2009 News Release Archive
- Political views may skew perception of skin tone, new study finds
- 11.23.2009
- University seed grants spur collaboration with Argonne and Fermilab, spark DOE support
- 11.23.2009
- UChicago Awards $419,000 to Argonne-University collaborators
- 11.23.2009
- UChicago graduates win Rhodes, Marshall Scholarships
- 11.22.2009
- Event highlights growth of human rights programs in liberal arts education
- 11.20.2009
- University of Chicago takes third consecutive Romer Prize in paleontology
- 11.19.2009
- Human capital central to emerging economic analysis of education
- 11.19.2009
- BoarCroc, RatCroc, DogCroc, DuckCroc, PancakeCroc
- 11.19.2009
- Albert V. Crewe, physicist, 1927-2009
- 11.19.2009
- University of Chicago and non-profit organizations team up to reduce youth gun violence, improve school outcomes in Chicago
- 11.18.2009
- Grant to help recruit collaborations for Blue Waters supercomputer
- 11.18.2009
- Mathematics prize goes to University of Chicago’s Hannah Alpert
- 11.18.2009
- Common pain relief medication may influence cancer growth
- 11.18.2009
- New initiative highlights research sponsored by Recovery Act
- 11.17.2009
- Clinic law students help reduce client’s long sentence by half
- 11.16.2009
- FutureGrid to provide platform for experimental computation
- 11.16.2009
- Bears QB Jay Cutler to meet with teens affected by diabetes at University of Chicago Kovler Diabetes Center on World Diabetes Day
- 11.13.2009
- Obama election strategist to provide look inside 2008 campaign during lecture
- 11.12.2009
- New Web site gives black youth a voice
- 11.10.2009
- From the cornerstone: conservation of the Law School's history
- 11.06.2009
- Detailed plans for Logan Arts Center to be unveiled Nov. 10
- 11.06.2009
- Professor, author Mark Slouka argues American education system has become an ‘instrument of production’
- 11.05.2009
- Q&A with Wendy Doniger, the Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor and author of The Hindus
- 11.05.2009
- Lars Peter Hansen named founding director of Milton Friedman Institute for Research in Economics
- 11.05.2009
- Dovetta McKee takes lead in educational outreach program
- 11.04.2009
- Latin American Studies conference to examine environmental issues in Brazilian Amazon
- 11.04.2009
- Discussion, film screenings to mark 20-year anniversary of Communist upheaval
- 11.03.2009
- High-precision measurements confirm cosmologists’ standard view of universe
- 11.02.2009
- Criminal defense lawyers to honor Randolph Stone for lifetime achievement
- 10.30.2009
- Scientists witness nature's complexity unfold in self-assembling quasicrystals
- 10.30.2009
- University Announces New Format for Spring Quarter Convocation
- 10.29.2009
- Chicago Public Schools closings do not lead to achievement boosts for displaced students
- 10.28.2009
- Federalist Society honors Henderson for scholarship, teaching
- 10.28.2009
- Clinic students help see case to Supreme Court
- 10.27.2009
- Journalists invited to return of Hubble’s orbiting basketball to UChicago
- 10.26.2009
- UCSC engages students in service to the city as they enter the College
- 10.26.2009
- Celebrated sculptor and former Midway Studios teacher Ruth Duckworth - 1919 - 2009
- 10.26.2009
- Veteran city planner joins Office of Civic Engagement
- 10.25.2009
- Growth in secular attitudes leaves Americans room for belief in God
- 10.23.2009
- Robert Lovett Ashenhurst, 1929-2009, pioneered computer science as a discipline at the University of Chicago
- 10.23.2009
- University Hosts “Feast of the Mind” More than 20 Free Lectures, Concerts, Exhibition Tours
- 10.22.2009
- Court Theatre Earns Four ‘Jeffs’ for ‘Caroline, or Change’
- 10.21.2009
- Yerkes Observatory invites public to Galilean Nights celebration Oct. 23-24
- 10.21.2009
- Lecture to assess quality of K-12 science programs
- 10.21.2009
- Book has answers on questions big and small in dealing with children
- 10.21.2009
- Satellite reveals surprising cosmic ‘weather’ at edge of solar system
- 10.20.2009
- Public engagement a major component of UChicago's federal stimulus research projects
- 10.20.2009
- Astronaut John Grunsfeld to describe space adventures Oct. 28
- 10.19.2009
- Humor isn't the only trigger of human laughter
- 10.15.2009
- University to broaden its international collaboration with center in China
