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Released: 11-Dec-2015 12:05 PM EST
UChicago Welcomes Jiwoong Park to Chemistry, Molecular Engineering Faculty
University of Chicago

The University of Chicago’s Department of Chemistry and Institute of Molecular Engineering have jointly appointed Jiwoong Park as a faculty member. He will start the position on July 1, 2016.

Released: 9-Dec-2015 5:05 PM EST
Project to Examine Extremist Organizations’ Social and Neurological Influence
University of Chicago

A new UChicago study will bring together political scientists, neuroscientists and psychologists to examine the neurological processes that create sympathy toward extremist groups, in an effort to determine how cultures of martyrdom mobilize support for violence, especially suicide attacks.

Released: 9-Dec-2015 1:05 PM EST
New Nanomanufacturing Technique Advances Imaging, Biosensing Technology
University of Chicago

Advances in nanolensing would make possible extremely high-resolution imaging or biological sensing.

Released: 7-Dec-2015 9:05 AM EST
Men’s Interest in Babies Linked with Hormonal Responses to Sexually Explicit Material
University of Chicago

Young men’s interest in babies is specifically associated with their physiological reactivity to sexually explicit material, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.

Released: 3-Dec-2015 6:00 AM EST
UChicago Science of Learning Center Seeks to Remove Walls Between Research, Practice
University of Chicago

Understanding how people learn, and developing real-world learning tools — especially for children from high poverty communities, who tend to underperform in school — is the goal of the new University of Chicago Science of Learning Center. The overarching goal of the center is bring cutting edge research findings to bear on real world learning problems.

Released: 30-Nov-2015 11:05 AM EST
Looking at Chicago’s Experience with Mixed-Income Public Housing
University of Chicago

Chicago and many other cities around the world have turned to mixed-income housing as a strategy to provide housing for low-income people. That approach received a closer look in a new book that examines public housing transformation in Chicago.

18-Nov-2015 9:00 AM EST
Strange Quantum Phenomenon Achieved at Room Temperature in Semiconductor Wafers
University of Chicago

Researchers in David Awschalom’s group at the University of Chicago have demonstrated that macroscopic entanglement can be generated at room temperature and in a small magnetic field.

Released: 12-Nov-2015 5:05 PM EST
Software Architect’s Book a Comprehensive Guide to Developing Android Apps
University of Chicago

An accomplished software architect, Adam Gerber focuses primarily on software engineering for enterprise Java and Android development. Recently, he co-authored a programming how-to book, Learn Android Studio: Build Android Apps Quickly and Effectively

Released: 11-Nov-2015 5:05 PM EST
New Women’s Leadership Education Program at Harris School Welcomes White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett
University of Chicago

CHICAGO – Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama and chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls, will visit the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy’s Women in Public Leadership (WIPL) program, Rebecca Sive, the program’s academic director, announced today.

5-Nov-2015 10:00 AM EST
Religious Upbringing Associated with Less Altruism, Study Finds
University of Chicago

Children from religious families were less likely to share with others than were children from non-religious families. A religious upbringing also was associated with more punitive tendencies in response to anti-social behavior.

Released: 3-Nov-2015 11:05 AM EST
Expanding Opportunities for Graduate Students
University of Chicago

The University of Chicago's newly launched Graduate Global Impact internship program offers short-term internship and externship opportunities to graduate students and postdocs.

Released: 30-Oct-2015 4:05 PM EDT
Leo Kadanoff, Leading Figure in Theoretical Physics, 1937-2015
University of Chicago

Theoretical physicist Leo Kadanoff, who transformed theory and practice across scientific disciplines, died of respiratory failure on Oct. 26 in Chicago. He was 78.

Released: 29-Oct-2015 5:05 PM EDT
New Concepts Emerge for Generating Clean, Inexpensive Fuel From Water
University of Chicago

An inexpensive method for generating clean fuel is the modern-day equivalent of the philosopher’s stone. One compelling but challenging idea is to use solar energy to split water into its constituent hydrogen and oxygen and then harvest the hydrogen for use as fuel.

