UChicago News

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....

Four UChicago scholars receive Guggenheim fellowships

Allan Friedman — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:52 -0500

Four UChicago scholars—Alison Bechdel, John H. Cochrane, Adrian Johns, and Don Kulick—have been named 2012 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellows. They are among 181 diverse scholars, artists and scientists selected this year in the 88th annual competition for the United States and Canada.

Chosen from a group of almost 3,000 candidates, the recipients have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the...

Janet Rowley to receive Japan Prize for role in development of targeted cancer therapy

John Easton — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:03 -0500

Janet Davison Rowley, the Blum-Riese Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine, Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology and Human Genetics at the University of Chicago, will receive the 2012 Japan Prize for Healthcare and Medical Technology. She will share the award with Brian J. Druker, from the Oregon Health and Science University, and Nicholas B. Lydon, formerly with Novartis. They were chosen for their roles in the development of the first...

Chicago Booth’s Raghuram Rajan and Axel Weber appointed to G30

Allan Friedman — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:23 -0500

Raghuram Rajan and Axel Weber, faculty members at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, have been appointed to the Group of Thirty, an international body that examines the impact of financial and economic decisions in the public and private sectors.

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Two Chicago Booth professors win Kauffman Prize for entrepreneurship research

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:00 -0500

Erik Hurst and Tobias Moskowitz, professors at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, received the 2012 Ewing Marion Kauffman Prize Medal for Distinguished Research...