Engaging parents: A new school 'report card' tells parents what they need to know
Editorial encourages parents to read the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research's report cards of city schools

Another Reason to Avoid His Friends
Prof. Edward Laumann's research shows how a man's sex life may suffer if a partner is too close to his friends

Chicago schools begin Tuesday under ‘Rahm Emanuel Generation’
Tim Knowles, director of UEI, encouraged that Chicago Public Schools looking at 'common core' learning standards for curriculum

Post-9-11 'new normal' looks much like old
NORC/AP poll finds 15 percent of Americans see high risk of being attacked where they live

Critical Thinking: Assyrian Dictionary Project (Part 2)
Profs. Robert Biggs and Martha Roth discuss the 90-year-old research project
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Tohoku Tsunami Created Icebergs In Antarctica
Prof. Doug MacAyeal says activity 8,000 miles from Japanese quake site shows how Earth systems are connected
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Booth startups net $85 million — a record for U of C biz school
Eleven companies receive venture funding in the past year

Beneath this bubble, a book-storing marvel
Architect Helmut Jahn's ambitious design of the new Joe and Rika Mansueto Library praised as "convention-busting"

Molecular engineering school coming to U of C
Founding director Matthew Tirrell says Institute for Molecular Engineering could become nucleus for industrial development
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University of Chicago launches new engineering program
Matthew Tirrell named Founding Pritzker Director of Institute for Molecular Engineering
