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June 30, 2009

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Life in balance

Chicago 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.


At the Harris School helm

Longtime 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.

Policy changes

These are unstable times, says Joshua Cooper Ramo, AB’92, and U.S. foreign policy is out of date.

His portfolio is Chicago’s portfolio

On July 6 Mark A. Schmid joins the University as vice president and chief investment officer, with responsibility for managing Chicago’s endowment.


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Wednesday, July 8
Wilco at Wolf Trap

Dinner and show

6:30 p.m.
Vienna, VA

Wednesday, July 22
Annuit Coeptis: It all begins with a happy hour

6 p.m.
North Miami Beach, FL

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PERSPECTIVE

Life of the Mindless

In a Colbert Report interview, philosopher and motorcycle mechanic Matthew Crawford, AM’92, PhD’00, explores the rift between "knowledge" work and manual labor.

Crawford’s book, Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work, is also the subject of a June 22 New Yorker essay.


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