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Friday, August 6, 2004
News from the University of Chicago Magazine

Welcome to the AUGUST edition of UCHICAGO.EDU, a monthly e-bulletin bringing you online news about the University of Chicago and its larger community of alumni and friends. Your August/04 University of Chicago Magazine is in the mail. It's also online at: http://magazine.uchicago.edu.

Here's a sampling from the AUGUST issue:

* TRUTH TAKES THE LID OFF CAMPUS LEGENDS
Are Fermi's notes radioactive? Do Pierce's rooms violate U.S. prison codes? Does anyone leave campus with a 4.0? Here are the facts behind Chicago's most popular legends:
http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0408/features/index.shtml

* MEDICAL MUSE
Physician/musician Mitchell P. Kahn, AB'71, keeps performing artists healthy so that the show can go on:
http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0408/features/medical.shtml

* IF JOURNALISTS LISTENED TO MEDIA SCHOLARS...
...and media scholars listened to journalists, would the standards of reportage change? Or would news-bringers and news-theorists continue to ply their separate courses?
http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0408/features/scholars.shtml

TODAY @ UChiBLOGo

* ART IN THE AFTERNOON
The Magazine's Web log drops in on the Smart Museum for hands-on art:
http://magazine.uchicago.edu/UChiBLOGo/

NEWS FROM CHICAGO

* MOVE OVER, HARRY POTTER
Former U of C Laboratory Schools teacher Blue Balliett has earned kudos for "Chasing Vermeer," a mystery whose Hyde Park protagonists are sixth-grade students at Lab. The novel, published by Scholastic Press, won the 2004 Chicago Tribune Young Adult Novel Prize--and comparisons both to J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series and Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code:
http://www-news.uchicago.edu/citations/04/040719.vermeer-trib.html

* FIVE ALUMNI NAMED TRUSTEES
The University Board of Trustees has elected a quintet of alumni to five-year terms. The new trustees are: A. T. Kearney vice president Mary Lou Gorno, MBA'75; Gillette Company CEO James Kilts, MBA'74; Paramount Motion Pictures Group CEO Sherry Lansing, a 1962 Laboratory Schools graduate; Gilead Sciences CEO John Martin, SM'75, PhD'78; and Kirkland & Ellis partner Emily Nicklin, AB'75, JD'77. For details go to:

RESEARCH AT CHICAGO

* NO LONGER A PROTESTANT NATION
A new study by the University's National Opinion Research Center predicts that by mid-decade the Protestant portion of the U.S. population will fall below 50 percent--the result of American society's increasing secularization:

* QUANTUM LEAP IN MEASURING QUANTUM DOTS

Chicago scientists have developed a faster way to measure the blinking of quantum dots. Emitting light in a rainbow of colors, quantum dots, also called nanocrystals, are used in lasers and biological studies. But their tendency to blink for varying periods detracts from their technological value. Already the new method, reported in the August 2004 Applied Physics Letters, has revealed insights into how quantum dots behave:

FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

* YOU'VE GOTTA REGISTER TO WIN
If--and only if--you are a registered user of Chicago's online alumni services you can 1) look up old friends and find alumni in your area via the online directory; 2) search for career contacts in your chosen profession on the alumni careers network (more than 7,000 contacts in 78 fields and 31 countries); and 3) join online alumni discussion groups or start one of your own. Registration takes just minutes:
* HOLIDAY ON ICE
Cruise to Antarctica with Chicago alumni and Geophysical Sciences Department chair David Rowley as the brief--but glorious--astral summer begins: November 30 - December 12 aboard the expedition cruise ship Orion. To see the trip itinerary, go to:
* JOIN THE ALUMNI SCHOOLS COMMITTEE
Want to help choose the next generation of Chicago undergrads? The Alumni Schools Committee is a network of College alumni who recruit and interview high-school students for Chicago. Volunteers represent the U of C at college fairs, speak with students at informal receptions, and interview applicants on behalf of the Admissions Office. Your inside perspecive is a terrific asset in selecting the most interesting and dynamic students and getting them excited about a Chicago education. For more information or to sign up as an Alumni Schools Committee volunteer, go to:

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