The latest news from UChicago Research http://research.uchicago.edu/ Fri, 3 February 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Fri, 3 February 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Leading the quest to crack cosmological mysteries http://www.uchicago.edu/features/20120213_dark_matter/ http://www.uchicago.edu/features/20120213_dark_matter/ Wed, 15 February 2012 12:00:00 -0500 Explosive evolution need not follow mass extinctions http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2012/02/13/explosive-evolution-need-not-follow-mass-extinctions http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2012/02/13/explosive-evolution-need-not-follow-mass-extinctions Mon, 13 February 2012 12:00:00 -0500 Three new members join Argonne Board of Governors http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2012/02/06/three-new-members-join-argonne-board-governors http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2012/02/06/three-new-members-join-argonne-board-governors Mon, 06 February 2012 12:00:00 -0500 90th Percentile Has Twice the Productivity of 10th Percentile http://www.chicagobooth.edu/news/2012-02-09-percentile.aspx http://www.chicagobooth.edu/news/2012-02-09-percentile.aspx Mon, 06 February 2012 12:00:00 -0500 Antidepressant-suicide link in youths absent in new analysis http://www.uchospitals.edu/news/2012/20120206-depression.html http://www.uchospitals.edu/news/2012/20120206-depression.html Mon, 06 February 2012 12:00:00 -0500 Odds of living a very long life lower than formerly predicted http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2012/02/06/odds-living-very-long-life-lower-formerly-predicted http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2012/02/06/odds-living-very-long-life-lower-formerly-predicted Mon, 06 February 2012 12:00:00 -0500 Lung transplant system often skips over those most in need http://www.uchospitals.edu/news/2012/20120131-lung-transplant.html http://www.uchospitals.edu/news/2012/20120131-lung-transplant.html Tue, 31 January 2012 12:00:00 -0500 Study finds lure of entertainment, work hard for people to resist http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2012/01/27/study-finds-lure-entertainment-work-hard-people-resist http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2012/01/27/study-finds-lure-entertainment-work-hard-people-resist Fri, 27 January 2012 12:00:00 -0500 New center developing computational bioresearch tool http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2012/01/27/new-center-developing-computational-bioresearch-tool http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2012/01/27/new-center-developing-computational-bioresearch-tool Fri, 27 January 2012 12:00:00 -0500 Janet Rowley to receive Japan Prize for role in development of targeted cancer therapy http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2012/01/25/janet-rowley-receive-japan-prize-role-development-targeted-cancer-therapy http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2012/01/25/janet-rowley-receive-japan-prize-role-development-targeted-cancer-therapy Wed, 25 January 2012 12:00:00 -0500 Urban Education Institute partnership to create model for early childhood, K-12 education http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2012/01/23/urban-education-institute-partnership-create-model-early-childhood-k-12-education http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2012/01/23/urban-education-institute-partnership-create-model-early-childhood-k-12-education Mon, 23 January 2012 12:00:00 -0500 A new approach to migraine therapy http://tech.uchicago.edu/features/20120120_kraig/ http://tech.uchicago.edu/features/20120120_kraig/ Mon, 23 January 2012 12:00:00 -0500 New collaboration to benefit women faculty in STEM http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2012/01/17/new-collaboration-benefit-women-faculty-stem http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2012/01/17/new-collaboration-benefit-women-faculty-stem Tue, 17 January 2012 12:00:00 -0500 For those with diabetes, controlling blood pressure is crucial, but not urgent http://www.uchospitals.edu/news/2012/20120109-diabetes.html http://www.uchospitals.edu/news/2012/20120109-diabetes.html Mon, 16 January 2012 12:00:00 -0500 Neural balls and strikes: where categories live in the brain http://www.uchospitals.edu/news/2012/20120116-brain.html http://www.uchospitals.edu/news/2012/20120116-brain.html Fri, 13 January 2012 12:00:00 -0500 Chicago Booth's Raghuram Rajan and Axel Weber appointed to G30 http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2012/01/13/chicago-booth-s-raghuram-rajan-and-axel-weber-appointed-g30 http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2012/01/13/chicago-booth-s-raghuram-rajan-and-axel-weber-appointed-g30 Thu, 12 January 2012 12:00:00 -0500 Urban Education Lab to study effects of CPS' new full school day initiative http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2012/01/12/urban-education-lab-study-effects-cps-new-full-school-day-initiative http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2012/01/12/urban-education-lab-study-effects-cps-new-full-school-day-initiative Web, 04 January 2012 12:00:00 -0500 For those with diabetes, controlling blood pressure is crucial, but not urgent http://www.uchospitals.edu/news/2012/20120109-diabetes.html http://www.uchospitals.edu/news/2012/20120109-diabetes.html Mon, 09 January 2012 12:00:00 -0500 Two Chicago Booth professors win Kauffman Prize for entrepreneurship research http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2012/01/09/two-chicago-booth-professors-win-kauffman-prize-entrepreneurship-research