Features Archive: 2014

April Homepage Features

Four Truman Scholars make history

Surprise reception honors elated winners with public service aspirations
Homepage 04.16.2014

From left UChicago's Harry S. Truman Scholarship winners: Yusef Al-Jarani; Ava Benezra; Andrea Haidar; and Erin Simpson in Cathey Learning Center of the Harper Memorial Library.

‘Your Inner Fish’ takes to the screen

Prof. Neil Shubin explains adventure of evolution to audience of millions
Homepage 04.07.2014

Neil Shubin feeds a squirrel monkey on his shoulder at the Monkey Jungle in Miami, Florida. Shubin is host of YOUR INNER FISH, which premieres on PBS April 9, 2014, at 10 PM (check local listings).

March Homepage Features

UChicago celebrates opening of Center in Delhi

U.S. ambassador joins ribbon-cutting, highlighting weekend of scholarship and ceremony
Homepage 03.26.2014

Raghuram Rajan leads a Presidential Forum at the Taj Palace Hotel, as the University of Chicago Center in Delhi opens this weekend.

Astrophysicists target mystery of powerful particles

Prof. Angela Olinto continues UChicago leadership in cosmic ray research with space station telescope
Homepage 03.18.2014

This is the most detailed image of particle jets erupting from a supermassive black hole in the nearby galaxy of Centaurus A

Preserving Afghanistan’s cultural heritage

Oriental Institute works with National Museum of Afghanistan to catalog priceless artifacts
Homepage 03.10.2014

Damaged relics at Afghan National Museum

Student earns national mathematics award

Sarah Peluse embraces UChicago math tradition of mentoring, friendships, and excellence
Homepage 03.03.2014

Sarah Peluse, a UChicago mathematics student at work in Eckhart Hall.

February Homepage Features

$25 million grant to support Laboratory Schools arts hall

Mellody Hobson and George Lucas honor iconic African American artist Gordon Parks
Homepage 02.26.2014

Lab School

Crime Lab makes impact for Chicago youth

New $1 million MacArthur award supports evidence-based efforts to reduce violence
Homepage 02.20.2014

Match tutor Miriam Kamya works with a student at Edwin G. Foreman High School in Chicago.

‘Envisioning China’ highlights sweeping influence of Chinese opera

Traditional, contemporary arts and culture of China represented in five-month festival
Homepage 02.10.2014

Chinese, Qing Dynasty (1644–1911), Mask Designs for Court Opera Characters, ca. 1746–95, Album leaves, ink, and color on paper. © The Field Museum, Photographer John Weinstein.

Press thrives on scholarly collaboration

Nation’s largest university press brings Chicago ideas to the world
Homepage 02.03.2014

UChicago Press book titles

January Homepage Features

NBA welcomes Law alum as commissioner

Adam Silver, JD'88, whose tenure begins Feb. 1, hailed as 'one of the great guys in sports'
Homepage 01.27.2014

NBA Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver addresses the crowd at the conclusion of the 2011 NBA Draft in Newark, New Jersey

MLK legacy guides today’s leaders

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick discusses MLK on love and public policy
Homepage 01.13.2014

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, a South Side native, delivers the keynote address at the University of Chicago’s Martin Luther King Celebration in Rockefeller Memorial Chapel.

Student chronicles Iraq’s intellectual crisis

Second-year Matthew Schweitzer studies how violence ushered in decline of country’s universities
Homepage 01.06.2014

Second year student Matthew Schweitzer shown by reliefs of Assyrian artwork at the Oriental Institute.

Secondary Features

Analysis finds less research attention given to diseases of the poor

Study is one of the first products of the Metaknowledge Research Network
Research 04.09.2014

Ancient weather report raises questions about pharoah’s reign

World’s oldest weather report could revise Bronze Age chronology
Research 04.02.2014

Argonne National Laboratory appoints new director

Peter B. Littlewood will have oversight responsibility for a variety of high-impact projects
Research 03.25.2014

Chicago offers data-driven ideas to the world

Representatives from Chicago and around the globe will gather in Colombia next month at the 7th World Urban Forum
Civic Engagement 03.25.2014

UChicago Local to support mid-South Side business

New initiative designed to expand economic opportunities, provide training, and forge connections
Civic Engagement 03.24.2014