- 10.15.2009
- Researcher wins NIH grant to study molecular components of disease
- 10.15.2009
- Technology brings new insights to ancient language
- 10.14.2009
- Milton Ehre memorial service scheduled for Friday
- 10.12.2009
- Convocation stresses substance over pomp and circumstance
- 10.09.2009
- President Barack Obama, a former Law School Senior Lecturer, wins Nobel Peace Prize
- 10.09.2009
- Scholars begin to dig deeper into defining wisdom to build new research field
- 10.08.2009
- University of Chicago 500th Convocation
- 10.08.2009
- Anne and Kenneth Griffin Provide $10 Million for Multi-Year Study on School Improvement
- 10.08.2009
- New chemistry Nobelist was UChicago visiting prof, conducted research at Argonne
- 10.08.2009
- Statistician, physicist, geologist, and a South Asian scholar and poet will receive honorary degrees at 500th Convocation
- 10.07.2009
- Alumnus George E. Smith invents CCD sensor, 1969; receives Nobel Prize, 2009
- 10.06.2009
- Experts on the Olympics at the University of Chicago
- 10.02.2009
- Study shows that color plays musical chairs in the brain
- 10.02.2009
- A fresh option enlivens mealtime on South Campus
- 10.01.2009
- University Hosts "Feast of the Mind" More than 20 Free Lecture, Concerts, Exhibition Tours
- 09.30.2009
- University Hosts "Feast of the Mind" More than 20 Free Lecture, Concerts, Exhibition Tours
- 09.30.2009
- Free lectures on energy-device physics begin Oct. 3
- 09.28.2009
- New dynamic study space opens at Harper Library
- 09.28.2009
- Malcolm Casadaban, molecular genetics specialist, 1949-2009
- 09.25.2009
- First academic conference on empathy will examine its advantages, disadvantages
- 09.24.2009
- UHI advocates connect patients to medical homes on Chicago’s South Side
- 09.23.2009
- Journalists invited to Darwin/Chicago 2009 conference Oct. 29-31
- 09.23.2009
- Advance sustainability planning helps make a greener campus
- 09.21.2009
- Rare infection may have caused death of Chicago scientist
- 09.19.2009
- T. rex body plan debuted in Raptorex, but 100th the size
- 09.17.2009
- University joins in effort to disseminate news on research discoveries
- 09.16.2009
- After years of toil, sustaining change in education still a vexing problem
- 09.11.2009
- Grammy winner Cassandra Wilson to open Hyde Park Jazz Festival
- 09.10.2009
- University makes two key arts appointments
- 09.09.2009
- Schill appointed next dean of University of Chicago Law School
- 09.08.2009
- Cabinet secretaries to speak at University’s D.C. forum on health care and education
- 09.04.2009
- Law School honored for renovation of Saarinen-designed courtyard, reflecting pool
- 09.04.2009
- Crime and punishment expert joins White House conversation
- 09.04.2009
- Schiller leaves Vice President position to lead fundraising at NPR
- 09.03.2009
- Milestones: July - August 2009
- 09.03.2009
- Urban farm research investigates sustainable agricultural practices
- 09.01.2009
- Restored carillon rings true in Rockefeller summer concert series
- 09.01.2009
- $30 million grant to enhance world’s largest open computing network
- 08.27.2009
- New ethics class gives law students more realistic dilemmas
- 08.26.2009
- Study shows link between testosterone and women's choice to enter finance careers
- 08.25.2009
- Child care pays unexpected dividends to parents
- 08.25.2009
- Alumna merges education, entertainment in award-winning fiction
- 08.24.2009
- University Human Resources Management closed during office move
- 08.22.2009
- Off-label use: oft not evidence based
- 08.21.2009
- Student to tell national panel about societal barriers to math achievement
- 08.21.2009
- Experiment reveals dramatic transition from conductor to insulator
- 08.20.2009
- Argonne, University scientists develop targeted cancer treatment
- 08.20.2009
- Science-driven CPS students add research to medical aspirations in TEACH Research program
- 08.20.2009
- Kidney specialist Adrian Katz, M.D., 1932-2009
- 08.19.2009
- Rose Friedman, Distinguished Economist, dies
- 08.18.2009
- Madara to step down as CEO of University of Chicago Medical Center
- 08.14.2009
- Rowley ‘overwhelmed’ after receiving nation’s highest civilian honor
- 08.13.2009
- Unlikely genetic suspect implicated in common brain defect
- 08.10.2009
- Extinction Runs in the Family
- 08.07.2009
