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University of Chicago News:
2007 Press Citation Archive

  • James Schrager on tension in the auto industry's labor negotiations
    [pbs]
    July 17, 2007
  • Sr. Lecturer Richard Posner could hear appeal in Conrad Black case
    [Globe and Mail]
    July 17, 2007
  • Assoc. Prof. Daniel le Grange's family-based approach to treating eating disorders
    [Wall Street Journal]
    July 17, 2007
  • Prof. Mark Heyrman on mental health and violence
    [Chicago Tribune]
    July 17, 2007
  • Asst. Prof. Emily Oster named as one of CNN's "geniuses who will change your life"
    [cnn]
    July 16, 2007
  • Medical Center doctors on reviving patients in cardiac arrest
    [MSNBC.com]
    July 16, 2007
  • Measuring the prodigiousness of Prof. Cass Sunstein
    [Chronicle of Higher Education]
    July 16, 2007
  • A look at the Laboratory School's Class of '57
    Voice of America News
    July 15, 2007
  • National survey names University of Chicago Medical Center to the Honor Roll of “Best Hospitals”

    “U. of C. hospital among nation's best, mag says”

    July 15, 2007

    “Honor Roll”

    July 13, 2007

  • Recent College alumnus Eric Benson proposes an unlikely Democratic candidate

    July 15, 2007

  • Asst. Prof. Adair Morse on the prevalence of payday lending stores

    July 14, 2007

  • Dr. Lainie Ross on conflicts between parents and doctors

    July 13, 2007
  • Prof. Philip Reny on the preeminence of free-market economics

    July 11, 2007
  • Prof. Bernard Harcourt on jury deliberations in the Conrad Black trial

    July 11, 2007
  • NORC's Tom Smith on what makes Americans happy

    July 11, 2007
  • John R. Hogness (SB '43, MD '46), first president of the Institute of Medicine

    July 10, 2007
  • The Maroon's Tim Murphy on the passing of a hallowed baseball record

    July 10, 2007
  • Prof. Andrey Rzhetsky's research on disease mapping

    July 9, 2007
  • Prof. Robert Pape: Terrorists are rarely socially isolated

    July 9, 2007
  • Prof. Cass Sunstein on liberal tactics for the Supreme Court

    July 8, 2007
  • Asst. Prof. Jessica Cattelino on the financial success of the Seminole Tribe

    July 6, 2007
  • Prof. Robert LaLonde on rising incarceration rates among women

    July 6, 2007
  • Malcolm Gladwell applies Prof. David Galenson's findings to healthcare reform
    Healthcare IT News
    July 5, 2007
  • GSB study finds low-level workers help fight fraud

    July 5, 2007
  • Prof. Scott Meadow on possible opportunities for convicted executives

    July 5, 2007
  • Economists Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse Shapiro look into media bias

    July 5, 2007
  • Garrett P. Kiely appointed Director of the University of Chicago Press

    July 4, 2007
  • Instructor Thomas Fisher on disparities in health coverage

    July 1, 2007
  • Prof. Austan Goolsbee critiques Michael Moore's health-policy ideas

    “Michael Moore and the Beige Bomber”

    July 1, 2007

  • Profs. Gary Becker and Austan Goolsbee contemplate the 'filthy rich'

    “The Filthy Rich Are Different From You and Me”

    July 1, 2007

  • Prof. Robert Pape: Politics, not Islam, motivates suicide attacks

    “Suicide attacks motivated by politics, professor says”

    July 1, 2007

  • Prof. David Strauss on the Supreme Court's public schools decision

    “Can a Law Change a Society?”

