Welcome to the AUGUST edition of UCHICAGO.EDU,
a monthly e-bulletin bringing you news about the University
of Chicago and its larger community of alumni and friends.
In this e-bulletin we offer links to
the latest U of C Magazine and other online news from Chicago.
Your August/03 University of Chicago
Magazine is in the mail. It's already online at: http://magazine.uchicago.edu.
Here's a sampling from the AUGUST issue:
COVER
STORY
* MOMENT OF DECISION
George Chauncey has spent a fair portion of his life fighting
for civil liberties. His latest weapon: historical scholarship.
http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0308/features/index.shtml
ALSO
IN THE AUGUST MAGAZINE
* THE WEEDS OF
CHANGE
Focusing on a simple mustard plant, Daphne Preuss is speeding
crop improvement--and perhaps making medical breakthroughs.
http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0308/features/weeds.shtml
* THE CMS SYNDROME
In its second century and 15th edition The Chicago Manual
of Style continues to lay down the rules for wordsmiths.
With style. http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0308/features/cms.shtml
CHICAGO
IN THE NEWS
* COSMIC HONOR
FOR CHICAGO PHYSICIST
Eugene Parker--the S. Chandrasekhar distinguished service
professor emeritus in physics and astronomy & astrophysics--has
been awarded the 2003 Kyoto Prize for Lifetime Achievements
in Basic Science. Given by Japan's Inamori Foundation, the
$400,000 prize recognizes Parker's work in elucidating the
solar wind and other cosmic phenomena.
http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/03/030620.parker.shtml
*ECONOMIST STEVEN
LEVITT: NOT YOUR FATHER'S CHICAGO SCHOOL
In "The Probability that a Real-Estate Agent is Cheating
You (and Other Riddles of Modern Life)" the New York
Times Sunday Magazine profiles Chicago economics professor
Steven Levitt, an award-winning researcher who "tends
to see things differently than the average person. Differently,
too, than the average economist."
http://www-news.uchicago.edu/citations/03/030803.levitt-nyt.html
RESEARCH
AT CHICAGO
* NOT-SO-RANDOM
ACTS OF KINDNESS
In the nation's first-ever survey of altruism and empathy,
the National Opinion Research Center has found that the
strongest determinant of how often Americans help others
is religiousness: people who never attend religious services
perform an average of 96 altruistic acts a year, compared
to an average of 128 for those who attend weekly religious
services. http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/03/030725.altruism.shtml
* RECESSION'S SILVER
LINING: FEWER PARTICULATE CLOUDS
Examining a sharp reduction in manufacturing and a corresponding
drop in particulate pollution during the 1981-82 recession,
Chicago economist Michael Greenstone and a colleague at
the University of California, Berkeley, found evidence that
the improved air quality resulted in a decrease in infant
deaths. http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/03/particles/
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