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Bellow By Way of Bellow

Tom Teicholz | Posted 04.22.2013 | Books
Read More: Nobel Prize, Saul Bellow, Herzog, Gregory Bellow, University of Chicago, Augie March, Wolpe, Dangling Man, Rabbi Wolpe, Bellow & the Holocaust, Books News
Tom Teicholz

That children of the famous write memoirs is common; that they have insight is less so. This comes to mind because on April 25, Writers Bloc presents "Saul Bellow & The Holocaust: Gregory Bellow With Rabbi David Wolpe," on the occasion of the publication of Saul Bellow's Heart: A Son's Memoir.

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The Great Chicago 50 Ward-50 Bar Project

Matthew Bailey | Posted 04.04.2013 | Chicago
Read More: Booze, Bars, Binge Drinking, Chicago Aldermen, Drinking, Chicago Neighborhoods, Chicago, University of Chicago, 2chainz, Chicago News
Matthew Bailey

I am about to embark on a grand Chicago voyage... In my eternal effort to better comprehend this place, I'll be visiting and drinking in all the 50 wards.

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Middle-Income Households Save Less As Highest Paid Americans Earn More: Study

The Huffington Post | Caroline Fairchild | Posted 03.28.2013 | Business
Read More: 1 Percent, Top 1 Percent, Research, University of Chicago, Income Inequality, Consumption Inequality, Business News

Next time you find yourself staring at an empty savings account, feel free to blame the era you live in. Middle-income households would have saved ...

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Our Public-Private Partnership President

Michael Likosky | Posted 05.15.2013 | Politics
Read More: Kirsten Gillibrand, University of Chicago, National Export Initiative, Barack Obama, Politics News
Michael Likosky

In his State of the Union Address, President Obama embraced public-private partnerships. This was treated as a departure. However, no president to-date has embraced partnerships as whole heartedly as Obama has.

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The Best Law Schools -- Or Are They!?

Posted 03.13.2013 | College
Read More: US News Best Law Schools, Best Law Schools 2014, University of Chicago, College Rankings, Northwestern University, Duke University, Law Schools, Best Law Schools, Video, Columbia University, Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, University of California-Berkeley, US News Ranking, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Cornell University, Georgetown University, US News & World Report, Yale University, Stanford University, University of Virginia, New York University, College News

The all-important (or irrelevant, depending on who you ask) U.S. News & World Report rankings of the top law schools for 2014 were released Tuesday. ...

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U Of C Washington Park Arts Incubator Opens

Posted 03.09.2013 | Chicago
Read More: University of Chicago Theaster Gates, University of Chicago, Chicago Arts, University of Chicago Washington Park Arts Incubator, University of Chicago Washington Park, University of Chicago Arts, Chicago Around Town, Theaster Gates, University of Chicago Theaster Gates Incubator, Chicago News

Story by Sam Cholke, via DNAinfo Chicago: WASHINGTON PARK — The University of Chicago celebrated the opening of its new Arts Incubator Friday mor...

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Are You College-Age?

Susan Henking | Posted 05.09.2013 | College
Read More: Carnegie System, Child Prodigy, University of Chicago, Early Entrant, The New Normal, Non-Traditional College Students, Early Entrance, High School, Robert Maynard Hutchins, University of Michigan, College-Age, Shimer, College News
Susan Henking

To be college-age, like being a college student more generally, is a historical phenomenon: neither stable nor ever entirely new. American higher education began with no age requirement.

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Let's Get One Million Kids Cooking

Linda Novick O'Keefe | Posted 05.08.2013 | Impact
Read More: Walmart, Family-Cooking, Homaru Cantu, Walmart Foundation, Kitchen, Miami News, University of Texas, Chicago South Side, Childhood Obesity, Gun Violence, Chicago, Nutrition Education, Chicago Gun Violence, Hadiya Pendleton Death, Kids Cooking, Community-Based Organizations, Family, Chef Art Smith, Food Marketing Institute, University of Chicago, Healthy Lifestyle, Kids-Cooking-School, Nonprofits, Washington DC, Art Smith, Students, Los Angeles, Music-for-Kids, Chicago Gang Violence, New York City, Jesus-Salgueiro, Meal Planning, Cooking, Common Threads, Food, Hadiya Pendleton, Miami-Dade, Chicago Impact, Impact News
Linda Novick O'Keefe

Our vision is to be a change agent, industry and thought leader in promoting wellness in the fight against childhood obesity. We have an incredible call list of friends, activators, influencers and doers across the globe ready to join us in making this vision become a reality.

