U. of C. Gets Record $44M Donation, Will Name New Dorm After Donor
University of Chicago names residence hall in honor of College alumna Renee Granville-Grossman
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Closing the Math Gap for Boys
Report by UChicago Urban Education Lab, Crime Lab shows Match program reduces math course failures by more than 50 percent
Anxious Leaders Make Better Decisions
Cass Sunstein and Prof. Reid Hastie publish book challenging the idea that group decisions are better than individual ones
Tribune poll: Chicago voters like Obama library park land push
Poll shows that Chicago voters overwhelmingly support plan to use public parkland for the Obama Presidential Library
Jumping DNA and the Evolution of Pregnancy
Research by Prof. Vincent Lynch sheds light on how 'completely novel' pregnancy mechanics came to be in mammals
To Heighten Creativity, Take a Good Look at Your Selves
Article cites research by postdoctoral fellow Sarah Gaither, which found creativity is boosted by thinking of one’s social roles
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The Intriguing New Science That Could Change Your Mind About Rats
Experiments on rats by Prof. Peggy Mason, postdoctoral researcher Inbal Ben-Ami Bartal shed light on the nature of empathy
University of Chicago: Locate Obama library where first family has a history
In op-ed, Prof. John Mark Hansen argues theSouth Side sites for Obama presidential library have advantages no other site can claim
Did U Know: Lamassu
Video features the Oriental Institute’s ‘Lamassu,’ a giant statue of an Assyrian protective spirit
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The Pursuit of Beauty
Prof. Matthew Emerton recalls meeting mathematician Yitang Zhang, who solved long-standing problem of 'bound gaps'
