Designing a Hospital to Better Fight Infection
<p>Asst. Prof. Emily Landon discusses three-year study of how UChicago’s Center for Care and Discovery can better examine bacteria in hospitals</p>
The failure of constitutional torture prohibitions
Article co-written by Asst. Prof. Adam Chilton examines why torture persists, in spite of Constitutional prohibitions
Atomic Labs Across the U.S. Race to Stop Iran
Article cites Argonne National Laboratory’s redesign of Iran’s nuclear reactor at Arak, which was lauded for shutting ‘down the plutonium pathway’
Opponents of Gay Marriage Ponder Strategy as Issue Reaches Supreme Court
Article cites Assoc. Prof. Gerald N. Rosenberg, who says backlash against gay marriage movement has been softened by a change in public opinion
Digging Up the Root of Carbon Dating
Article profiles University of Chicago Prof. Willard Libby, who discovered technique for carbon dating in 1947
Spike Lee Film "Chiraq" Triggers Black-On-Black Violence Debate
Assoc. Prof. Waldo Johnson says term ‘Chiraq’ could draw attention to gun violence by describing experiences of city youth
The key ingredient to having groupthink-free meetings is leadership
In op-ed, Prof. Reid Hastie discusses his research on efficient meetings that don’t succumb to ‘groupthink’
Genomes carry a heavy burden
Graduate student Ziyue Gao leads study, which finds human genome contains mutations that can cause early death, infertility in offspring
Nature
Harry Hoffner, scholar on ancient Hittite civilization, dies at 80
Prof. Harry Hoffner remembered as world-renowned scholar of ancient languages and creator of influential Hittite dictionary
New University of Oregon president: Michael Schill, law dean at U of Chicago
Prof. Michael Schill, dean of the Law School, named president of the University of Oregon
The Oregonian