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NATO Schamto! Comics: Philosophy and Practice Conference is Big News

Elysabeth Alfano | Posted 05.22.2012

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Elysabeth Alfano

NATO?! Whatever. The big news of the weekend was the three-day conference at the University of Chicago's new Logan Arts Center, "Comics: Philosophy and Practice," where some of the greatest comics artists and graphic novelists took the stage.

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The Economic Case For Same-Sex Marriage

Bloomberg View | Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Marriage, Video, University of Chicago, President Barack Obama, Household, Wharton School, China, Gay Marriage, North Carolina, Marriage Economics, Family, Business News

From Bloomberg View: The national discussion about same- sex marriage is heating up. Just last week, North Carolina voted to prohibit the practice,...

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Thinking In A Foreign Language Leads To Better Decisions: Study

Posted 04.26.2012

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Researchers at the University of Chicago have found that thinking in a foreign language leads to more rational decisions making, Eurekalert reported. ...

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Artist and Cultural Planner, Theaster Gates

Elysabeth Alfano | Posted 05.19.2012

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Elysabeth Alfano

Theaster brings together the disciplines of ceramics, urban planning and religious studies to focus on the concept of transformation and re-imagining possibilities in his artwork of sculptures made from the gutted materials of his rehabbed home.

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WATCH: University Students Describe Decrepit Dorms, 'Exploding' Toilets

Posted 03.06.2012

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University of Chicago students say a much-beloved on-campus residential building need not be demolished, but that many major repairs are necessary to ...

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Axelrod To Lead U Of C Institute

AP | Posted 01.20.2012

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CHICAGO -- One of President Barack Obama's senior political advisers says he's working his "last campaign" before going to lead a new University of Ch...

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How to Ace the College Interview

Jada Alexander | Posted 03.17.2012

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Jada Alexander

"So tell me, why the University of Chicago?" My interviewer, an alumni of the school, asked me toward the end of our conversation. Here's my answer to the million-dollar question.

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Black Student Performance Gap Widens In Chicago

www.chicagotribune.com | Posted 11.14.2011

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Twenty years of reform efforts and programs targeting low-income families in Chicago Public Schools has only widened the performance gap between white...

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Overthinking The Jersey Shore Academic Conference

The A.V. Club Chicago | AVClubChicago at November 1, 2011 10:05 AM | Posted 01.01.2012

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Perusing the schedule for the recent Jersey Shore Academic Conference at the University of Chicago, a strange thought hit me: I worried that I didn't ...

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U. Chicago Students Hope To Make Bug Eating Mainstream

| Erin Chan Ding | Posted 11.30.2011

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On the top floor of a Hyde Park apartment building, four University of Chicago students sat together on a couch, unfazed by the snacks that lay before...

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Astoria Characters: The Young Man Looking for Love

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 11.06.2011

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Nancy Ruhling

Maki Hirose is full of promise. He just turned 26, but he looks 16. He's so proper that he eats French fries with a fork and cuts melted cheese sandwiches into bite-sized pieces.

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4 Teens Shot Near Mayor's Planned Meeting On South Side

Posted 10.31.2011

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Four teens were wounded Tuesday night in a drive-by shooting in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood--where Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Sen. Dick Durbin and U.S. H...

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How To Get More Women To Study Economics

WSJ | Ben Casselman | Posted 10.24.2011

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By Ben Casselman of The Wall Street Journal How can we get more women to study economics? Try hiring more female economics professors. That’s ...

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Why Obama's Top Economic Adviser Should Be Missed

The Atlantic | MEGAN MCARDLE | Posted 10.10.2011

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Why the White House—and Washington—should miss departing economic adviser Austan Goolsbee....

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The Top 10 Most Studious Schools

Posted 10.08.2011

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In the mood for a six-hour cram session? Princeton Review recently named the schools where the students study the most. Claremont engineering gian...

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Obama's Elitism, Republican Principled Ignorance and the Debt Ceiling Debate

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 09.24.2011

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Lincoln Mitchell

Should the U.S. not increase its debt ceiling, the country will likely face higher interest rates, another spike in joblessness, inability to pay basic expenses, and, almost inevitably, higher taxes in the not too distant future.

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Preparing Teachers for a Lifetime in the Classroom

Justin Snider | Posted 08.30.2011

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Justin Snider

Arne Duncan and President Barack Obama share a sense of urgency that the United States must do much more to ensure that every student is taught by a highly effective teacher.

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The 10 Private Colleges With The Largest Endowments

The Huffington Post | Lindsay Dittman | Posted 08.30.2011

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On Tuesday, U.S. News and World Report published a list of the ten private universities with the largest financial endowments in fiscal year 2009, wi...

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U Chicago's Newest Fellow

Bloomberg | Posted 08.28.2011

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Henry M. Paulson Jr., former U.S. Treasury secretary, will join the University of Chicago as a senior fellow and start an independent institute locate...

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Top Obama Economic Adviser To Resign

AP | Posted 08.06.2011

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WASHINGTON — Austan Goolsbee, a longtime adviser to President Barack Obama, will resign his post as the chairman of the Council of Economic Advi...

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Obama's Chief Economist Considers Leaving White House

Bloomberg | Hans Nichols | Posted 08.06.2011

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President Barack Obama’s chief economist, Austan Goolsbee, is considering resigning and returning to the University of Chicago where his leave as a ...

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Daley Takes University Of Chicago Job

Posted 07.24.2011

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Even after announcing that he would not run again for Chicago mayor, few were convinced that Richard M. Daley would turn into a laid back retiree. ...

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My Response to the Fed's IG

Robert Auerbach | Posted 07.23.2011

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Robert Auerbach

Robert Auerbach's response to the Federal Reserve's IG request.

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The Batcave For Book Readers

Inside Higher Ed | Posted 07.18.2011

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Below the surface of the University of Chicago lies a facility -- concealed under an impressive piece of modern architecture -- that houses the wisdom...

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Does The University Of Chicago Have A Masturbation Problem?

Chicagoist | Karl Klockars | Posted 07.17.2011

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It's the kind of thing that's just believable enough to be true, just disgusting enough to be shocking (and amusing), and just official-looking to be....

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