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TOP STORIES

City limits
Chicago Harris's Gary Project joins forces with a dynamic new mayor to reframe the Indiana steel town's future.


Regenerative research
The Eugene Bell professorship in tissue engineering will connect the Institute for Molecular Engineering and the Marine Biological Laboratory.


View from the page
Pulitzer Prize-winning Wall Street Journal columnist Bret Stephens, AB'95, brings a UChicago intellectual spirit to the sword fight of political commentary.

 

CHICAGO IN THE NEWS

Los Angeles Times (July 10, 2014)
Veep character "got what she wants"
Emmy nominee Anna Chlumsky, AB'02, says more people seem to be identifying with her "workhorse" character.


New York Times (July 7, 2014)
Picking lesser of two climate evils
Geophysicist Raymond Pierrehumbert argues that climate change policy should focus on carbon dioxide.


Variety (July 7, 2014)
Tutor to the stars
George Morrison, PhB'49, acting teacher to Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, and Edie Falco, dies at 86.


Wall Street Journal (July 2, 2014)
The failure of macroeconomics
Chicago Booth's John Cochrane discusses policy responses that slowed growth in the wake of the 2008 recession.


Washington Post (July 2, 2014)
Can your face reveal how long you'll live?
Jay Olshansky, research associate at UChicago's Center on Aging, finds that new facial recognition technology can estimate lifespan.

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

Saturday, July 19
Summer Picnic for the Washington DC Law Alumni Society
12-4 p.m. | Washington


Sunday, July 20
Fun in the Sun: Philadelphia Phillies vs. Atlanta Braves
1:30-5:30 p.m. | Atlanta


Sunday, July 27
All's Well That Ends Well--Shakespeare in the Park
4:45-8:00 p.m. | West Hartford, CT

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PERSPECTIVE

Scenes of discovery
Through photo, video, and essay contests, College students relate the revelatory experience of studying abroad.

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FROM THE EDITORS

Little scribes
Elementary school children experience the history of language hands-on at the Oriental Institute.

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