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UChicago's Indiana Jones Mystery Solved

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 12.18.2012 | College
Read More: Uchicago Indiana Jones, Uchicago, University of Chicago Indiana Jones, Mysterious Indiana Jones Package, Indiana Jones, Indiana Jones Package, University of Chicago, College News

The mystery of the Indiana Jones mail delivery has been solved. The University of Chicago received a strange package last week addressed to "Henry ...

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PHOTOS: Indiana Jones 'Prank' Bemuses School Officials

The Huffington Post | Ryan Grenoble | Posted 12.13.2012 | College
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The University of Chicago bookstore may want to stock up on bullwhips, fedoras and leather jackets. And if they have access to the Ark of the Covenant...

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The 10 Highest Paid Private College Presidents

AP | JUSTIN POPE | Posted 12.09.2012 | College
Read More: New School, College Presidents Pay, Lee C. Bollinger, University of Chicago, University of Southern California, College President Salary, Highest Paid College Presidents, Highest Paid Private College Presidents, Columbia University, Richard Levin, Salary, Bob Kerrey, Yale University, Private College Presidents Salary, College Presidents, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Wilmington University, Private Colleges, College News

-- Compensation for private college presidents has continued to drift upward, while the number crossing the $1 million barrier – a signal of pr...

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7 Tips For Hot Sex Over 60

The Huffington Post | Shelley Emling | Posted 11.16.2012 | Fifty
Read More: Hot Sex, Hot Sex After 60, Senior Sex, University of Chicago, Hot Sex Over 60, Viagra, Joan Price, Love Post50, Sex Over 60, Sex, Couples Sex, Sex at 60, Fifty News

If you believe the studies, there is a LOT of action going on between the sheets among those over 60 -- and even among those over 70 and 80. A large b...

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Impulsive Behavior At The Root Of Youth Gun Violence

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 12.11.2012 | Chicago
Read More: Murder, Gun Violence, Arrests, Education, Youth, Homicide, University of Chicago, Chicago, African American, Crime, University of Chicago Crime Lab, Violence, High School Dropouts, School, Urban, Chicago News
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

By: Robyn Gee Chicago just hit its 400th murder of 2012, according to the New York Times. The University of Chicago Crime Lab reports that more black...

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Peruse These Hunting Grounds for Your Fellow Intellectuals

Nick Kolakowski | Posted 11.19.2012 | Books
Read More: Milan Kundera, How to Become an Intellectual, Public Intellectuals, Modest Mouse, University of Chicago, D.H. Lawrence, Comedy, Dating, Books News
Nick Kolakowski

If you're looking for another intellectual with whom to swap theories, feelings and the occasional cold virus, the following places could serve you well in your hunt.

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The 10 Most Gay-Friendly Schools

Unigo | Posted 11.10.2012 | College
Read More: Sarah Lawrence College, University of Vermont, Bennington College, Nyu, Uvm, LGBT Issues, University of Chicago, Amherst, UC Berkeley, College Rankings, Amherst College, Lgbt, LGBT Community, Emerson College, College, Brown University, LGBT Rights, Uchicago, Slidepollajax, New York University, Syracuse, College News
Unigo

Students from these schools were far from shy about showing their pride in support of the LGBT community on campus. In one of our favorite list names...

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Detroit's Education Manifesto

Dan Varner | Posted 10.28.2012 | Detroit
Read More: Test Scores, Detroit Community, Detroi Education, Detroit Schools, University of Chicago, Detroit Public Schools, Detroit Around Town, Uix Detroit, Education Speaker Series Detroit, Innovation in Education Speaker Series, Uix, Model D Speaker Series, Urban Innovation Exchange, Detroit Events, Model D, YouthVille Detroit, Detroit News
Dan Varner

Qualitative measures like school appearance, safety and openness to parents and community are essential to any school becoming a neighborhood anchor and are also, quite measurable.

