Welcome to the OCTOBER 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.

COVER STORY * Healthy, wealthy, and wed: the pluses of marriage ALSO IN THE OCTOBER MAGAZINE * Rural route: the life of a country lawyer * Webbed footage: starring the ducks of Botany Pond NEWS FROM CHICAGO * Winning streak: two 2003 Nobelists have Chicago ties * U of C gets physical: Gerald Ratner Athletics Center dedication RESEARCH AT CHICAGO * $17 million grant to help build biocontainment laboratory * Mesopotamian gems get new setting: museum reopens gallery FROM THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION * Today @ Chicago: sample the student experience online * Two answers to one question: where to go in February? * Life for life: new options for insurance YOUR CHICAGO CONNECTIONS ABOUT CHICAGO.EDU SUBSCRIPTION TO THE eBULLETIN

Your October/03 University of Chicago Magazine is in the mail. It's already online at: http://magazine.uchicago.edu.

Here's a sampling from the OCTOBER issue:

* HEALTHY, WEALTHY, AND WED: THE PLUSES OF MARRIAGE
Like exercising and eating right, getting married, says Chicago sociologist Linda Waite, is another step toward living longer and better: http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0310/features/index.shtml

* RURAL ROUTE: THE LIFE OF A COUNTRY LAWYER
Vermont lawyer Peter Langrock, AB'58, JD'60, took the road less traveled. For him that has made all the difference. http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0310/features/rural.shtml

* WEBBED FOOTAGE: STARRING THE DUCKS OF BOTANY POND
A Chicago biologist focused his lens on this summer's Botany Pond duck family, hatching half a gigabyte of photos and a deeper appreciation for the quads' bit of wilderness. http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0310/features/webbed.shtml

NEWS FROM CHICAGO

* WINNING STREAK: TWO 2003 NOBELISTS HAVE U OF C TIES
South African writer J. M. Coetzee, a member of the University's Committee on Social Thought since 1996, was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature for work--including Waiting for the Barbarians (1980) and Disgrace (1999)--that the October 3 New York Times praised for "turning an existentialist spotlight on individual behavior": http://www-news.uchicago.edu/citations/03/031003.coetzee-nyt2.html

Theoretical physicist Alexei A. Abrikosov of Argonne National Laboratory, operated by Chicago for the U.S. Department of Energy, shared the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids--contributions the Nobel citation termed "pioneering." Meanwhile, the October 3 NewScientist.com noted that the work was once "so controversial" that Abrikosov was advised not to publish: http://www-news.uchicago.edu/citations/03/031007.abrikosov-newsci.html

* U OF C GETS PHYSICAL: GERALD RATNER ATHLETICS CENTER DEDICATION
The Gerald Ratner Athletics Center--Chicago's first new athletics facility since 1932--was dedicated October 11. To learn more about the dedication and the center go to "Celebrate Athletics" at: http://chicagoinitiative.uchicago.edu

RESEARCH AT CHICAGO

* $17 MILLION GRANT TO HELP BUILD BIOCONTAINMENT LABORATORY
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has awarded the U of C $17 million to build a Regional Biocontainment Laboratory at Argonne National Laboratory. The new facility--one of nine regional and two national biosafety labs NIAID is funding--will support research to detect, prevent, and eliminate diseases such as anthrax, hemorrhagic fever, influenza, and plague: http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/03/030930.biolab.shtml

* MESOPOTAMIAN GEMS GET NEW SETTING: MUSEUM REOPENS GALLERY
On October 18 the Oriental Institute Museum opens its remodeled Edgar and Deborah Jannotta Mesopotamian Gallery with an exhibition devoted to the museum's world-famous collection of antiquities from ancient Iraq. Along with a splendid new setting for the 16-foot-high human-headed winged bull known as the Assyrian Bull, the exhibition includes displays explaining how Oriental Institute scholars have conducted their research since the end of the 19th century until today. To learn more: http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/031009/oi.shtml

FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

* TODAY @ CHICAGO: SAMPLE THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE ONLINE
The College Class of 2007 arrived on campus September 20. For a look at the new students and their stats, plus transcripts of the 2003 Aims of Education address and a talk by the Dean of Admissions, as well as photos from the first days of Orientation, go to: http://www.alumni.uchicago.edu/2007.html

* TWO ANSWERS TO ONE QUESTION: WHERE TO GO IN FEBRUARY?
If you get cabin fever in February, we have two mood-altering antidotes: alumni study trips to New Zealand and the Amazon offer the chance to explore new territory in company with fellow alumni, led by Chicago faculty members. To learn more about these and other study trips for 2004 visit: http://www.alumni.uchicago.edu/study.html

* LIFE FOR LIFE: NEW OPTIONS FOR INSURANCE
Most people carry life insurance through their or their spouse's employer, but with declining job security and shrinking benefit packages, you could end up without adequate coverage. The Alumni Association has just introduced an enhanced life insurance plan offering outstanding features and great rates. Alumni and their families--including spouses, parents, and adult children--are all eligible to apply. For more information on life and short term medical insurance, visit: http://www.alumni.uchicago.edu/insurance.html

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