FRIDAY,
OCTOBER 11, 2002
News
from the University of Chicago
Magazine
Welcome to the OCTOBER edition of UCHICAGO.EDU,
a monthly e-bulletin bringing you news about the University
of Chicago and its larger community of alumni and friends.
In this e-bulletin we offer links to
the latest U of C Magazine and other online news from
Chicago.
Here's a sampling from the OCTOBER
issue:
COVER
STORY
* MORNING &
MELANCHOLIA
Photographing objects often overlooked, Chicago's Laura
Letinsky chronicles the changing shape and texture of
domestic intimacy. http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0210/features/index.html
ALSO
IN THE OCTOBER MAGAZINE
* END OF THE
MEDICAL MARATHON?
New rules limit hospital hours for medical residents--and
highlight an underlying shift in physician philosophy
and culture.
http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0210/features/marathon.html
* THE WORST OF
ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS
Nattering nabobs of negativity, says Wellesley psychology
professor Julie K. Norem, AB'82, have a strategy that
works as well as positive thinking. It's not for everyone,
but it may work for you.
http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0210/features/worst.html
* ALUMNI NEWS
For quick news of alumni from the College classes, the
Divisions, and the Schools, go to the "Alumni News"
pulldown in the upper righthand corner at:
http://magazine.uchicago.edu/
NEWS
AT CHICAGO
* NEW PROFESSORS,
NEW HONORS, AT START OF ACADEMIC YEAR
Nineteen Chicago faculty members have been honored with
distinguished service or named professorships, including
three professors who joined the University this fall.
For details:
http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/020926/dsp-named.shtml
* TWO ALUMNI
GIVE $17 MILLION FOR GSB, HUMANITIES
A $10 million gift from the Neubauer Family Foundation,
headed by Joseph Neubauer, MBA'65, earmarks $5 million
to begin a graduate fellowship program to attract promising
scholars to the University's Humanities division and $5
million to fund a new program to attract leading faculty
to the Graduate School of Business. The GSB has also received
a $7 million gift from Michael Polsky, MBA'87, to create
the Michael P. Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship.
http://chicagoinitiative.uchicago.edu/news/pressreleases/
RESEARCH
AT CHICAGO
* "BANG
ON" PROOF OF BIG BANG PREDICTION
Using a South Pole-based radio telescope a team of Chicago
and University of California researchers has confirmed
a critical prediction of the Big Bang theory. The telescope
detected a minute polarization of the cosmic microwave
background--proof, as the team's leader, Chicago astrophysicist
John Carlstrom, told a gathering of cosmologists, that
the Big Bang "prediction is bang on." For the
September 20 New York Times report, click:
http://www-news.uchicago.edu/citations/02/020920.polarization-nyt.html
* GIANT STEP
IN MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS
Chemistry professor Luping You and Man-Kit Ng, SM'97,
PhD'02, have synthesized an electronic component the size
of single molecule. The molecular diode--measuring 2.5
nanometers in diameter, about the width of a dozen atoms
sitting side by side--may be crucial in the continuing
push to miniaturize electronic devices:
http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/02/021002.diode.shtml
NEWS
FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
* GIVE YOUR FAVORITE
PROF AN A+
Would you like to honor a special professor who made a
difference in your life on campus? The Norman Maclean
Faculty Award recognizes emeritus or very senior faculty
who through their teaching or mentoring have enriched
students' experience. Find out how to nominate your favorite
Chicago
teacher:
http://www.alumni.uchicago.edu/gateway/awards.html
* ANNUAL ALUMNI
RESOURCE GUIDE COMING YOUR WAY
You'll find the 2002 edition of the Alumni Gateway Resource
Guide packaged with your October/02 Magazine. The guide
gives you a year of information about the programs and
services Chicago offers its alumni--theater, concert,
exhibition, and sports schedules; lectures, seminars,
and alumni study trips; reunions, young alumni programs,
clubs, discounts, and a variety of other benefits. It's
worth holding onto, but if you lose your print copy, the
information is on the Web at:
http://www.alumni.uchicago.edu/
* WANT MORE NEWS
FROM CHICAGO?
The Chronicle--the University's biweekly newspaper--is
also available online and easily accessible via e-mail.
The online edition contains headlines, article summaries,
and links to full stories about student achievements and
faculty research, as well as calendar highlights. To subscribe
go to:
https://listhost.uchicago.edu/mailman/listinfo/chronicle-online
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Maroon Athletics: http://www.uchicago.edu/student/athletics/news.htm
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http://www.chicagoweeklynews.com
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