http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2012/01/09/two-chicago-booth-professors-win-kauffman-prize-entrepreneurship-research Mon, 09 January 2012 12:00:00 -0500 Douglas Diamond wins Morgan Stanley-AFA award for financial economics research http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2012/01/09/douglas-diamond-wins-morgan-stanley-afa-award-financial-economics-research http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2012/01/09/douglas-diamond-wins-morgan-stanley-afa-award-financial-economics-research Mon, 09 January 2012 12:00:00 -0500 Scientists use 'molecular time travel' to recreate evolution of complexity http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2012/01/08/scientists-use-molecular-time-travel-recreate-evolution-complexity http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2012/01/08/scientists-use-molecular-time-travel-recreate-evolution-complexity Sun, 08 January 2012 12:00:00 -0500 Project Exploration founder Gabrielle Lyon named 2011 'Chicagoan of the Year' http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2012/01/05/project-exploration-founder-gabrielle-lyon-named-2011-039chicagoan-year039 http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2012/01/05/project-exploration-founder-gabrielle-lyon-named-2011-039chicagoan-year039 Thur, 05 January 2012 12:00:00 -0500 Experts urge BMI method for calculating weight in kids with eating disorders http://www.uchospitals.edu/news/2012/20120104-bmi.html http://www.uchospitals.edu/news/2012/20120104-bmi.html Wed, 04 January 2012 12:00:00 -0500 Physicians Named Among Chicago's "Best of the Best" http://www.uchospitals.edu/news/features/top-doctors-chicago.html http://www.uchospitals.edu/news/features/top-doctors-chicago.html Thu, 29 December 2011 12:00:00 -0500 Science awards go to UChicago physics professor, alumnus http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/12/29/science-awards-go-uchicago-physics-professor-alumnus http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/12/29/science-awards-go-uchicago-physics-professor-alumnus Thu, 29 December 2011 12:00:00 -0500 Shearing triggers odd behavior in microscopic particles http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/12/22/shearing-triggers-odd-behavior-microscopic-particles http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/12/22/shearing-triggers-odd-behavior-microscopic-particles Thu, 22 December 2011 12:00:00 -0500 Building on University of Chicago connections http://tech.uchicago.edu/features/20111219_pamukcu/ http://tech.uchicago.edu/features/20111219_pamukcu/ Thu, 22 December 2011 12:00:00 -0500 UChicago chemist helps craft message for world leaders http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/12/21/uchicago-chemist-helps-craft-message-world-leaders http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/12/21/uchicago-chemist-helps-craft-message-world-leaders Wed, 21 December 2011 12:00:00 -0500 Clinical Scholars Program delves into physician spirituality http://arete.uchicago.edu/features/curlin.shtml http://arete.uchicago.edu/features/curlin.shtml Mon, 19 December 2011 12:00:00 -0500 Computer Programming team advances to World Finals http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/12/16/computer-programming-team-advances-world-finals http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/12/16/computer-programming-team-advances-world-finals Fri, 16 December 2011 12:00:00 -0500 South Pole centennial history includes UChicago telescopes http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/12/14/south-pole-centennial-history-includes-uchicago-telescopes http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/12/14/south-pole-centennial-history-includes-uchicago-telescopes Wed, 14 December 2011 12:00:00 -0500 Language may be dominant social marker for young children http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/12/01/language-may-be-dominant-social-marker-young-children http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/12/01/language-may-be-dominant-social-marker-young-children Thurs, 1 December 2011 12:00:00 -0500 Rosenfield gift to foster studies drawing on economics, policy and law http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/11/28/rosenfield-gift-foster-studies-drawing-economics-policy-and-law http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/11/28/rosenfield-gift-foster-studies-drawing-economics-policy-and-law Thurs, 1 December 2011 12:00:00 -0500 UChicago docs develop content for new Web app for physicians http://tech.uchicago.edu/features/20111111_webapp/ http://tech.uchicago.edu/features/20111111_webapp/ Thurs, 1 December 2011 12:00:00 -0500 Principals can be reliable sources of teacher evaluations, consortium study finds http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/11/16/principals-can-be-reliable-sources-teacher-evaluations-consortium-study-finds http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/11/16/principals-can-be-reliable-sources-teacher-evaluations-consortium-study-finds Wed, 23 November 2011 12:00:00 -0500 First MacLean Center Prize in Clinical Ethics awarded to Dartmouth's John Wennberg http://www.uchospitals.edu/news/2011/20111116-prize.html http://www.uchospitals.edu/news/2011/20111116-prize.html Wed, 23 November 2011 12:00:00 -0500 Members of Chemistry faculty collect more honors for their research http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/11/15/members-chemistry-faculty-collect-more-honors-their-research http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/11/15/members-chemistry-faculty-collect-more-honors-their-research Wed, 23 November 2011 12:00:00 -0500 