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March 10, 2009 |
Top Stories
Gavel passes to AlperAndrew Alper, AB'80, MBA'81, begins a three-year term as chair of the University's Board of Trustees in June. |
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Stop the clockExtending the tenure clock for assistant professors with a new child or significant care-giving responsibilities is among several new University programs to aid in recruiting and retaining faculty and staff. |
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Who'll write the essay questions?After 20 years as dean of College admissions, Ted O'Neill, AM'70, changes his job but not his school ties. The man who helped devise uncommon essay questions also welcomed each new class with uncommon wit. |
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University budget reflects economic pressuresIn a March 3 e-mail, Provost Thomas F. Rosenbaum offered an update on the University's budget. The memo is posted with other materials concerning the economy and the institution's responses. |
Chicago in the News
- Chicago Tribune: In tough times jobless turning to alma maters. The University's alumni career-services program offers free career-counseling days. (Mar. 4, 2009)
- Chicago Public Radio: Four of 15 "visionaries" in the Chicago Matters series have University connections: IMAN founder Rami Nashashibi, AM'98; cancer researcher Funmi Olopade; the Urban Education Institute's Nichole Pinkard; and economist Richard Thaler. (Mar. 2, 2009)
- Wall Street Journal: Doctors fight plan to limit beds in ER. (Feb. 28, 2009)
- The Week: How the U.S. needlessly alienates Russia. Doctoral student Daniel Larson, AM'02, calls for a new diplomatic approach to Moscow. (Feb. 26, 2009)
From the Editors
If these walls could talk: For the May/June edition of "Go Ask Alumni," the editors of the Core invite College alumni to share their stories of residential life at the Shoreland and elsewhere. Tell us in a few sentences about once or current house traditions, friendships formed, capers carried off, laughs, or lore. E-mail your dorm story to uchicago-magazine@uchicago.edu with "Residential life" in the subject line by Friday, March 27.
CONNECTSunday, Mar. 15 Harper Lecture with Professor Sir Peter Crane 2 p.m. Friday, Mar. 20 497th Convocation Ceremony for All Schools and Divisions 3 p.m. PERSPECTIVE |
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