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William B. Johnson, Trustee Emeritus, 1918-2013 16 May 2013 | 10:28 pm
William B. Johnson, University Trustee Emeritus and former chairman and chief executive officer of IC Industries, died April 24 in Lake Forest, Ill., following a stroke at the age of 94. Johnson joi...
University to bestow five honorary degrees at 515th Convocation 15 May 2013 | 09:43 pm
The University of Chicago will present honorary degrees to five distinguished scholars during the 515th Convocation on Saturday, June 15 on the Main Quadrangle. The honorary degree recipients are ma...
Museum director Ghez, architect Gang to receive Benton, Rosenberger medals 15 May 2013 | 09:29 pm
The University will award the Benton Medal for Distinguished Public Service to the innovative museum director and art curator Susanne Ghez, and the Jesse L. Rosenberger Medal to the celebrated archite...
Physical Sciences Division honors three graduate students for exceptional teaching 15 May 2013 | 06:58 pm
The winners of the 2013 Physical Sciences Teaching Prize are Jonathan Raybin, Chemistry; Gustav Larsson, Computer Science; and Michael Laskin, Physics. Each year, the Physical Sciences Collegiate D...
Record proportion of admitted College students choose UChicago 15 May 2013 | 04:26 pm
A record 55 percent of admitted students chose to join the College’s incoming Class of 2017, a rise of 9 percentage points from last year, with a large increase from Chicago students who will benefit ...
UChicago to evaluate effects of increased math tutoring in Chicago Public Schools 14 May 2013 | 10:54 pm
Up to 1,000 adolescent boys in 12 Chicago Public Schools will receive individualized, daily math tutoring in their regular school day beginning next fall, as part of a new UChicago-supported program d...
New PhD program in molecular engineering marks historic first for UChicago 14 May 2013 | 04:00 pm
The University of Chicago will offer an engineering PhD for the first time, emphasizing the development of solutions to technological problems of society based on molecular-level science. “Tradition...
David Axelrod appointed distinguished senior fellow at Chicago Harris 13 May 2013 | 08:42 pm
As the University of Chicago Institute of Politics builds upon an eventful first year of discussions and programming, Director David Axelrod has been appointed a distinguished senior fellow at the Har...
Community meeting to discuss proposed updates for 5757 S. University Avenue 13 May 2013 | 08:20 pm
The University of Chicago invites members of the community to a public meeting on Wednesday, May 15, to discuss proposed project updates for 5757 S. University Ave. (formerly the Chicago Theological S...
Two faculty members receive Guggenheim Fellowships 10 May 2013 | 09:15 pm
This year, two faculty members at the University of Chicago have received John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowships: Philip V. Bohlman, the Mary Werkman Distinguished Service Professor of ...