- Sosnick named Director for Institute for Biophysical Dynamics
- 08.07.2009
- From 59th Street to Pennsylvania Avenue, Lab alumni maintain connections
- 08.06.2009
- Argonne to showcase science and technology at community open house
- 08.06.2009
- Law scholar testifies on lessons of auto company bankruptcies
- 08.06.2009
- Chicago cops mentor teenage boys who lack male role models
- 08.05.2009
- American Chemical Society honors Donald Levy as inaugural fellow
- 08.04.2009
- Harold Richman, founder of Chapin Hall, 1937-2009
- 07.31.2009
- Divorce undermines health in ways remarriage doesn’t heal
- 07.27.2009
- Mini think tank surveys Chicago neighborhoods to implement promising public policy
- 07.24.2009
- Milestones: June - July, 2009
- 07.24.2009
- Poverty decreases school readiness for children born prematurely
- 07.24.2009
- Ian Foster reappointed Director of Computation Institute
- 07.23.2009
- Leszek Kolakowski, renowned philosopher, 1927-2009
- 07.21.2009
- Statistician emerges from numerical vortex with econometrics prize
- 07.20.2009
- Despite economy, alumni help grads find jobs
- 07.16.2009
- University, Fermilab scientists to receive $216,000 in collaborative seed grants
- 07.15.2009
- Structure of crucial anthrax protein revealed
- 07.15.2009
- University startup SmartSignal turns 10
- 07.15.2009
- Chicago Booth study shows confidence in banks growing
- 07.13.2009
- Chicago students again top list of Fulbright winners
- 07.13.2009
- Chemist Greg Engel named outstanding early-career scientist
- 07.09.2009
- Grads earn high marks from Teach For America
- 07.09.2009
- University launches neighborhood mapping project
- 07.08.2009
- Milton Ehre, Russian literature expert, 1933-2009
- 07.02.2009
- Janet Rowley awarded Gruber Genetics Prize for cancer research
- 07.01.2009
- Direct Deposit Now Available for Student Refunds
- 07.01.2009
- John W. Rogers Jr., business and education leader, named chair of the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools board
- 06.30.2009
- O'Hare Airport exhibit provides portal to cosmos
- 06.30.2009
- Chemist Greg Engel named 2009 Searle Scholar
- 06.30.2009
- Astronomer Michael Gladders named 2009 Cottrell Scholar
- 06.30.2009
- Design fosters innovation at Knapp Center
- 06.30.2009
- More than half of CPS teachers leave their schools within five years; African American schools hit hardest
- 06.29.2009
- Gala celebrates a century of social service
- 06.29.2009
- Vitamin-A derivative provides clues to better breast cancer drugs
- 06.25.2009
- Project Exploration offers mammoth-scale summer learning experience
- 06.25.2009
- Streaming sand grains help define essence of a liquid
- 06.24.2009
- John Callaway, distinguished Chicago newsman, 1936-2009
- 06.24.2009
- Investment veteran named University’s Chief Investment Officer
- 06.23.2009
- Anna Lisa Crone, Expert in Russian Literature, 1946-2009
- 06.23.2009
- Cold case techniques bring mummy’s face to life
- 06.22.2009
- University Names New Leader for Harris School
- 06.22.2009
- Argonne, University of Chicago scientists reach milestone in study of emergent magnetism
- 06.19.2009
- Frederick P. Zuspan, M.D. 1922-2009
- 06.17.2009
- Sands of Gobi Desert yield new species of nut-cracking dinosaur
- 06.17.2009
- Meteorite grains divulge Earth’s cosmic roots
- 06.16.2009
- University of Chicago Participates in Yellow Ribbon Program
- 06.12.2009
- New 'electronic glue' promises less expensive semiconductors
- 06.11.2009
- Peter Homans, religious scholar who examined the transformative power of loss in psychology, 1930-2009
- 06.03.2009
- University start-up Midway Pharmaceuticals spotlighted in June 11 Innovation Workshop
- 06.03.2009
- University commemorates Schweitzer visit with concert June 6 and panel discussion June 7
- 05.30.2009
- Deputy Director named for University of Chicago’s Federal Relations Office
- 05.30.2009
- Experts gather at The University of Chicago to make the Economic Case for Investment in Green Economy
- 05.22.2009
- Leon Kass explores search for answers to great questions in the humanities in Jefferson Lecture
- 05.22.2009
- CCSR's executive director confirmed by Senate for top spot at U.S. Institute of Education Sciences
- 05.22.2009
- Survey to Measure Effects of Economic Downturn
- 05.22.2009
- Astronaut shoots Hubble basketball in orbit
- 05.20.2009