Roger Myerson honored at economics conference in Marseille, France http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/11/15/roger-myerson-honored-economics-conference-marseille-france http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/11/15/roger-myerson-honored-economics-conference-marseille-france Wed, 23 November 2011 12:00:00 -0500 History of Science Society honors Robert Richards with its highest honor, Sarton Medal http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/11/15/history-science-society-honors-robert-richards-its-highest-honor-sarton-medal http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/11/15/history-science-society-honors-robert-richards-its-highest-honor-sarton-medal Wed, 23 November 2011 12:00:00 -0500 Learning spatial terms improves children's spatial skills http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/11/09/learning-spatial-terms-improves-childrens-spatial-skills http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/11/09/learning-spatial-terms-improves-childrens-spatial-skills Wed, 23 November 2011 12:00:00 -0500 Law School's Exoneration Project helps free wrongly convicted man http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/11/04/law-school039s-exoneration-project-helps-free-wrongly-convicted-man http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/11/04/law-school039s-exoneration-project-helps-free-wrongly-convicted-man Fri, 4 November 2011 12:00:00 -0500 Fat cells in abdomen fuel spread of ovarian cancer http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/11/03/fat-cells-abdomen-fuel-spread-ovarian-cancer http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/11/03/fat-cells-abdomen-fuel-spread-ovarian-cancer Fri, 4 November 2011 12:00:00 -0500 Black and white American voters live in one country, but two different worlds http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/10/31/black-and-white-american-voters-live-one-country-two-different-worlds http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/10/31/black-and-white-american-voters-live-one-country-two-different-worlds Wed, 2 November 2011 12:00:00 -0500 Joint Palestinian-American dig near Jericho yields clues about early Islamic culture http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/10/26/joint-palestinian-american-dig-near-jericho-yields-clues-about-early-islamic-cult http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/10/26/joint-palestinian-american-dig-near-jericho-yields-clues-about-early-islamic-cult Wed, 28 October 2011 12:00:00 -0500 Using brain-imaging technology for the first time with people experiencing mathematics anxiety, University of Chicago scientists have gained new insights into how some students are able to overcome their fears and succeed in math. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/10/20/brain-study-reveals-how-successful-students-overcome-math-anxiety http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/10/20/brain-study-reveals-how-successful-students-overcome-math-anxiety Thu, 20 October 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Eight pairs of University and Argonne National Laboratory researchers recently received $600,000, collectively, in Strategic Collaborative Initiative (SCI) seed grants from the University following a rigorous competition managed by Argonne and the University. http://www.uchicago.edu/research/news/20112010_argonne.shtml http://www.uchicago.edu/research/news/20112010_argonne.shtml Wed, 19 October 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Low-income women with children who move from high-poverty to lower-poverty neighborhoods experience notable long-term improvements in some aspects of their health, namely reductions in diabetes and extreme obesity, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Chicago and partner institutions. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/10/19/moving-poor-women-lower-poverty-neighborhoods-improves-their-health http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/10/19/moving-poor-women-lower-poverty-neighborhoods-improves-their-health Wed, 19 October 2011 00:00:00 -0500 An international research team has discovered that a pervasive human RNA modification provides the physiological underpinning of the genetic regulatory process that contributes to obesity and type II diabetes. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/10/18/new-research-links-common-rna-modification-obesity http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/10/18/new-research-links-common-rna-modification-obesity Tue, 18 October 00:00:00 -0500 The University of Chicago has created four named professorships for its new Institute for Molecular Engineering, building momentum behind the new academic program. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/10/13/uchicago-launches-search-distant-worlds http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/10/13/uchicago-launches-search-distant-worlds Wed, 10 August 2011 00:00:00 -0500 The University of Chicago Law School on Oct. 11 launched a major new initiative - Law and Economics 2.0 - to expand the scholarship and influence of law and economics in the United States and broaden its impact throughout the world. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/10/11/university-chicago-law-school-launches-law-amp-economics-20-initiative http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/10/11/university-chicago-law-school-launches-law-amp-economics-20-initiative Tue, 11 October 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Chicago will be home to a new $13.75 million project that will apply data mining methods to better understand the genetic and environmental factors behind neuropsychiatric disorders. