Features Archive: 2008
December Homepage Features
New Rockefeller dean extends chapel’s embrace
Elizabeth Davenport hopes to create a center for religious and spiritual inquiry.
Law renovation reflects modern vision
Ambitious design focuses on student needs, draws national attention.
Nambu receives Nobel medal, diploma
Special ceremony in Chicago honors University physicist
Fossil flowers prove to be a fertile field
Paleontologist discovers blossoming plant diversity in 100-million-year-old specimens.
Where language meets music
A guitarist-turned-associate professor explores the intersection of disciplines in 'cognitive musicology'
November Homepage Features
The sisters who sparked SSA
In its centennial year, the school celebrates the Abbotts' deep legacy.
Science meets art and the sparks fly
Cutting-edge research and technology combine with artistic imagination and creativity in exhibition
October Homepage Features
Campus community counts down to election
Members of the campus community are focusing intently on Tuesday’s landmark presidential election.
South Side Story: The bike tour
Over 100 students, faculty and Hyde Park residents participated in the South Side History Bike Tour.
Thaler’s Nudge gets global attention
Politicians here and abroad embrace idea about how to influence behavior.
September Homepage Features
Artists who defied convention
University of Chicago Department of Visual Arts exhibition reveals little-known South Side scene that reflects the times
Music, Movies, and the Mind
University of Chicago PhD student David Bashwiner's mind-expanding score reaches the big screen
August Homepage Features
On a mission for Burma
Cristina Moon, AB’ 05, began as a student activist. Now she dedicates her career to the plight of the Burmese people.
A 3,000-year-old patient
Radiologists and Egyptologists team up to analyze Meresamun, a nearly 3,000 year-old-Egyptian mummy
Battling economic inequality in the classroom
Professor Ricardo Paes de Barros gives students tools to tackle poverty, social inequality, and social policy
July Homepage Features
Views of art, self on ‘other’ side of globe
University of Chicago undergraduates travel to Spain to see masterpieces, and themselves, in a different context.
A $20 million gift, a new agenda in science
Bill Eckhardt, MS '70, has donated $20 million to build new fields of scientific expertise.
Citizenship for sale?
The University of Chicago Nobel laureate Gary Becker proposes putting a price tag on immigration.
June Homepage Features
Two new learning centers to open in the ‘heart’ of campus
The historic Harper Memorial Library and Stuart Hall reading rooms will be transformed into vibrant learning centers.
Organ and carillon reunite at Rockefeller
University of Chicago’s carillonneur and organist enjoy a special place in history.
May Homepage Features
The Social Life of Forests
An unprecedented conference brings 30 scholars to Chicago to rethink the way humans and the world interact.
Art historian takes a road trip to renew her spirit
Erin Hogan, AM’91, PhD’99, drove 3,000 miles, solo, to view the massive land art of the West.
New institute honors leading 20th-century economist
The University of Chicago established the Milton Friedman Institute to honor the contributions of the famed scholar.
April Homepage Features
Sudhir Venkatesh: Not your average sociologist
Sudhir Venkatesh, AM'92, PhD'97, chronicles the lives of those whose livelihoods are off the books.
Going viral with a new music search engine Songza
A website developed by University of Chicago alumnus Aza Raskin, AB’05, allows users to listen to music for free.
Paleontologist adds to fossil record, a notable prize
Rebecca Terry was awarded the 2007 Alfred Sherwood Romer Prize from the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.
March Homepage Features
Neil Shubin: Tracing fins to limbs
Neil Shubin continues to unlock the secrets of life’s formerly blurry transition from sea to land.
Maroons leave a 100-year baseball legacy
100 years ago, Chicago brought baseball to Waseda University in Japan. On March 21, the Maroons flew in for a rematch.
Can cable TV raise the status of women?
Is there a role for TV in improving the status of women in India? Yes, said Emily Oster
February Homepage Features
The Economic Case for Early Education
Heckman argues that investing in early education offers the most cost-effective path to a whole range of social benefits
Tomorrow with Alex Beinstein
This second-year College student hosts his own radio program
Chicago Assyrian Dictionary: The Final Chapter
Martha Roth discusses the final volume of the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary, a comprehensive lexicon of ancient Akkadian
Seeds of Change
Vivek Taparia, AB’03, chronicles his experiences raising women in India above the poverty line through microfinancing
Sloan Digital Sky Survey Changes the Face of Astronomy
272 stars gave their lives for the photo spread on cosmic explosions that graced the March 2007 National Geographic
Bringing Health Care to the Neighborhood
UChicago Comer Children's Hospital Mobile Healthcare Van is connecting the South Side with much-needed pediatricians
January Homepage Features
The Origins of the Scherer Center
A master’s thesis created the University’s first center devoted to the United States
