UChicago News

UChicago to honor historian Black, theater director Bogart at Convocation

Becky Wood — Thu, 24 May 2012 11:50 -0500

The University will award the Benton Medal for Distinguished Public Service to historian and activist Timuel Black and the Jesse L. Rosenberger Medal for Outstanding Achievement in the Creative and Performing Arts to Anne Bogart, avant-garde theater director and theorist, on Saturday, June 9 at UChicago’s 511th Convocation.

In support of Timuel Black’s selection, one of his nominators wrote: “...

Leon Botstein to receive Alumni Medal from University of Chicago

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:10 -0500

The University of Chicago Alumni Association and the Alumni Board of Governors announce Leon Botstein, AB’67, president of Bard College and music director and principal conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra will be awarded the Alumni Medal at the 71st Annual Alumni Awards Ceremony at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 2.

The Alumni Medal recognizes achievement of an exceptional nature in any field, vocational or voluntary, covering an entire career. The medal is reserved for...

Alumnus Reece Trevor selected as Carnegie Junior Fellow

Mon, 21 May 2012 13:21 -0500

Reece Trevor, AB’11, has been named as one of nine Junior Fellows by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C. The Junior Fellowship Program is a prestigious one-year fellowship that pairs outstanding students with senior policy staff to write, edit, organize programming and get exposure to the Carnegie Endowment’s multiple global...

Third-year Niklas Thompson earns Goldwater Scholarship

Mon, 21 May 2012 12:23 -0500

Niklas Thompson, a third-year chemistry and mathematics major, has been selected as a Barry M. Goldwater Scholar. In addition, Samuel Greene, a second-year chemistry major, received an honorable mention.

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Martha Nussbaum honored with Prince of Asturias Award for Social Sciences

Meredith Heagney — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:26 -0500

Martha C. Nussbaum, the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics in the Law School, Philosophy Department and Divinity School, has received the 2012 Prince of Asturias Award for Social Sciences. The award is given by Prince Felipe of Spain to those whose work in various disciplines “...

University to bestow honorary degrees on three distinguished scholars

William Harms — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:21 -0500

The University of Chicago will present honorary degrees to an astronomer, a historian, and a biologist during the 511th Convocation Ceremony on Saturday, June 9 on the Main Quadrangle.

The honorary degree recipients are Geoffrey W. Marcy, an astronomer and exoplanet expert and professor of astronomy and director of the Center for Integrative Planetary Science at the University of California, Berkeley; Jean Meyer Barth, a scholar of Mexican history and professor of history at Centro...

Stephen Raudenbush elected to National Academy of Sciences

William Harms — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:34 -0500

Stephen W. Raudenbush, chair of the Committee on Education, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

Raudenbush, the Lewis-Sebring Distinguished Service Professor in Sociology and the Harris School of Public Policy Studies, develops and applies quantitative methods for studying child and youth development within social settings such as classrooms, schools...

UChicago scientists collect plethora of awards

Steve Koppes — Mon, 07 May 2012 10:23 -0500

Faculty members in the Physical Sciences Division have accumulated numerous honors and awards in recent months, including two National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Awards and four 2012 Sloan Research Fellowships.

Also receiving NSF CAREER Awards...

UChicago Press awards Laing Prize to Adrian Johns for book 'Piracy'

William Harms — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:20 -0500

The University of Chicago Press has awarded the 2012 Gordon J. Laing Prize to Adrian Johns, the Allan Grant Maclear Professor in History and chair of the Committee on Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science, for his book, Piracy: The Intellectual Property Wars from Gutenberg to Gates....

Three graduate students earn Physical Sciences Teaching Prizes

Steve Koppes — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:44 -0500

The winners of 2012 Physical Sciences Teaching Prizes are Mijo Simunovic, chemistry; Markus Kliegl, math; and Judith Kamm, chemistry.

The prizes are offered annually and jointly by the Physical Sciences Collegiate Division and the graduate Division of Physical Sciences, to graduate students in recognition of exceptional teaching in undergraduate physical sciences classes. The award includes $750 and a certificate.

“This year the Physical Sciences Collegiate...