A Conversation with James Dewey Watson
James Dewey Watson, PhB'46, SB'47, won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering the structure of DNA and remains one of the most influential researchers in the field of genetics. Back on campus to receive the 2007 University of C...
Fermi Remembered
Nobel Laureate and scientific luminary Enrico Fermi (1901-54) was a pioneering nuclear physicist whose contributions to the field were numerous, profound, and lasting. His legacy continues to color the character of the sciences at the University of Ch...
Reflections on Milton Friedman
Milton Friedman, AM'33, who joined the University of Chicago economics faculty in 1946 and won the 1976 Nobel Prize in Economics, was perhaps the most influential economist of the 20th Century. His death in November 2006 gave rise to widespread consid...
Saul Bellow: The Man, the Writer
Saul Bellow, the 1976 Nobel Laureate in Literature, attended both the College and graduate school at the University of Chicago and was a member of the faculty for more than 30 years. One of the most influential novelists of the 20th Century, Bellow ce...
Alumni Convocation 2007
The annual Alumni Convocation celebrates University tradition and alumni achievement. Nobel Laureate James Dewey Watson, PhB'46, SB'47, was presented with the 2007 Alumni Medal and gave the convocation address.
Preventing HIV in Africa: Understanding Sexual Behavior Change
Roughly 25 million people in sub-Saharan Africa are infected with HIV, and the number is growing. Since 9095 percent of HIV infections in Africa result from heterosexual sex,understanding changes in heterosexual behavior in response to rising HIV rate...
Confessions of an Imperialist Princess: the Poetics (the habit) of Conquest
Peg Boyers was born in 1952 in San Tomé, Venezuela. She spent her first twelve years of school in twelve locations—including Havana, Cuba, Pakambaru, Indonesia, Venice, Italy and Tripoli, Libya— not to mention a year without any school at all and...
The First Biennial Norman Cutler Conference on South Asian Literature (Part 5)
The Norman Cutler Conference on South Asian Literature (COSAL) honors the life and work of the late Norman Cutler, former Professor of Tamil in the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations.The purposes of the conference are:* to create an ...
The First Biennial Norman Cutler Conference on South Asian Literature (Part 4)
The Norman Cutler Conference on South Asian Literature (COSAL) honors the life and work of the late Norman Cutler, former Professor of Tamil in the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations.The purposes of the conference are:* to create an ...
The First Biennial Norman Cutler Conference on South Asian Literature (Part 3)
The Norman Cutler Conference on South Asian Literature (COSAL) honors the life and work of the late Norman Cutler, former Professor of Tamil in the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations.The purposes of the conference are:* to create an ...