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/10/10/new-data-mining-effort-launched-study-mental-disorders http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/10/10/new-data-mining-effort-launched-study-mental-disorders Mon, 10 October 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Pushing past the present limits of human knowledge is crucial in tackling society�s challenges, says James Evans, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Chicago and in the College. http://arete.uchicago.edu/features/meta.shtml http://arete.uchicago.edu/features/meta.shtml Mon, 10 October 2011 00:00:00 -0500 A coupled line of swinging pendulums apparently has nothing in common with an elastic film that buckles and folds under compression while floating on a liquid, but scientists at the University of Chicago and Tel Aviv University have discovered a deep connection between the two phenomena. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/10/10/two-seemingly-unrelated-phenomena-share-surprising-link http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/10/10/two-seemingly-unrelated-phenomena-share-surprising-link Mon, 10 October 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Nick Labello Appointed Scientific Computing Consultant http://www.uchicago.edu/research/news/20111004_nicholas_labello.shtml http://www.uchicago.edu/research/news/20111004_nicholas_labello.shtml Mon, 10 October 2011 00:00:00 -0500 The Matthew and Carolyn Bucksbaum Family Foundation is giving $42 million to the University of Chicago to create the Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence, a unique initiative that will focus on how to improve doctor-patient interaction. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/09/22/new-bucksbaum-institute-fosters-doctor-patient-communication http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/09/22/new-bucksbaum-institute-fosters-doctor-patient-communication Wed, 22 September 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Birds may have a more highly developed sense of smell than researchers previously thought, contend scholars who have found that penguins may use smell to determine if they are related to a potential mate. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/09/21/smells-may-help-birds-identify-their-relatives http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/09/21/smells-may-help-birds-identify-their-relatives Wed, 21 September 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Geophysical Sciences Professor David Archer polled the 200 students in one of his Global Warming classes about whether they believed that humans have had an impact on climate. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/09/20/book-traces-long-trail-global-warming-scholarship http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/09/20/book-traces-long-trail-global-warming-scholarship Wed, 20 September 2011 00:00:00 -0500 As a result of more than seven years of research, Ralph Weichselbaum, MD, and his colleagues have empirically discovered a gene signature that predicts whether an individual patient would benefit from chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy. http://tech.uchicago.edu/features/20110915_weichselbaum/ http://tech.uchicago.edu/features/20110915_weichselbaum/ Thu, 15 September 2011 00:00:00 -0500 WBEZ's Clever Apes tours the University of Chicago's Howard T. Ricketts Laboratory http://www.wbez.org/blog/clever-apes/2011-09-13/clever-apes-18-biological-weapons-91950 http://www.wbez.org/blog/clever-apes/2011-09-13/clever-apes-18-biological-weapons-91950 Tue, 13 September 2011 00:00:00 -0500 On Tuesday, Sept. 13, Chicago Public Schools publicly released for the first time more than 600 individualized school reports produced by the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/09/13/chicago-public-schools-releases-university-developed-5-essentials-school-reports http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/09/13/chicago-public-schools-releases-university-developed-5-essentials-school-reports Wed, 13 September 2011 00:00:00 -0500 The Tevatron has been the pride of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory for a quarter of a century. But at the end of this month, the Tevatron is shutting down. http://www.npr.org/2011/09/06/140144419/a-final-smash-for-americas-giant-particle-collider http://www.npr.org/2011/09/06/140144419/a-final-smash-for-americas-giant-particle-collider Wed, 6 September 2011 00:00:00 -0500 The University of Chicago has created four named professorships for its new Institute for Molecular Engineering, building momentum behind the new academic program. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/08/10/anonymous-gifts-support-new-professorships-institute-molecular-engineering http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/08/10/anonymous-gifts-support-new-professorships-institute-molecular-engineering Wed, 10 August 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Knowing the right way to handle stress in the classroom and on the sports field can make the difference between success and failure for the millions of students going back to school this fall, new University of Chicago research shows. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/08/09/change-perspective-could-be-all-it-takes-succeed-school http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/08/09/change-perspective-could-be-all-it-takes-succeed-school Tues, 9 August 2011 00:00:00 -0500 A NASA scientist and her colleagues were able to observe, for the first time, the power of an earthquake and tsunami to break off large icebergs a hemisphere away. