS FROM CHICAGO
* Physical sciences' Oxtoby to head Pomona College
* Cum laude: Honors for 17 professors

RESEARCH AT CHICAGO
* Breathing lessons: Insect mechanism has human parallel
* Physicians fall down on chronic-disease care

NEWS FROM THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
* Road scholars: Harper lectures highlight Chicago research
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DEEP INTO THE LANDSCAPE: ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE AMUQ
In Turkey's Amuq Valley researchers from the Oriental Institute focus on the big-picture patterns of the ancient world: http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0302/features/index.html

MINORITY REPORT
While the Supreme Court takes up affirmative action in higher education, Chicago has its own racial hurdles to clear: http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0302/features/minority.html

RETURN OF THE CHICAGO SEVEN
In the second installment of a four-year project, the Magazine revisits seven very different College students: http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0302/features/seven.html

NEWS FROM CHICAGO

PHYSICAL SCIENCES' OXTOBY TO HEAD POMONA COLLEGE
David W. Oxtoby, dean of Chicago's Division of Physical Sciences since 1995, has been named the ninth president of Pomona College, effective July 1: http://pomona.edu/events/news/NewsItems/021003president.shtml

CUM LAUDE: HONORS FOR 17 PROFESSORS
In recent months five Chicago faculty members received distinguished-service professorships while 12 of their colleagues received named professorships. For profiles of the group--which includes an expert on modern South Asian history and historiography and a specialist in spatial statistics--go to: http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/030206/appointments.shtml

RESEARCH AT CHICAGO

BREATHING LESSONS: INSECT MECHANISM HAS HUMAN PARALLEL
Using the Advanced Photon Source, scientists at Argonne National Laboratory, the University, and the Field Museum have discovered a surprising new insect breathing mechanism that is analogous to lung ventilation in humans. Beetles, crickets, ants, butterflies, cockroaches, dragonflies, and other insects all display the mechanism to varying degrees. http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/030206/insects.shtml

PHYSICIANS FALL DOWN ON CHRONIC-DISEASE CARE
A nationwide survey of physician organizations conducted by researchers at Chicago and at the University of California, Berkeley, shows that millions of patients with chronic diseases do no receive quality care because recommended care-management processes are not always practiced. For more on the survey's results, published in the January 22 Journal of the American Medical Association, go to: http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/030206/care-manage.shtml

NEWS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

ROAD SCHOLARS: HARPER LECTURES HIGHLIGHT CHICAGO RESEARCH
Faculty are taking to the road again, bringing the Harper Lecture series to alumni in cities across the country. From Henry James to global climate change, from nuclear proliferation and rogue states to museums of the 21st century, Chicago professors will lead discussions of their current research. For a list of lectures--March through May--in 22 U.S. cities, check: http://www.alumni.uchicago.edu/travel_education/harper/

REGISTER NOW FOR FREE ONLINE SERVICES
If--and only if--you are a registered user of Chicago's alumni online services, you can 1) look up old friends and find alumni in your area via the online directory; 2) search for career contacts in your chosen profession on the alumni careers network (more than 3,800 contacts in 75 occupations and 27 countries) or volunteer to be a contact; and 3) join online alumni discussion groups, or start one of your own. Registration takes just minutes and gives you access to these services and others to come. Go to: https://alumniservices.uchicago.edu/

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