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Lots of interesting news out of the UofC: David Booth, Studs Terkel, Nate Silver, Raghuram Rajan, and of course Barack.  Just uncovered the Sept/Oct issue of the Chicago magazine, which has a photo of Barack, with the headline: "How UofC is Barack Obama?":

http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0810/features/obama.shtml

More on that forthcoming..

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November 11, 2008
Top Stories Testament of Booth David Booth, MBA'71, and his family have given $300 million to the GSB. Recognizing the largest gift in University history, the GSB is now the Booth School of Business. Historic election's local angle For the University community, the 2008 presidential election was up close and personal. Read about U of C reactions. Project Bamboo's latest shoots The new multi-institutional project, based at Chicago, works to answer a big question: How can we advance arts and humanities research by developing shared technologies? Chicago in the News New York Times: Finding fame with a prescient call for Obama. Math whiz Nate Silver, AB'02, of FiveThirtyEight.com, ran the numbers months ago (November 9, 2008) Wall Street Journal: Learning for everyone. The WSJ reviews Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam's new book on Chicago's Great Books movement. The Times of India: GSB Professor Raghuram Rajan to advise prime minister. Ex-chief economist of IMF appointed economic adviser to prime minister of India (November 3, 2008) New York Times: Studs Terkel, PhB'32, JD'34, listener to America, dies at 96 (October 31, 2008) From the Editors We invite members of the University of Chicago community to share your thoughts about former Law School lecturer Barack Obama's election as the 44th president of the United States, whether stories of your election-day experiences or thoughts about the election's impact, locally and globally. Discuss the Election Results	CONNECT Wednesday, Nov. 19 Harper Lecture Christine Stansell and Deborah Nelson No Hard Feelings: Legacies of Feminism & the Role of Emotion in American Public Life 6 p.m. San Francisco Wednesday, Dec. 3 Business Forecast 2009 In the first of an eight-city series, Chicago business faculty and alumni offer insights on the economic year ahead 11:30 a.m. Chicago View all events PERSPECTIVE In His Own Words During Alumni Weekend 2004, legendary Chicago journalist Studs Terkel, PhB'32, JD'34, held forth in a conversation with WFMT's critic-at-large Andrew Patner, X'81. Listen in Read alumni appreciations
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