- Biological link established between tumors and depression
- 05.19.2009
- William F. Sibley, Japanese Scholar, 1941-2009
- 05.18.2009
- QUIET team to deploy new gravity-wave probe in June
- 05.15.2009
- Meaning of free speech on campus discussed at University of Chicago forum
- 05.14.2009
- Physics Professor Marcela Carena to lecture on science of Angels and Demons May 21
- 05.13.2009
- Media Advisory: Scholars, policymakers to discuss peace prospects in the Middle East
- 05.13.2009
- Miriam Elson, leader in social work education, 1909-2009
- 05.12.2009
- Lab Schools teacher receives Golden Apple award for excellence
- 05.12.2009
- Nimocks appointed Director of Community Partnerships
- 05.07.2009
- Former Alderman and Activist Dies
- 05.06.2009
- Media Advisory: Civic Leaders and Scholars come Together to look at Critical Topics in Community Change in Chicago
- 05.06.2009
- University of Chicago Launches New Workshop Series on Commercializing Innovation May 7
- 05.05.2009
- Howard Margolis, Social Theory Scholar, 1932-2009
- 05.04.2009
- Ancient Persian Archive Digitized with Support of Mellon Foundation
- 04.30.2009
- Nussbaum Receives Prestigious Prize for Law and Philosophy
- 04.30.2009
- Divinity School Conference Examines Changing Demographics of Christianity
- 04.28.2009
- Richard Hellie, Russian historian, 1937-2009
- 04.28.2009
- Keynoter to highlight need for continual change in sustainable education reform
- 04.28.2009
- Roger Myerson Elected to National Academy of Sciences
- 04.28.2009
- Dynes, Karsner and Wright join Board of Governors for Argonne
- 04.24.2009
- Chicago graduates of IB, AP programs in neighborhood high schools keep pace with selective enrollment peers
- 04.23.2009
- Urban food-chain class examines sustainable farms
- 04.21.2009
- Astronaut to carry vintage Hubble basketball into space
- 04.21.2009
- Lecture to Look at the Meaning of Book of Revelation
- 04.21.2009
- Grapefruit juice boosts drug's anti-cancer effects
- 04.20.2009
- Renovated Searle Chemistry Laboratory to reopen June 1
- 04.20.2009
- Marty Center Conference Examines Interplay Between Religion and Culture
- 04.17.2009
- Research fellowship establishes link between University of Chicago and Cambridge University
- 04.15.2009
- University of Chicago Graham School of General Studies responds to professionals' needs in current economy
- 04.15.2009
- Harberger receives 2009 Bradley Prize
- 04.15.2009
- Medical physics pioneer Lester Skaggs, PhD, 1911-2009
- 04.15.2009
- Loan Program Will Help International Students Attend University of Chicago
- 04.14.2009
- Cedric L. Chernick, Science Administrator, 1931-2009
- 04.14.2009
- Research could lead to new non-antibiotic drugs to counter hospital infections
- 04.14.2009
- Cost of Education to Rise 3.5 Percent at University of Chicago
- 04.09.2009
- University of Chicago Conference on the Financial Crisis
- 04.06.2009
- University of Chicago Medical Center and Holy Cross Hospital establish clinical collaboration
- 04.05.2009
- CCSR’s director to be nominated by President Obama for top spot at U.S. Institute of Education Sciences
- 04.02.2009
- Scientists uncover key role in plant immunity
- 04.02.2009
- Study unravels why certain fishes went extinct 65 million years ago
- 04.01.2009
- 'Around the World in 80 Telescopes' webcast to include South Pole Telescope
- 03.31.2009
- Bross Lecturer to Explore Surveillance in the Ancient World
- 03.30.2009
- University of Chicago Student Named 2009 Truman Scholar
- 03.27.2009
- John Hope Franklin, distinguished African American historian, 1915-2009
- 03.25.2009
- Free lecture series to look at world on smallest of scales
- 03.25.2009
- Free screenings to feature film director Nina Paley on April 19, 20
- 03.23.2009
- Leon Kass to deliver the 2009 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities
- 03.23.2009
- Research links evolution of fins and limbs with that of gills
- 03.23.2009
- Pritzker School of Medicine graduates take their next steps as doctors
- 03.20.2009
- Combination of few friends and loneliness linked with poor mental and Physical health among older people
- 03.18.2009
- Betty G. Farrell to Head Cultural Policy Center at the University of Chicago
- 03.17.2009
- Jim Nondorf appointed to top admissions post
- 03.17.2009
- Young dinosaurs roamed together, died together
- 03.16.2009