    July 1, 2007

  • Prof. Cass Sunstein on the rightward shift of the Supreme Court

    “Rulings seal high court's shift to right”

    July 1, 2007

  • Prof. Anil Kashyap on the differing tactics of Ben Bernanke and Alan Greenspan

    “Greenspan's shoes remain tough to fill”

    June 28, 2007

  • University of Chicago School Mathematics Project curriculum helps CPS students improve test scores

    “City test scores rise again”

    June 27, 2007

  • Geneticists Jonathan Pritchard and Bruce Lahn on natural selection

    “Humans Have Spread Globally, and Evolved Locally”

    June 26, 2007

  • Profs. Neil Shubin and Jerry Coyne on the emerging field of 'evo-devo'

    “From a Few Genes, Life's Myriad Shapes”

    June 26, 2007

  • Law School prospectives using blogs to assess rankings

    “Law Schools Also Ranked By Blogs Now”

    June 26, 2007

  • Law School Dean Saul Levmore says law schools unlikely to boycott U.S. News rankings

    “Law schools unlikely to boycott magazine rankings”

    June 25, 2007

  • Dr. Lainie Ross on a politician's right to medical privacy

    “Todd Stroger misses an opportunity to educate the public”

    June 24, 2007

  • Dr. Funmi Olopade on her research into breast cancer among African-American women

    “Drug-Resistant Breast Cancer Afflicts Blacks”

    June 23, 2007

  • Reviews of "The Chicago School," a new book about the University's economics heritage

    “Monsters of the Midway”

    June 23, 2007

    “Economics in Chicago: Hyde Park corner”

    June 21, 2007

  • Assoc. Prof. Harold Pollack's op-ed on health screening of Cook County inmates

    “Cutting health screening for inmates a risky way to save”

    June 23, 2007

  • Study reveals narrowing of test score gap between CPS and other state students

    “Minority students beat the odds”

    June 22, 2007

    “Report: CPS kids gain on state peers the longer they're in school”

    June 21, 2007

    “CPS students out-test racial/ethnic peers: study”

    June 21, 2007

    “Study: Chicago Public School Students Outperforming State Peers”

    June 21, 2007

  • Prof. Susan Goldin-Meadow, Prof. Emeritus David McNeill speak at international gesture conference

    “When words fail, gestures can speak volumes”

    June 22, 2007

  • Prof. Austan Goolsbee on the productivity of American workers

    “How the U.S. Has Kept the Productivity Playing Field Tilted to Its Advantage”

    June 21, 2007

  • University archaeologists discover gold processing center along the Nile

    “ Diggers strike gold in ancient Kush”

    June 20, 2007

    “Scholars Race to Recover a Lost Kingdom on the Nile”

    June 19, 2007

    “Ancient Kush rivaled Egypt, experts say”

    June 19, 2007

    “Ancient Gold Center Discovered on the Nile”

    June 19, 2007

  • Dr. Arieh Shalhav, Assoc. Prof. Rick Kittles on prostate cancer

    “Men have choices in prostate cancer fight”

    June 20, 2007

    “Stroger Case Puts Spotlight On Prostate Cancer”

    June 19, 2007

  • Oriental Institute Director Gil Stein on the use of Old Persian script

    “Everyday Text Shows That Old Persian Was Probably More Commonly Used Than Previously Thought”

    June 19, 2007

  • Prof. Richard Epstein on government regulation of technology industries

    “Double trouble for American telecoms”

    June 19, 2007

  • Dr. Deborah Burnet on the diabetes gender gap

    “Gender gap in diabetic deaths”

    June 19, 2007

  • Richard Posner and Martha Nussbaum remember late philosopher and alumnus Richard Rorty

    “Richard Rorty: What made him a crucial American philosopher?”

    June 18, 2007

  • Prof. Richard Thaler's research on risk-taking in sports

    “Why We Don't Go for It”

    June 18, 2007

  • Prof. Bernard Wasserstein: Courageous leadership is needed in the Middle East

    “The divided states of Palestine”

    June 17, 2007

  • Prof. Emeritus Richard Stern remembers his friend Saul Bellow

    “Bellow's gift”

    June 16, 2007

  • Prof. Christopher Hsee on financial decision-making

    “It Might Pay to Follow Your Bliss”

    June 16, 2007

  • Assoc. Prof. Waldo Johnson's research into African-American fathers

    “For black fathers, a changing picture”

    June 15, 2007

  • Prof. James Heckman to discuss early-child development at Montreal conference

    “A healthy society can have huge payoffs”

    June 15, 2007

  • A look at the Graduate School of Business' London campus

    “ London's Windy City: How is Chicago Business School's European campus faring?”