Released: 28-Oct-2015 11:05 AM EDT
At UChicago, Filmmaker Agnes Varda Reflects on an Eclectic Career
University of Chicago

Iconic French filmmaker Agnes Varda reflected on her career during a week in residence at UChicago, where she delivered lectures and participated in public conversations about her films.

Released: 26-Oct-2015 2:05 PM EDT
Young Scholars Program Offers Rich Mathematics Education
University of Chicago

More than 2,000 students from grades 7 through 12 have participated in the Young Scholars Program since its founding at the University of Chicago in 1988.

Released: 20-Oct-2015 1:05 PM EDT
Alumni Trio’s Stationary Exerciser Moves Forward
University of Chicago

Office workers who are fed up with sitting down can now discreetly work out at their desks thanks to University of Chicago alumnus Arnav Dalmia’s invention, Cubii. A smart under-the-desk elliptical, Cubii is being launched in connection with Chicago Ideas Week, Oct. 12 to 18.

Released: 15-Oct-2015 12:05 PM EDT
College Enhances Support for First-Generation Students
University of Chicago

UChicago’s Class of 2019 represents a roughly 40 percent increase in the number of students who are the first in their families to pursue higher education—an all-time high. The University is doing more than ever to support those students’ success throughout their time in the College.

Released: 15-Oct-2015 12:05 PM EDT
Raghavan Narasimhan, Analytically Deft Mathematician, 1937-2015
University of Chicago

Prof. Emeritus Raghavan Narasimhan, known for his analytical prowess in a distinguished career of more than four decades on the UChicago mathematics faculty, died Oct. 3 at Bernard Mitchell Hospital after a brief illness. He was 78.

Released: 14-Oct-2015 12:05 PM EDT
UN Exec Ertharin Cousin to Kick Off University of Chicago Women in Public Leadership Program, November 16, 2015
University of Chicago

Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme, will be the guest speaker at the kick-off of the University of Chicago’s inaugural Women in Public Leadership (WIPL) program on Nov. 16.

Released: 12-Oct-2015 4:05 PM EDT
UChicago Urban Labs Announces $2.15 Million in Grants to Test Policy Innovations
University of Chicago

Timothy Knowles, the Pritzker Director of UChicago Urban Labs, announced on Oct. 12 the winners of $2.15 million in Innovation Challenge grants from the UChicago Health, Poverty and Energy & Environment Labs. The winners have proposed innovative solutions to challenging urban policy problems.

Released: 12-Oct-2015 7:00 AM EDT
Collaborative Research Project to Examine Sources of Happiness and Personal Fulfillment
University of Chicago

A new research project at the University of Chicago and University of South Carolina will bring together scholars from different fields to study the factors that bring about deep happiness and a sense of meaning in one’s life.

Released: 9-Oct-2015 2:00 PM EDT
Scientists Paint Quantum Electronics with Beams of Light
University of Chicago

A team of scientists from the University of Chicago and the Pennsylvania State University have accidentally discovered a new way of using light to draw and erase quantum-mechanical circuits in a unique class of materials called topological insulators.

Released: 7-Oct-2015 5:05 PM EDT
Thomas J. Miles Appointed Dean of University of Chicago Law School
University of Chicago

Thomas J. Miles, a leading scholar of criminal justice and judicial behavior and an expert in a wide range of contemporary issues such as race and immigration enforcement, has been appointed the next dean of the University of Chicago Law School.

Released: 6-Oct-2015 1:05 PM EDT
Exhibit Features Archival Images of Persepolis, a Royal Complex of Ancient Persia
University of Chicago

A new exhibition at the Oriental Institute Museum of the University of Chicago will give visitors a rare glimpse inside the ancient city of Persepolis. “Persepolis: Images of an Empire,” which opens Oct. 13, includes archival photographs and a new multi-media presentation that document an astounding imperial complex of palaces constructed by the Persian kings Darius, Xerxes, and Artaxerxes I and III, who ruled between 522 and 338 BC in today’s southwest Iran.

Released: 5-Oct-2015 2:05 PM EDT
Laser-Wielding Physicists Seize Control of Atoms’ Behavior
University of Chicago

Physicists have wondered in recent years if they could control how atoms interact using light. Now they know that they can, by demonstrating games of quantum billiards with unusual new rules.