- New Exhibit Chronicles History of Women at University of Chicago
- 03.13.2009
- Eric Isaacs named director of Argonne National Laboratory
- 03.11.2009
- Everett Vokes appointed chairman of medicine at the University of Chicago Medical Center
- 03.10.2009
- Keith Worsley, statistical analyst of brain images, 1951-2009
- 03.09.2009
- Andrew Alper elected Chairman of the Board of Trustees
- 03.06.2009
- Symposium Looks at Plight of Lower-Income Workers and Possible Remedies
- 03.05.2009
- University of Chicago project will help identify promising projects to fight Chicago gun violence
- 03.03.2009
- Longtime Dean of Admissions Ted O'Neill announces plans to teach full-time
- 03.03.2009
- Conference March 5 and 6 explores importance of Tocqueville
- 03.03.2009
- University of Chicago announces new efforts to strengthen work-life integration
- 03.02.2009
- White House chief economist explains rescue plan at Chicago Booth forum
- 02.27.2009
- Gestures lend a hand to learning mathematics
- 02.24.2009
- 2009 DeLee Humanitarian Award goes to Marshall Lindheimer, MD, of the University of Chicago
- 02.23.2009
- MacArthur Foundation awards planning grant to improve decision-making in energy policy
- 02.20.2009
- Open Access to Scientific Papers May Not Guarantee Wide Dissemination
- 02.19.2009
- William Julius Wilson to deliver annual George E. Kent Lecture at the University of Chicago
- 02.18.2009
- Gomez-Pena Brings "Chicano Cyber Punk" Performance to Mandel Hall
- 02.17.2009
- Cosmologists aim to observe first moments of universe
- 02.16.2009
- Researchers shed new light on connection between brain and loneliness
- 02.15.2009
- Deaf children use hands to invent own way of communicating
- 02.15.2009
- Gomez-Pena presenta el performance "El Ciber-Punk Chicano" en Mandel Hall
- 02.14.2009
- Animals successfully re-learn smell of kin after hibernation
- 02.13.2009
- Why Has Religion Thrived in the Modern Age?
- 02.12.2009
- Children's early gestures have important link to school preparedness
- 02.12.2009
- James Crown to step down as Chairman of the Board of Trustees
- 02.12.2009
- Public support grows for spending on mass transit and infrastructure, National Opinion Research Center survey shows
- 02.10.2009
- Ensemble-in-Residence Pacifica Quartet Wins Grammy
- 02.09.2009
- Astronomers spot cosmic dust fountain
- 02.05.2009
- Census of modern organisms reveals echo of ancient mass extinction
- 02.05.2009
- Oriental Institute Exhibition Recreates Life of Temple Singer
- 02.05.2009
- Margaret Rosenheim, Helen Ross Professor of Social Welfare Policy, School of Social Service Administration, 1926-2009
- 02.05.2009
- Sam Kass, Lab and College alumnus, cooks at the White House
- 01.30.2009
- Paleontologist reflects on Darwinian connections
- 01.30.2009
- Alumnus Ron Huberman Named to Lead Chicago Public Schools
- 01.27.2009
- Aron A. Moscona, PhD, 1921-2009
- 01.26.2009
- Roadkill study could speed detection of kidney cancer
- 01.26.2009
- Solarmer Energy Inc. expects sun to shine on Chicago invention
- 01.21.2009
- Nation’s largest science meeting comes to Chicago Feb. 12-16
- 01.20.2009
- MEDIA ADVISORY: University of Chicago students cover inauguration week
- 01.16.2009
- Sponsored funding for University reaches $424 million in FY 2008
- 01.15.2009
- Conference Examine the Role of Missionaries in a Changing World
- 01.15.2009
- Inaugural Diversity Leadership Award winners reflect King's values
- 01.15.2009
- MEDIA ADVISORY: University of Chicago Students to View and Discuss Presidential Inauguration
- 01.14.2009
- Lowery address to commence Martin Luther King Jr. Week celebration
- 01.14.2009
- The University of Chicago in top ranks for Peace Corps volunteers
- 01.14.2009
- Valerie Jarrett to leave University of Chicago posts for White House
- 01.09.2009
- Michelle Obama Resigns Position at University of Chicago Medical Center
- 01.09.2009
- Susan Sher, Vice President for Legal and Government Affairs at University of Chicago’s Medical Center, to join Obama administration
- 01.09.2009
- University of Chicago names new Chief Safety Officer
- 01.08.2009
- NORC and the Harris School Form Partnership to Operate University of Chicago’s Cultural Policy Center
- 01.08.2009
- BigScience Newswire offers research updates from University of Chicago, Big Ten universities
- 01.08.2009
- Finding alternatives to layoffs
- 01.07.2009