    June 14, 2007

  • A profile of Graduate School of Business Dean Edward Snyder

    “The quiet American?” (.pdf file)
    Global Focus
    June 14, 2007

  • Prof. Richard Epstein comments on eminent domain cases in New Jersey

    “Town Went Too Far in Trying to Take Land, Court Says”

    June 14, 2007

  • Dr. David Rubin on the rising prevalence of ulcerative colitis

    “Ulcerative Colitis: A Common, Embarassing Disorder”

    June 14, 2007

  • Smart Museum, Oriental Institute cited in National Geographic

    “Free Chicago!”

    June 13, 2007

  • Prof. Bruce Cumings discusses deploying the 'Korea Model' in Iraq

    “U.S. May Seek 'Korea Model' for Iraq” (.mp3 file)

    June 12, 2007

  • Prof. Geoffrey Stone: 'Don't ask, don't tell' doesn't reflect American values

    “The wrong side of history”

    June 12, 2007

  • Prof. Craig Futterman urges City Council to retain police complaint records

    “Group OKs Daley's plan for investigations”

    June 12, 2007

    “City Considers New Police Brutality Oversight”

    June 11, 2007

  • VP & CIO Greg Jackson testifies before Congress about illegal file sharing on campus

    “Lawmakers Encourage Colleges to Use Technology to Curtail Campus Piracy”

    June 12, 2007

  • Prof. James Heckman on long-term solutions to eradicating poverty

    “The Poverty Platform”

    June 10, 2007

  • Prof. Steven Levitt on mortgage fraud and subprime borrowers

    “Payback Time”

    June 10, 2007

  • Asst. Prof. Andrea Frazzini's study on how investing is influenced by social contacts

    “Quantifying the Role of School Ties in Investing”

    June 10, 2007

  • Prof. Cass Sunstein on morality and capital punishment

    “Studies Say Death Penalty Deters Crime”

    June 10, 2007

  • Biologist and artist, Jane Overton, 1919-2007

    “Jane Overton: 1919 - 2007”

    June 9, 2007

  • Seminary Co-op named one of Chicago's best bookstores

    “Chicago's 10 best bookstores”

    June 8, 2007

  • VP of Development Ron Schiller's fundraising success

    “The Best Know How”

    June 8, 2007

  • Malcolm Gladwell talks about Prof. David Galenson's findings on creativity

    “Is Your Company a Cezanne or a Picasso?”

    June 7, 2007

  • University of Chicago Library part of 12 university consortium joining Google Book Search project

    “Google expands book project”

    June 7, 2007

    “GOOGLE | Schools' book collections will go online”

    June 7, 2007

    “Google Strikes Deal With 12 Universities to Digitize 10 Million Books”

    June 7, 2007

    “Big Ten joins Google book project”

    June 7, 2007

  • University earns high investment bond rating

    “University of Chicago bonds win investment-grade 'Aa1' rating”

    June 7, 2007

  • Prof. Michael Dawson discusses presidential candidate Barack Obama

    “Conversations with Kathleen Dunn” (audio)
    Wisconsin Public Radio
    June 7, 2007

  • Assoc. Prof. Dexter Voisin on violence and the Chicago Public Schools
    “Deadly year for Chicago students” (video)

    June 6, 2007

  • Recent alumna, author wins $20,000 immigration scholarship

    “Immigration debate raises awards' profile”

    June 6, 2007

  • Assoc. Prof. Waldo Johnson on violence among African-American boys

    “Stop the Violence: A Search for Solutions”

    June 5, 2007

  • Asst. Prof. Zoltan Takacs and the study of venomous snakes

    “Why doesn't its venom kill the cobra?”

