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Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Fw: UChicago News for Alumni and Friends


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?":

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.

Sergey Kozmin

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


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

Studs in 2008

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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