UChicago’s Program on Global Environment Shapes National Green Restaurant Certification

Program on Global Environment's research leads to the creation of a national standard of sustainability
Students 03.20.2014

Students learn about feature filmmaking with ‘Divergent’ internships

Joe and Rika Mansueto Library appears as location in film
Students 03.20.2014

Like Father, Like Daughter

Third-year Biology major Jenny Hill keeps the UChicago legacy going
Students 03.20.2014

Student earns national mathematics award

Sarah Peluse embraces UChicago math tradition of mentoring, friendships, and excellence
Students 03.20.2014

A Life Aquatic

Biology professor Michael LaBarbera has spent his career immersing students—and himself—in an underwater world
Faculty 03.20.2014

Beauty in Numbers

Mathematics historian Judith Victor Grabiner, SB’60, teaches math to the liberal arts masses
Alumni 03.20.2014

Encyclopedic knowledge

Britannica editor in chief, Dale Hoiberg, AM’74, PhD’93, knows the encyclopedia business inside and out
Alumni 03.20.2014

Researchers identify ‘fat gene’ associated with obesity

Researchers discovered what appears to be the functional obesity gene, named IRX3, through experiments on mice
Research 03.18.2014

Program to move families out of high-poverty neighborhoods helps girls, harms boys’ mental health

The study reinforces the need for scientific-based evidence for public policy decisions
Research 03.10.2014

E-anthropology

Anthropologist Gabriella Coleman conducts research among a strange, sometimes hostile tribe: computer hackers.
Alumni 03.06.2014

U. of C. Crime Lab awarded $1 million

Think tank to use money to better keep pace with city policymakers, track how guns get into criminals' hands
Research 02.27.2014

Civic Engagement Selects First Student Advisory Committee

10 University of Chicago students selected to help shape the University's civic engagement efforts
Civic Engagement 02.21.2014

Q&A: Profs. Judith Zeitlin and Wu Hung discuss Chinese opera, new exhibitions

Five-month “Envisioning China” festival began this month with two Smart Museum exhibitions focused on Chinese Opera
Faculty 02.20.2014

Chicago Booth alum takes helm of Microsoft

Satya Nadella, a Chicago Booth graduate, will lead the world’s largest software company
Alumni 02.19.2014

Mission Critical

Four alumni find homes as humanists in the nonprofit sector.
Alumni 02.19.2014

First MBL-UChicago retreat explores new ideas for joint research and programs

The retreat sparked excitement and animated discussions among researchers who got to know their colleagues
Research 02.19.2014

Chicago Innovation Exchange celebrates opening of Harper Court space

Expanded Innovation Fund awards $275,000 to advance promising health and electronics discoveries
Civic Engagement 02.18.2014

Scientists from UChicago, lab affiliates headed for AAAS annual meeting

Dozens of scientists from the University of Chicago and its affiliated laboratories will participate this year
Research 02.11.2014

Pioneer in diabetes research to receive Alumni Medal

Leading biochemist Donald Steiner, SM’56, MD’56, will be awarded the Alumni Medal in June
Alumni 02.11.2014

Major gift funds research on the path from school to work

New research initiative aims to help urban children become more highly skilled and successful as adults
Research 02.03.2014

Arts Incubator wins prestigious community award

The award was announced at the 20th annual LISC Chicago Neighborhood Developments Awards ceremony on Feb. 20
Civic Engagement 02.01.2014

First report on UChicago Promise highlights efforts toward ambitious goal

Hundreds of students, parents, and high school guidance counselors benefitted from UChicago Promise
Civic Engagement 01.15.2014

UChicago to share in $540 million gift

Ludwig Center to receive $90 million to support research on cancer metastasis
Research 01.15.2014

UChicago MLK Celebration 2014

Governor Deval Patrick of Massachusetts to deliver the keynote address
Civic Engagement 01.08.2014

Students look back on extraordinary fall events

Autumn Quarter brought abundant opportunities to interact with prominent leaders around the globe
Students 01.06.2014

Thirty Million Words Initiative gains national recognition

UChicago pediatric implant surgeon Dana Suskind, MD, is leading an initiative to boost childhood literacy through talk.
Research 01.02.2014