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It’s not just calories consumed and burned. Hours of sleep should be added to weight-loss calculations.
In a new book, George William Van Cleve, AB’73, argues that the Constitution was “proslavery in its politics, in its economics, and its law.”
Friedrich Katz, UChicago’s eminent Mexican-history expert for 40 years, dies at 83.
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Democrat and Chronicle (October 16, 2010)
Esther M. Conwell, PhD’48, who helped launch the computer revolution, received news of her National Medal of Science via e-mail
Chicago Tribune (October 16, 2010)
Critic Julia Keller falls for The Book of Leaves from the University of Chicago Press.
Chicago Sun-Times (October 14, 2010)
“Huge nerd” Ashley Demma, ’11, even studied Latin to understand the books’ sorcery spells.
New York Times Magazine (October 13, 2010)
On Language columnist Ben Zimmer, AM’98, examines Stephen Colbert’s zeitgeisty word on its fifth anniversary.
Salon (October 10, 2010)
Devra Davis, PhD’72, reports “disturbing results” about the connection between cellphones and health problems.
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PERSPECTIVE
Professor of Hittite and Anatolian Languages Theo van den Hout demonstrates the craftsmanship of ancient scribes.
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FROM THE EDITORS
Finally, here are the long-awaited, much-anticipated (by one guy, at least) results of the Magazine’s parking-ticket contest.
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