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January 27, 2009 |
Top Stories
Color linesBy 1940, more African American students had earned PhDs at Chicago than at any other institution in the nation. A Special Collections exhibition traces the University's history of integration. Hear a conversation with exhibition curator Danielle Allen. |
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Economic pressures and institutional prioritiesIn a January 15 e-mail, Provost Thomas Rosenbaum outlined Chicago's response to budget pressures created by the economic downturn. The guiding principle: continued investment in the University's core missions. Declining patient-care revenue is one factor in a University of Chicago Medical Center reorganization that will trim $100 million from its $1.5 billion budget by the start of FY 2010. |
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Chicago students go to WashingtonUndergraduate journalists captured the historic events surrounding the inauguration of President Barack Obama. |
Chicago in the News
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Chicago Tribune: New Cubs owner would be "fans first." Tom Ricketts, AB'87, MBA'93, leads his family's bid to buy the Chicago Cubs. (January 25, 2009)
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MSNBC: Recession or depression? Too early to tell. Chicago Booth professor emeritus Victor Zarnowitz explains the difference between a recession and a depression. (January 22, 2009)
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New York Times: Meetings are a matter of precious time. Chicago Booth's Reid Hastie on why more meetings are less efficient. (January 17, 2009)
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The Economist: The price of prejudice. It's what you do that counts--not what you say you'd do. Behavioral scientist Eugene Caruso finds unconscious prejudice influences decision-making. (January 15, 2009)
From the Editors
The latest issue of the University of Chicago Magazine is in the mail and online. Find out about the man who gave Chicago Booth its new name; remember the great listener—and storyteller—Studs Terkel, PhB'32, JD'34; and start thinking spring: enter our Peeps Diorama Contest.
CONNECTSunday, Feb. 22 Harper Lecture with statistics professor Stephen Stigler 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24 Panel presentation and networking reception 6 p.m.
PERSPECTIVE
James Hormel, JD'57, and Hedy Ratner, AM'74, shared the University's first Diversity Leadership Alumni Award. Watch the Rockefeller Chapel ceremony. |
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