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November 25, 2008 |
Top Stories
Hands-off surgerySitting several feet from his patient, University of Chicago Medical Center surgeon Sudhir Srivastava guides a robot through a single-vessel bypass. |
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High fashionMeghan Smith, AB’03, manages the Chicago History Museum’s vast closet. |
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Lost in the Second City“Like a new-born babe, yelling lustily,” was how the Chicagoan announced its arrival in June 1926. Nine years later, it folded—and vanished. A new book by historian Neil Harris brings the magazine back to life. |
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Body…and soulAn Iron Age stele, or chiseled stone slab, discovered by an Oriental Institute team working in southeastern Turkey, offers the first written evidence that people in the ancient Middle East believed the soul was separate from the body. |
Chicago in the News
Los Angeles Times: Sleep helps people learn complex tasks. Chicago psychologist Howard Nusbaum says sleep helps the brain preserve new knowledge (November 19, 2008)
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NPR.org: With Hat In Hand, Detroit’s Big 3 Go To Capitol Hill. Law School professor Douglas Baird argues that GM must streamline and restructure (November 18, 2008)
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BusinessWeek: Chicago Booth tops list. BusinessWeek ranks Chicago Booth the No. 1 business school in the country (November 13, 2008)
CONNECTWednesday, Dec. 3Global Markets ForumDavid Brooks, AB’83: “When Hyde Park Rules America” 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6Chicago Weekend 2008An Examination of Gangs and Urban Violence 9 a.m. PERSPECTIVE
The right care at the right time in the right placeEric T. Whitaker, MD’93, leads the Medical Center’s Urban Health Initiative. Its goal: to create a more rational health-care system and improve the health of South Side residents. |
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