    June 5, 2007

  • Prof. Dali Yang on the practice of counterfeiting in China

    “When Fakery Turns Fatal”

    June 5, 2007

  • Ole Kleppa, chemist, 1920-2007

    “Fled Nazis to become U. of C. scientist”

    June 5, 2007

    “Scientist Ole Kleppa dies at 87”

    June 5, 2007

  • Prof. Robert LaLonde on the economic impact of immigration

    “Shattering Stereotypes About Immigrant Workers”

    June 3, 2007

  • Prof. Jeffrey Grogger discusses immigration's effect on African-American employment rates

    “Immigration hurts blacks”

    June 3, 2007

  • Prof. James Heckman's research into early childhood learning

    “When Should a Kid Start Kindergarten?”

    June 3, 2007

  • Dr. Mark Siegler on the ethics behind kidney donation

    “A Television Audition for a Part in and of Life”

    June 3, 2007

  • Asst. Prof. Joshua Correll's study on racial bias and policing

    “Study Finds Police Training Plays Key Role in Shootings”

    June 2, 2007

  • Students in Woodlawn showcase their work at CPS-University of Chicago Internet Project Expo

    “Woodlawn students display tech skills at expo”
    New Communities
    June 1, 2007

  • Design and architects announced for new arts center

    “Williams Tsien Win Chicago Competition” (.mp3 file)
    Architectural Record
    June 5, 2007

    “U. of C. picks design for performing arts center”

    June 1, 2007

    “New Arts Center in Chicago”

    June 1, 2007

    “Married Couple Design Arts Center”

    June 1, 2007

    “New York firm to design U. of C.'s new arts center”

    June 1, 2007

  • The University of Chicago receives anonymous $100 million gift for undergraduate financial aid

    “Generosity without trumpets”

    June 1, 2007

    “A $100 million mystery”

    May 31, 2007

    “University of Chicago Gets $100 Million”

    May 31, 2007

    “University of Chicago Gets $100 Million”

    May 31, 2007

    “Donor gives $100 million gift to University of Chicago for scholarships for lower-income students”

    May 31, 2007

    “$100 million loan-killer”

    May 31, 2007

  • New research by Prof. Linda Waite reveals caring for grandchildren no threat to grandparent health

    “Grandchildren pose no danger to health”

    June 1, 2007

    “Raising grandkids no drain on health”

    May 31, 2007

    “Grandkids Don't Wear Out Grandma After All”

    May 30, 2007

  • Crain's Chicago Business profiles incoming CFO Nim Chinniah

    “A.M. Profile: Incoming CFO at U of C”

    May 31, 2007

  • A review of Court Theatre's production of Arcadia

    “Mathematician finds himself in unlikely role”

    May 31, 2007

  • A look at Katharina Grosse's "Atoms Inside Balloons" exhibit at the Renaissance Society

    “'Atoms' like a walk inside a painting”

    May 31, 2007

  • New research by Prof. Linda Waite reveals caring for grandchildren does not negatively impact grandparents' health

    “Grandchildren pose no danger to health”

    June 1, 2007

    “Raising grandkids no drain on health”

    May 31, 2007

    “Grandkids Don't Wear Out Grandma After All”

    May 30, 2007

  • Leon Kass presents an essay on the growing tensions between science and scriptural religion

    “Science, Religion, and the Human Future”
    American Enterprise Institute
    May 31, 2007

  • Asst. Prof. Sian Beilock on stereotype-induced math anxiety

    “Scientists study female math anxiety”

    May 30, 2007

    “Girls do badly at math when told boys better: study”

    May 24, 2007

    “Whatever you do, please don't choke”

    May 24, 2007

    “Bad at math? Stereotypes hamper women”