Released: 30-Sep-2015 12:05 PM EDT
Pearson Family Foundation Donates $100 Million to University of Chicago, Creating Institute to Confront New Era of Global Conflicts
University of Chicago

The University of Chicago has received a $100 million gift to establish the first research institute and annual global forum of their kind devoted solely to the study and resolution of global conflicts. The landmark gift from The Thomas L. Pearson and The Pearson Family Members Foundation is equal in size to the second-largest gift in the University’s history.

Released: 23-Sep-2015 12:05 PM EDT
Liquid Crystals Show Potential for Detection of Neuro-Degenerative Disease
University of Chicago

Researchers at the University of Chicago’s Institute for Molecular Engineering are putting liquid crystals to work as detectors for the protein fibers implicated in the development of neuro-degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s.

Released: 17-Sep-2015 5:00 PM EDT
$5 Million National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Grant Awarded to Northwestern, UChicago
University of Chicago

Northwestern University and the University of Chicago have received a five-year, $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to establish a collaborative venture in nanoscale science, engineering and technology research.

Released: 9-Sep-2015 5:05 PM EDT
Financial Distress Can Hinder Success of Academically Prepared Minority Students
University of Chicago

A new study of more than 500 Black and Latino college students has confirmed that many encounter obstacles after enrolling in college without adequate financial resources.

Released: 3-Sep-2015 11:05 AM EDT
Microscopic Animals Inspire Innovative Glass Research
University of Chicago

When Juan de Pablo and his collaborators set about to explain unusual peaks in what should have been featureless optical data, they thought there was a problem in their calculations. In fact, what they were seeing was real. Their experiments had produced a new kind of glass.

Released: 31-Aug-2015 6:05 PM EDT
Parents’ Views on Justice Affect Babies’ Moral Development
University of Chicago

Babies’ neural responses to morally charged scenarios are influenced by their parents’ attitudes toward justice, new research from the University of Chicago shows.

Released: 27-Aug-2015 3:05 PM EDT
Amy Kass, Inspirational Teacher Who Treasured a Humanistic Education, 1940 – 2015
University of Chicago

Amy Apfel Kass, AB'62, senior lecturer emeritus in humanities, died on Aug. 19 at her home in Washington, D.C., after a 10-year battle with ovarian cancer and a short battle with leukemia. She was 74.

Released: 21-Aug-2015 11:05 AM EDT
Sunil Kumar Appointed to Second Term as Dean of University of Chicago Booth School of Business
University of Chicago

Sunil Kumar has been appointed dean of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business for a second five-year term,

Released: 10-Aug-2015 8:30 AM EDT
Parents’ Math Anxiety Can Undermine Children’s Math Achievement
University of Chicago

A team of researchers led by UChicago psychologists Sian Beilock and Susan Levine found that children of math-anxious parents learned less math over the school year and were more likely to be math-anxious themselves—but only when these parents provided frequent help on the child’s math homework.

Released: 3-Aug-2015 6:05 PM EDT
Startup Creates Online Resource to Inform Voters About Local and National Candidates
University of Chicago

University of Chicago students and alums have created BallotReady, a free online and mobile voter guide. The project, which started last year, provides tailored, easy-to-digest information on candidates and referendums listed on local ballots. ­

Released: 3-Aug-2015 3:05 PM EDT
Lab Experiment Mimics Early-Stage Planetary Formation Process
University of Chicago

Physicists have directly observed, for the first time, how highly charged dust-sized particles attract and capture others to build up clusters particle by particle. This process can lead to the formation of “granular molecules” whose configurations resemble those of simple chemical molecules.

Released: 3-Aug-2015 3:05 PM EDT
Philip W. Jackson, Education Scholar Committed to Children's Flourishing, 1928-2015
University of Chicago

Jackson, the David Lee Shillinglaw Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Education, Psychology and the College, died July 21 due to complications from cancer. He was 86.

Released: 16-Jul-2015 4:05 PM EDT
Yoichiro Nambu, Nobel-Winning Theoretical Physicist, 1921-2015
University of Chicago

University of Chicago Professor Emeritus Yoichiro Nambu, who received a share of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics for his theory about the workings of the subatomic world, died July 5 in Osaka, after an acute heart attack. He was 94.

