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June 30, 2009 |
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Life in balanceChicago researchers have discovered that estrogen, which fuels the most common forms of breast cancer, and retinoic acid, a derivative of vitamin A, have a "yin-yang" effect on gene expression. Their findings, reported in the June 26 Cell, could lead to new anti-cancer drugs. |
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At the Harris School helmLongtime Harris School of Public Policy professor Colm O’Muircheartaigh is the school’s new dean. The applied statistician and National Opinion Research Center senior fellow begins a five-year term July 1. |
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Policy changesThese are unstable times, says Joshua Cooper Ramo, AB’92, and U.S. foreign policy is out of date. |
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His portfolio is Chicago’s portfolioOn July 6 Mark A. Schmid joins the University as vice president and chief investment officer, with responsibility for managing Chicago’s endowment. |
Chicago in the News
- Chicago Tribune: University of Chicago freshmen to translate great literary works as "'Twitterature." Alex Aciman and Emmett Rensin are rewriting classics by Dostoevsky, Shakespeare, Dante, and other greats in 20 or fewer 140-character tweets. (June 29, 2009)
- Atlantic: Home economics. Even in a depression, Megan McArdle, MBA’01, writes, Americans won’t stop feathering their nests. (July–August 2009)
- Wall Street Journal: When is it cheaper to ditch a home than pay? Chicago Booth professor Luigi Zingales examines homeowners' attitudes toward foreclosure. (June 26, 2009)
- Science News: Iron-ic twist deepens cosmic ray puzzle. Chicago physicist James Cronin, SM’53, PhD’55, presents new findings about the most energetic charged particles in the universe. (June 23, 2009)
- Chicago Tribune: Obama's 2010 budget provides crucial research funding. President Robert J. Zimmer praises the budget, which proposes the first increase in federal research funding—in real dollars—in more than eight years. (June 18, 2009)
- LiveScience: Road rage: why we lose it. Chicago psychology professor Boaz Keysar discusses the psychology of road rage. (June 16, 2009)
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