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Community Garden At Risk

Jamie Kalven | Posted 04.30.2009 | Chicago

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The garden has remained a border institution: common ground shared by residents of Woodlawn and Hyde Park

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Daniel Biss: Math Professor Who Gave Up Career To Run For Office Offers Lessons On Progressive Movement

Progress Illinois | Daniel Biss | Posted 03.04.2009 | Chicago

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As you probably know, math professors don't usually up and run for office. And yet, starting in the spring of 2007, I - an assistant professor of math...

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Michelle Obama and the Covert Influence of First Ladies

Carl Sferrazza Anthony | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

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As memories of Inauguration Day 2009 begin to fade in and the new administration ensues, speculation will only increase about how politically influential Michelle Obama will be as First Lady.

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University Of Chicago Launching Coed Dorm Rooms

Chicago Tribune | Sara Olkon | Posted 01.20.2009 | Chicago

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The University of Chicago, proud home of Nobel laureates, will undertake a bold experiment in chemistry: coed dorm rooms. The pilot program allowing ...

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University Of Chicago Loses Bid For $550M Particle Accelerator

Crain's Chicago Business | Lorene Yue | Posted 01.11.2009 | Chicago

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Argonne National Laboratory lost its bid for a government project that would have generated hundreds of jobs and brought millions of dollars to the st...

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University Of Chicago Bids For $550M Particle Accelerator

Chicago Maroon | Louise Lerner | Posted 01.01.2009 | Chicago

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The University is competing to win a $550-million contract from the Department of Energy (DOE) to build a new nuclear physics facility at Argonne Nati...

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University Of Chicago Bracing For Budget Cuts

Crain's Chicago Business | Steve Strahler | Posted 12.27.2008 | Chicago

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The University of Chicago is bracing for budget cuts that could arrive as soon as the start of the new year. Administrators have been ordered to outl...

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You Decide: The Great Latke Hamantash Debate At The University Of Chicago

The Newberger Hillel Center | Posted 12.26.2008 | Chicago

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Come see the debate that REALLY matters!! Listen as four UChicago Professors battle it out over the eternal quest for gastronomic greatness! This yea...

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Hyde Park Debates Obama Effect

Crain's Chicago Business | Steven R. Strahler | Posted 12.11.2008 | Chicago

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Hyde Park, a neighborhood that sets itself studiously apart, soon will be shoved into the international spotlight. With local resident Barack Obama h...

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University Of Chicago To Rename Business School After $300M Donor

Chicago Tribune | Greg Burns | Posted 12.07.2008 | Chicago

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A financier who made a fortune in the investment business using ideas developed at the University of Chicago has donated $300 million to the graduate ...

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Adversity and Comedy, the Venerable Studs

Rob Warden | Posted 12.02.2008 | Chicago

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True to form, Studs could turn his malady into something of a comedy routine.

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Milton Friedman Debate Continues To Roil University Of Chicago

Chi-Town Daily News | Peter Sachs | Posted 11.24.2008 | Chicago

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The first faculty-wide senate meeting of its kind in 24 years could take place by the end of the year at the University of Chicago as a controversy co...

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If You Doubt That There Is a Healthcare Crisis, Come to Michigan

Harold Pollack | Posted 11.18.2008 | Politics

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Of Detroit's 42 hospitals that operated in 1960, four remain. Locals know a thing or two about the agony of auto plant closings. Local hospital closings are also a heavy blow.

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University Of Chicago Clashes Over Milton Friedman

Bloomberg | Oliver Staley and John Lippert | Posted 11.16.2008 | Chicago

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Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Professors at the University of Chicago say a proposed $200 million research center named for Milton Friedman, the late economi...

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Robie House Closing For Repairs November 1

Chicago Maroon | William N. Kent | Posted 11.14.2008 | Chicago

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The Robie House, a national landmark built by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, will reduce its public tour hours for one year, starting November...

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University Of Chicago To Debate Friedman Institute

Crain's Chicago Business | Steven R. Strahler | Posted 11.14.2008 | Chicago

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A controversial move to establish a Milton Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago will be debated Wednesday by the first formal meeting of th...

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University Of Chicago Professor Wins Nobel Prize In Physics

AP | Posted 11.07.2008 | Chicago

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STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- A University of Chicago professor today was awarded half the Nobel Prize in physics for discoveries in the world of subatomic phy...

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Sticking it to Milton

David Hoyt | Posted 11.02.2008 | Chicago

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One can't help but be struck by the irony of the fact. Just when the academic disciplines most influenced by Milton Friedman came together to praise him in 2007, a year after his death, it looks like the rest of the world may wind up burying him in practice.

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Seven Greatest Fictional University Of Chicago Graduates

Posted 10.30.2008 | Chicago

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Classes begin at the University of Chicago this week and to mark the start graduate student Michael Sherrin compiled a list of the 7 greatest fiction...

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Neighbors Debate U. of C. Expansion Into Washington Park

Chicago Public Radio | Natalie Moore | Posted 10.20.2008 | Chicago

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The University of Chicago's foray into the Washington Park neighborhood is being met with a mix of skepticism and anticipation. For decades, Washingto...

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Scalia: U. Of C. Law Is Too Liberal

Chicago Sun-Times | Abdon M. Pallasch | Posted 10.18.2008 | Chicago

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On the eve of today's 221st anniversary of the U.S. Constitution's adoption, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia told conservative lawyers in Ch...

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U. Of C. Land Grab?

Chicago Tribune | Susan Chandler | Posted 10.13.2008 | Chicago

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The University of Chicago is one of the South Side's biggest landlords, so when it starts acquiring land in a new area, people notice--even if the uni...

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David Axelrod: A Tale of Two Firms

Howard Wolinsky | Posted 10.10.2008 | Chicago

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ASK is known for "Astroturfing," manufacturing grassroots support and using traditional strategies used to elect politicians to promote public policy. ASK draws the line at working for anyone who wants to get elected.

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U of C Ends $2.4 Billion Fundraising Campaign

Crain's Chicago Business | Steven R. Strahler | Posted 09.11.2008 | Chicago

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The University of Chicago said Monday it has completed a $2.4-billion fundraising campaign after a nine-year effort that took much longer than expect...

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