Released: 14-Jul-2015 2:05 PM EDT
David Raup, Paleontologist Who Transformed His Discipline, 1933-2015
University of Chicago

University of Chicago paleontologist David Raup, an innovative authority on evolution and mass extinctions, died of pneumonia July 9 in Sturgeon Bay, Wisc. He was 82.

Released: 9-Jul-2015 12:05 PM EDT
University of Chicago Anthropologist Leads Global Effort to Improve Climate Change Models
University of Chicago

Current climate models do not accurately account for humans’ role in changing the environment, according to a University of Chicago-led team of international researchers embarking upon a project to help climate scientists better document land cover and use over the past 10,000 years.

Released: 7-Jul-2015 12:05 PM EDT
John Longbrake Appointed Vice President for Communications
University of Chicago

John Longbrake, an accomplished leader in higher education communications, has been appointed Vice President for Communications at the University of Chicago after a national search. His appointment is effective August 24, 2015.

Released: 7-Jul-2015 12:05 PM EDT
Chicago Harris Launches Executive Education Program for Women in Public Leadership
University of Chicago

The University of Chicago is launching an executive education program designed to give participants the tools they need to take on leadership roles in the public square.

Released: 7-Jul-2015 12:05 PM EDT
Bonelike 3D Silicon Synthesized for Potential Use with Medical Devices
University of Chicago

Researchers have developed a new approach for better integrating medical devices with biological systems. The researchers, led by Bozhi Tian, assistant professor in chemistry at the University of Chicago, have developed the first skeleton-like silicon spicules ever prepared via chemical processes.

Released: 1-Jul-2015 12:05 PM EDT
UChicago Creates Undergraduate Major in Molecular Engineering
University of Chicago

The University of Chicago is announcing the creation of a bachelor-of-science degree in molecular engineering, the first undergraduate degree program in engineering that the University has offered in its 125-year history.

Released: 30-Jun-2015 3:05 PM EDT
Students in the College Explore Richard Wright’s Chicago
University of Chicago

University of Chicago undergraduates visit Bronzeville, the South Side neighborhood historically known as a rich site for African American arts, culture and politics and the setting of Wright's novel Native Son.

Released: 30-Jun-2015 12:05 PM EDT
University of Vienna Bestows Honorary Degree on Professor and Dean John W. Boyer
University of Chicago

Dean of the College John W. Boyer has been awarded an honorary degree from the University of Vienna in recognition of his more than three decades of scholarship on the history of the Habsburg Empire.

Released: 29-Jun-2015 3:05 PM EDT
Hall of Fame Astronaut Looks to Future of Space Science
University of Chicago

Astronaut Hall-of-Famer John Grunsfeld recalls how UChicago trained him for NASA.

Released: 29-Jun-2015 2:05 PM EDT
UChicago to Offer Free Online Course on Technology and Law
University of Chicago

the University of Chicago will launch a free online course this summer for its alumni and the public. Randal C. Picker, AB’80, AM’82, JD’85, the James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law and senior fellow at the Computation Institute, will lead a course that explores the complex and sometimes adversarial relations between law and modern technology.

Released: 25-Jun-2015 12:05 PM EDT
Chapin Hall Seeks National Estimate and Comprehensive Understanding of Homeless Youth in America
University of Chicago

With headlines across the country calling attention to a growing population of homeless youth, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago is launching Voices of Youth Count, a multi-year original research and policy effort designed to understand how many unaccompanied homeless and runaway youth there are in the United States, create a clear and full picture of what it means to be young and homeless in America, and find and widely share solutions to ending youth homelessness.

Released: 24-Jun-2015 11:05 AM EDT
Spintronics Advance Brings Wafer-Scale Quantum Devices Closer to Reality
University of Chicago

University of Chicago researchers have made a crucial step toward nuclear spintronic technologies. They have gotten nuclear spins to line themselves up in a consistent, controllable way, and they have done it using a high-performance material that is practical, convenient, and inexpensive.



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