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April 21, 2009 |
Top Stories
Untangling the urban food chainA yearlong geophysical-sciences course researches the effect of cities’ green initiatives on greenhouse-gas emissions. |
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Essential mineralA common bacterium found in 50 percent of hospitalized patients nationwide turns into a killer, report Chicago researchers, when its phosphate levels fall. |
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He’ll take “games shows” for $470,000Dan Pawson, JD’06, winner of the 2009 Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions, answers a few more questions. |
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What’s an investor to do?William Browder, AB’85, sees the global economic crisis as a row of—still tumbling—dominoes. |
Chicago in the News
- New York Times: Last Voyage for the Keeper of the Hubble. Johns Grunsfeld, SM’84, PhD’88, prepares to ride to the Hubble Space Telescope’s rescue one last time. (April 14, 2009)
- New York Times: Mike Nichols, Master of Invisibility. Mike Nichols, X’53, is the subject of a two-week retrospective at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. (April 12, 2009)
- Morning Edition: Economy Needs Cheerleaders, and a Pep Band. Chicago Booth behavioral economist Richard Thaler discusses federal officials’ efforts to convince people that the economy is improving. (April 9, 2009)
CONNECTThursday, June 4– Plan to attend the annual celebration of all things U of C Chicago Thursday, May 7 Distinguished Alumni Lecture with Bruce Chase, AB’77 6 p.m. Thursday, May 7 Harper Lecture with George Tolley, PhD'55, professor emeritus of economics 6 p.m. PERSPECTIVE |
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