UChicago News

Seminary Co-op Bookstore celebrates grand opening for new location

UChicago News — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:58 -0500

Ingleside Post Office closes; alternate postal options available

Michael Drapa, UChicago News — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:46 -0500

The United States Post Office branch in Ingleside Hall has closed effective immediately. The USPS had planned to close the branch at 956 E. 58th St. in June, but a computer problem was a factor in the decision to close the station ahead of schedule.

Members of the University of Chicago community are encouraged to use other nearby postal services. Those include the Lake Park USPS office at 1510 E. 55th St. (inside the Hyde Park Shopping Center) and the Henry McGee USPS office at 4601...

William B. Johnson, Trustee Emeritus, 1918-2013

Steve Koppes, UChicago News — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:28 -0500

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 joined the University Board of Trustees in 1974, became a Life Trustee in 1983 and Emeritus Trustee in 2007. He served on the executive committee for eight years and on the investment committee for more than 15 years.

Johnson came to Chicago in 1966, after he was elected president,...

University to bestow five honorary degrees at 515th Convocation

Susie Allen, UChicago News — Wed, 15 May 2013 15:43 -0500

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 mathematician Luis Caffarelli, paleontologist Jennifer Clack, ethnomusicologist Nicholas Cook, scholar of Roman religion John Scheid, and petrologist and geochemist E. Bruce Watson.

Luis A. Caffarelli, a universally acclaimed forefront authority on nonlinear elliptic...

Museum director Ghez, architect Gang to receive Benton, Rosenberger medals

Laurie Davis, UChicago News — Wed, 15 May 2013 15:29 -0500

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 architect Jeanne Gang. The recipients will receive their honors at the University of Chicago 515th Convocation...

Physical Sciences Division honors three graduate students for exceptional teaching

Laurie Davis, UChicago News — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:58 -0500

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 Division and the Graduate Division of Physical Sciences jointly award the prize to graduate students in recognition of exceptional teaching in undergraduate physical science classes. The award consists of a $750 prize and a certificate of recognition.

“This year the...

Record proportion of admitted College students choose UChicago

Dianna Douglas, UChicago News — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:26 -0500

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 from the new UChicago Promise program.

The incoming class includes an increase in African American and Latino students, and broad geographical diversity across all regions of the United States and the world.

“This year’...

UChicago to evaluate effects of increased math tutoring in Chicago Public Schools

William Harms, UChicago News — Tue, 14 May 2013 16:54 -0500

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 designed to boost school performance and reduce violent crimes.

The University of Chicago’s Urban Education Lab and Crime Lab will partner with Match Education, a national tutoring program, in...

New PhD program in molecular engineering marks historic first for UChicago

Michael Drapa, UChicago News — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:00 -0500

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.

“Traditional engineering schools divide engineering into disciplines; IME combines disciplines into a new approach to engineering research and education,” said Matthew Tirrell, the Pritzker Director of the...

David Axelrod appointed distinguished senior fellow at Chicago Harris

Sarah Galer, UChicago News — Mon, 13 May 2013 14:42 -0500

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 Harris School of Public Policy.

In addition to his role leading the new non-partisan Institute of Politics, Axelrod will help Chicago Harris students explore policymaking and public service,...