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November 11, 2008 |
Top Stories
Testament of BoothDavid Booth, MBA’71, and his family have given $300 million to the GSB. Recognizing the largest gift in University history, the GSB is now the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. |
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Historic election’s local angleFor the University community, the 2008 presidential election was up close and personal. Read about U of C reactions. |
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Project Bamboo’s latest shootsThe new multi-institutional project, based at Chicago, works to answer a big question: How can we advance arts and humanities research by developing shared technologies? |
Chicago in the News
New York Times: Finding fame with a prescient call for Obama. Math whiz Nate Silver, AB’02, of FiveThirtyEight.com, ran the numbers months ago (November 9, 2008)
Wall Street Journal: Learning for everyone. The WSJ reviews Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam’s new book on Chicago’s Great Books movement.
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The Times of India: GSB Professor Raghuram Rajan to advise prime minister. Ex–chief economist of IMF appointed economic adviser to prime minister of India (November 3, 2008)
- New York Times: Studs Terkel, PhB’32, JD’34, listener to America, dies at 96 (October 31, 2008)
From the Editors
We invite members of the University of Chicago community to share your thoughts about former Law School lecturer Barack Obama's election as the 44th president of the United States, whether stories of your election-day experiences or thoughts about the election’s impact, locally and globally.
CONNECTWednesday, Nov. 19Harper LectureChristine Stansell and Deborah Nelson
6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3Business Forecast 2009In the first of an eight-city series, Chicago business faculty and alumni offer insights on the economic year ahead 11:30 a.m. PERSPECTIVE
In His Own WordsDuring Alumni Weekend 2004, legendary Chicago journalist Studs Terkel, PhB’32, JD’34, held forth in a conversation with WFMT’s critic-at-large Andrew Patner, X’81. |
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