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Hope Springs for Midwest Couple Meryl Streep & Tommy Lee Jones

Lonna Saunders | Posted 10.20.2012 | Chicago
Read More: Charlie Sheen, Erich Segal Love Story, Martin Sheen, Vanessa Taylor, Nora Ephron, Meryl Streep, Hope-Springs-Movie, Vice President Al Gore, Tommy Lee Jones, Ali Mcgraw, Ryan O'Neal, Wellesley College, Dartmouth College, University of Chicago, Gwyneth Paltrow, Blythe Danner, Steve Carell, Chicago News
Lonna Saunders

For anyone who has ever wanted a second chance at love with the same partner, Hope Springs starring a midwestern couple played by Meryl Streep (Kay) and Tommy Lee Jones (Arnold), is your movie.

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What It's Like to Play Basketball With Obama

Tucker Max | Posted 10.15.2012 | Politics
Read More: Obama Basketball, Basketball, University of Chicago, President, Barack Obama, Playing Basketball With Obama, Tucker Max, Politics News
Tucker Max

I have been asked about playing basketball with Obama probably 500 times. People pepper me with questions about him. The problem is I didn't know Barack Obama as a person, only as a basketball player. But, the scouting report on Barack Obama's pick-up game skills? That I can do.

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America's Top Colleges: Forbes List

Forbes | Michael Noer | Posted 08.01.2012 | College
Read More: Best Universities, Westpoint, Colleges in California, University of Chicago, Best Colleges 2012, Best Colleges List, Stanford, Slideexpand, Forbes, Yale, Best College, Best Private Colleges, Forbes Top Colleges, Princeton, Best US Colleges, Top Colleges, Columbia University, Teen-College-Bts, Harvard University, Williams College, Forbes List, The Best Colleges, College News

College is outrageously expensive. Four years at an elite, private school like the University of Chicago (#4) or Stanford (#3) costs more than a quart...

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Pat Navin's Courageous Fundraising Bike Ride

Jeff Kelly Lowenstein | Posted 09.26.2012 | Chicago
Read More: Cancer, Pat Navin, Stanley Liauw, Fundraising, University of Chicago, Lance Armstrong, Chicago Impact, Chicago News
Jeff Kelly Lowenstein

Pat Navin exhibits an extraordinary display of guts and resistance in the face of a relentless disease that has among its many consequences the literal erosion of one's physical being.

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10 College Classes You WISH Your University Offered

Kinne Chapin | Posted 09.23.2012 | College
Read More: Colby College, Connecticut College, Occidental College, Liberal Arts Education, University of Chicago, College, Colgate, Georgetown University, Brown University, Elon, Emory, Macalester, Class, College News
Kinne Chapin

Women in American Popular Comedy: That's right, SNL fans. Colby offers a course where you are encouraged to watch clips of Tina Fey proclaiming that she can see Russia from her house.

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Pioneer Physician And Gastroenterology Specialist Dies At Age 102

AP | Posted 09.07.2012 | Chicago
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CHICAGO -- Dr. Joseph Kirsner, a pioneer in the field of digestive system disorders, died from kidney failure at his home in Chicago on Saturday. He w...

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If You Build It, Will They Come?

2012-02-16-archdailyreal.jpg | Posted 07.05.2012 | Home
Read More: Video, University of Chicago, Set in Stone Report, Set in Stone Report 2012, Cultural Centers, Set in Stone, University of Chicago Set in Stone Report, Culture, Home News

By Vanessa Quirk click here for original article The TAUBMAN MUSEUM OF ART in Roanoke, Virginia, USA, one of the Case Studies of the Set in Ston...

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Obama's Presidential Library Still Without A Home

Huffington Post | Sahaj Kohli | Posted 06.28.2012 | College
Read More: Presidential Library, University of Chicago, Barack Obama, University of Hawaii, Faculty Debate, College News

The University of Chicago is embroiled in a campus-wide debate regarding whether or not to bring Barack Obama’s presidential library to its campus. ...

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WATCH: Child Prodigy M.D. Graduates From U Of C

Posted 06.10.2012 | Chicago
Read More: Youngest Md Graduates, Sho Yano University of Chicago, Md, Video, College Graduation, University of Chicago, Sho Yano Graduates, Pritzker School of Medicine, Sho Yano, Sho Yano Md, Chicago News

The University of Chicago on Friday presented a diploma to 21-year-old Sho Yano, its youngest M.D. ever. Yano told the Chicago Sun-Times last week ...

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