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/08/08/japan-tsunami-created-icebergs-antarctica-research-finds http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/08/08/japan-tsunami-created-icebergs-antarctica-research-finds Mon, 8 August 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Researchers have found a potential new source for sexual problems among middle-aged and older men: the relationships between their female partners and the men’s closest friends. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/08/08/when-man-s-partner-too-close-his-friends-his-sex-life-may-suffer http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/08/08/when-man-s-partner-too-close-his-friends-his-sex-life-may-suffer Mon, 8 August 2011 00:00:00 -0500 The Pew Research Center recently reported that the wealth gap between American whites and blacks is the widest since the United States began tracking the statistic in 1984 — with whites, on average, having 20 times the net worth of blacks. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/08/03/money-isn-t-everything-well-being-study-finds http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/08/03/money-isn-t-everything-well-being-study-finds Wed, 3 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500 The University’s recently completed reference work to a dead Mesopotamian language has a lively following. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/08/01/chicago-assyrian-dictionary-hits-100000-downloads http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/08/01/chicago-assyrian-dictionary-hits-100000-downloads Mon, 1 August 2011 00:00:00 -0500 A leading University of Chicago researcher on empathy is launching a project to understand psychopathy by studying criminals in prisons. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/08/01/project-use-prison-research-studying-neural-basis-psychopathy http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/08/01/project-use-prison-research-studying-neural-basis-psychopathy Mon, 1 Ausust 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Two UChicago geophysical sciences professors have added awards for outstanding young scientists to their resumés. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/07/28/geophysical-sciences-professors-earn-macelwane-medal-nier-prize http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/07/28/geophysical-sciences-professors-earn-macelwane-medal-nier-prize Thurs, 28 July 2011 00:00:00 -0500 The University of Chicago Law School has announced the creation of the Abrams Environmental Law Clinic, which will offer students sophisticated training in environmental litigation, policy and regulation. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/07/27/law-school-launches-new-environmental-law-clinic http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/07/27/law-school-launches-new-environmental-law-clinic Wed, 27 July 2011 00:00:00 -0500 A genome-wide association study published in the August issue of Nature Medicine has found two tiny genetic variations that can predict which patients with Hodgkin’s lymphoma are most likely to develop radiation-induced second cancers years after treatment. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/07/26/two-genetic-variations-predict-second-cancers-after-radiation-treatment-children- http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/07/26/two-genetic-variations-predict-second-cancers-after-radiation-treatment-children- Tues, 26 July 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Parents who move to the United States without legal status generally seek better opportunities for their young children, hoping their kids will achieve more than they could. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/07/26/college-educated-undocumented-young-adults-may-face-same-narrow-range-jobs-parent http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/07/26/college-educated-undocumented-young-adults-may-face-same-narrow-range-jobs-parent Tues, 26 July 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Less than nine months after its launch, the Chicago Innovation Mentors (CIM) has received a $60,000 grant from the Chicago Biomedical Consortium, which is supported by the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/07/25/chicago-innovation-mentors-receive-60000-grant-chicago-biomedical-consortium http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/07/25/chicago-innovation-mentors-receive-60000-grant-chicago-biomedical-consortium Mon, 25 July 2011 00:00:00 -0500 A genome-wide association study published in the August issue of Nature Medicine has found two tiny genetic variations that can predict which patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma are most likely to develop radiation-induced second cancers years after treatment. http://www.uchospitals.edu/news/2011/20110725-lymphoma.html http://www.uchospitals.edu/news/2011/20110725-lymphoma.html Mon, 25 July 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Two members of the University of Chicago faculty, R. Stephen Berry and Olufunmilayo Olopade, and Trustee Emeritus Richard J. Franke were elected 2011 fellows of the American Philosophical Society. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/07/22/two-faculty-members-trustee-emeritus-elected-american-philosophical-society http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/07/22/two-faculty-members-trustee-emeritus-elected-american-philosophical-society Fri, 22 July 2011 00:00:00 -0500 U.S. News & World Report has selected the University of Chicago Medical Center as one of the finest hospitals in the United States in its 2011-12 Best Hospitals survey. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/07/19/national-survey-names-medical-center-one-best-us-hospitals http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/07/19/national-survey-names-medical-center-one-best-us-hospitals Tues, 19 July 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Three teams of University of Chicago and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory researchers recently received $225,000, collectively, in Strategic Collaborative Initiative (SCI) seed grants following a rigorous competition managed by Fermilab and the University. https://www.uchicago.edu/research/release_fermilab.shtml https://www.uchicago.edu/research/release_fermilab.shtml Tues, 19 July 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Eli Lilly and Company and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory announced on July 14 the completion of Lilly’s $2 million upgrade to the company’s research-guided beamline, located at the Advanced Photon Source on Argonne’s campus. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/07/19/national-survey-names-medical-center-one-best-us-hospitals http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/07/19/national-survey-names-medical-center-one-best-us-hospitals Fri, 15 July 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Peter B. Littlewood, formerly the head of the Cavendish Laboratory and the Department of Physics at the University of Cambridge, has been named the new Associate Laboratory Director for Physical Sciences and Engineering at Argonne National Laboratory. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/05/17/peter-littlewood-named-associate-laboratory-director-argonne http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/05/17/peter-littlewood-named-associate-laboratory-director-argonne Tues, 17 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 The ability to visualize what a bridge will look like once it's built, to forecast how a computer program will integrate data, to imagine how molecules will interact, or to predict how parts of a machine will work together is crucial in a global economy that increasingly relies on sophisticated science and technology. http://arete.uchicago.edu/features/silc.shtml http://arete.uchicago.edu/features/silc.shtml Tues, 17 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Six University of Chicago scholars from the Humanities, the Physical Sciences and the Social Sciences have received named and distinguished service professorships. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/05/16/humanities-sciences-six-faculty-members-receive-named-appointments http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/05/16/humanities-sciences-six-faculty-members-receive-named-appointments Mon, 16 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Jean Comaroff, an anthropologist who is a leading expert on South Africa, its societies and cultures, will give the 2011 Nora and Edward Ryerson Lecture at 5 p.m., Tuesday, May 17, at the Max Palevsky Cinema in Ida Noyes Hall. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/05/13/jean-comaroff-deliver-annual-ryerson-lecture http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/05/13/jean-comaroff-deliver-annual-ryerson-lecture Fri, 13 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 UChicago Press awards Robert Richards the Laing book prize http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/05/11/uchicago-press-awards-robert-richards-laing-book-prize http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/05/11/uchicago-press-awards-robert-richards-laing-book-prize Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Strong relationships make students and teachers feel safer in schools, study finds http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/05/10/strong-relationships-make-students-and-teachers-feel-safer-schools-study-finds http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/05/10/strong-relationships-make-students-and-teachers-feel-safer-schools-study-finds Tues, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Following Osama bin Laden's death, experts like Robert Pape and Jenna Jordan ponder nation's next steps. http://www.uchicago.edu/features/20110509_jordan_pape/ http://www.uchicago.edu/features/20110509_jordan_pape/ Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 "Reproductive health challenges - including adolescent and unintended pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, reproductive cancers, obesity and postpartum hemorrhage - remain daunting and intractable, both in Chicago and around the world," says Melissa Gilliam, MD, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Chicago. http://arete.uchicago.edu/features/gilliam.shtml http://arete.uchicago.edu/features/gilliam.shtml Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Getting a tax refund from the federal government at the end of the year may not always be the best option for lower-income populations, according to the research from Harris School economist Damon Jones. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/05/06/harris-school-economist-refunds-don-t-always-help-lower-income-taxpayers http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/05/06/harris-school-economist-refunds-don-t-always-help-lower-income-taxpayers Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Neil Shubin, the Robert R. Bensley Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, and Pier Oddone, director of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, have been elected members of the National Academy of Sciences, the organization announced May 3. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/05/04/neil-shubin-pier-oddone-elected-national-academy-sciences http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/05/04/neil-shubin-pier-oddone-elected-national-academy-sciences Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 UChicago licensee NephRx is moving swiftly to bring to market therapeutics for patients with kidney transplants and mucositis. http://tech.uchicago.edu/features/20110420_nephrx/ http://tech.uchicago.edu/features/20110420_nephrx/ Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 In the largest study of its kind to establish a link between sleep and diabetes, researchers found that people with diabetes who sleep poorly have higher insulin resistance, and a harder time controlling the disease. http://www.uchospitals.edu/news/2011/20110502-sleep-diabetes.html http://www.uchospitals.edu/news/2011/20110502-sleep-diabetes.html Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 The best teacher for a young mother is her baby, contend experts who train social workers to interact with first-time moms. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/05/03/new-mothers-can-learn-lot-watching-their-babies http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/05/03/new-mothers-can-learn-lot-watching-their-babies Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 In present-day ecology, the removal or addition of a predator in an ecosystem can produce dramatic changes in the population of prey species. For the first time, scientists have observed the same dynamics in the fossil record, thanks to a mass extinction that decimated ocean life 360 million years ago. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/05/02/winners-mass-extinction-predators-gone-prey-thrive http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/05/02/winners-mass-extinction-predators-gone-prey-thrive Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 The Lake County Discovery Museum in Wauconda is staging the first solo exhibit of the work of University of Chicago paleoartist Tyler Keillor through June 26 at 27277 N. Forest Preserve Road. He also will present a slide lecture titled "From Fossils to Flesh" at 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 4 at the museum. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/05/02/work-paleoartist-tyler-keillor-exhibit-until-june-26 http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/05/02/work-paleoartist-tyler-keillor-exhibit-until-june-26 Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Members of the Political Science faculty will celebrate an especially productive year of book publishing at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 5, in the Tea Room in the Social Science Research building. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/04/29/political-science-faculty-members-celebrate-published-scholarship http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/04/29/political-science-faculty-members-celebrate-published-scholarship Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 The University of Chicago.s Flash Center for Computational Science released a major new version of supercomputer code, called FLASH 4-alpha, on April 29. Based on previous software for simulating exploding stars, this is the first version of the FLASH code that has extensive capabilities for simulating high-energy density physics experiments. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/04/29/new-software-support-interest-extreme-science http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/04/29/new-software-support-interest-extreme-science Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Geochemist Albert Colman follows trail from Kamchatka microbes into the history of Earth.s atmosphere. http://www.uchicago.edu/features/20110426_kamchatka/ http://www.uchicago.edu/features/20110426_kamchatka/ Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 UChicago linguists use innovative tools to find the common features of languages. http://www.uchicago.edu/features/20110418_linguistics/ http://www.uchicago.edu/features/20110418_linguistics/ Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Students in his upper-level College class on "The Economics of Crime" watched intently as Levitt, the William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College, did what he does best, using economics to challenge people's perspectives on conventional ideas. http://www.uchicago.edu/features/20110404_levitt.shtml http://www.uchicago.edu/features/20110404_levitt.shtml Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 The brain is apparently programmed from birth to develop the ability to determine sunrise and sunset, new research on circadian rhythms at the University of Chicago shows. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/04/27/beginning-mind-knows-difference-between-night-and-day http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/04/27/beginning-mind-knows-difference-between-night-and-day Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 The American Association for the Advancement of Science awarded the distinction of fellow to four University of Chicago faculty members earlier this year because of their efforts to advance science applications that are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/04/26/american-association-advancement-science-elects-four-uchicago-fellows http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/04/26/american-association-advancement-science-elects-four-uchicago-fellows Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500