Here's a sampling
from the OCTOBER issue:
* INSIDE THE
WAR ZONE
Six Chicago
alumni, from Army commanders to journalists,
detail what life is like on the ground in
Iraq:
* LEGACY OF
LUXURY
Chicagoans
know it's cooler by the lake--in terms of
climate and cachet. Adding to the shoreline's
status are a string of luxury high-rise apartments,
including a cluster of Hyde Park notables:
* PRAIRIE
GOTHIC
Sandwiched
between Rockefeller Chapel and Robie House,
the GSB's new Hyde Park home presented architect
Rafael Vinoly with a design challenge. Here's
his solution:
*
NEW ONLINE CATALOG OF ALUMNI BOOKS
"In
Their Own Words" offers an online listing,
updated weekly, of works by alumni authors.
To peruse the listing--or to enter your latest
book--go to:
* SUSPENSION
ACCORD
The Magazine's
Web log sits in as Divinity School professor
emeritus Martin Marty, PhD'56, discusses how
9/11 has bridged the gap between social work
and religion:
* TWO DAYS,
TWO ALUMNI NAMED NOBELISTS
On October
5 Frank Wilczek, SB'70, and two other researchers
shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics for
their 1973 discovery of how the strong force--one
of nature's four fundamental forces--governs
the behavior of quarks:
The next
day Irwin Rose, SB'48, PhD'52, shared the
2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with two Israel
Institute of Technology professors for their
discovery of how cells break down protein:
*
SOUTH OF THE MIDWAY PLANS TAKE SHAPE
Continuing
work begun with the 1999 Campus Master Plan,
the University has unveiled several construction
projects on South Campus for discussion and
approval, including a new undergraduate residence
and dining hall:
* SCENT OF
A NURSING WOMAN
A team led
by Chicago psychology professor Martha McClintock
has found that breastfeeding mothers and their
infants produce a substance that increases
other women's sexual desire. The discovery,
reported in the journal Hormones and Behavior,
is the first evidence in humans of a social
chemosignal that drives sexual motivation:
* MICROFLUIDICS
WORK ATTRACTS MAXIMUM ATTENTION
Chicago
chemist Rustem Ismagilov has been named to
Technology Review's 2004 list of the world's
100 Top Young Innovators. It's the third honor
in a month for Ismagilov, who studies chemical
and biological systems using microfluidics,
the flow of fluids through channels thinner
than a human hair:
FROM THE UNIVERSITY
OF CHICAGO ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
* TWO OPPORTUNITIES
TO EXPLORE THE HUMANITIES
On Saturday,
October 23, the University holds its 25th
annual Humanities Open House. This year's
theme is "Truth, Myth, and Lies,"
and Professor Wendy Doniger will deliver the
keynote lecture, "Magic Rings in Mythic
Narratives." The 40-plus lectures, tours,
and performances are free but registration,
which can be done online, is required:
Between
October 20 and November 14, the city-wide
2004 Chicago Humanities Festival will offer
more than 150 events. The University is a
founding members of the festival, now in its
15th year, and several Chicago faculty members
will participate. Tickets are only $5 for
most programs, and free to educators and students,
but often sell out before the festival begins.
This year's theme is TIME--and it's time to
get your tickets online at:
* JOIN THE
ALUMNI DISCUSSION OF WALDEN
This year's
Common Text for alumni is Henry David Thoreau's
Walden, published 150 years ago in August
1854. Visit the Web site for the text and
supplementary materials (more will be added
as the year progresses); sign up for the online
discussion group; plan to visit campus on
Saturday, June 4, for a faculty panel and
live discussion of the work--you can participate
in any or all of these. The conversation begins
the minute you visit:
* WANT TO
HELP CHOOSE THE NEXT GENERATION OF CHICAGO
UNDERGRADS?
The Alumni
Schools Committee is a network of college
alumni who recruit and interview high-school
students for Chicago. Volunteers represent
the U of C at college fairs, speak with students
at informal receptions, and interview applicants
on behalf of the Admissions Office. Your inside
perspective is a terrific asset in selecting
the most interesting and dynamic students
and getting them excited about a Chicago education.
For more information or to sign up as as an
Alumni Schools Committee volunteer, go to:
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