UChicago News

Amit Seru honored for research on mortgage-backed securities market

UChicago News — Wed, 22 May 2013 10:08 -0500

Amit Seru, an associate professor of finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, has been named a co-recipient of the 2013 AQR Insight Award. It honors his research on how to identify and quantify misreported loans in the $2 trillion market for private mortgage-backed securities.

The award, sponsored by AQR Capital Management, recognizes unpublished research papers that provide the most significant, new practical...

Veronica Guerrieri named top Italian economist younger than 40

UChicago News — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:53 -0500

Prof. Veronica Guerrieri, who studies labor markets and financial market frictions at Chicago Booth, has received the Carlo Alberto Medal, given every two years to the top Italian economist younger than 40.

The award, which recognizes outstanding research in economics, is given by Collegio Carlo Alberto, a foundation in Torino, Italy dedicated to advancing research and education in the social sciences....

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,...

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,...

Two faculty members receive Guggenheim Fellowships

William Harms, UChicago News — Fri, 10 May 2013 15:15 -0500

This year, two faculty members at the University of Chicago have received John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowships: Philip V. Bohlman, the Mary Werkman Distinguished Service Professor of Music, the Humanities, and the College, and Jennifer Cole, Professor of Comparative Human Development.

An ethnomusicologist, Bohlman studies a wide range of topics related to music and modernity, with a focus on Jewish music and the politics of religion and race in the music of the...

Chuan He named Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator

Michael Drapa, UChicago News — Thu, 09 May 2013 15:13 -0500

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute on May 9 announced the selection of Chuan He, professor in chemistry and the current director of the Institute for Biophysical Dynamics at the University of Chicago, as a new HHMI investigator.

“The Hughes support will put us in a good position to uncover some unpredictable...

Recipients of Gordon J. Laing Prize celebrate 50 years, 2013 winner Andreas Glaeser

William Harms, UChicago News — Tue, 07 May 2013 12:30 -0500

The awarding of the Gordon J. Laing Prize to Andreas Glaeser, Professor in Sociology, continued a now 50-year tradition by the University of Chicago Press to recognize the work of UChicago faculty authors whose books it publishes.

At an event held April 24 in the Quadrangle Club and attended by other winners of the recognition, Glaeser was applauded for his book, Political Epistemics: The Secret Police,...

UChicago gains five new members of American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Michael Drapa, UChicago News — Thu, 02 May 2013 16:29 -0500

Four scholars and one distinguished trustee from the University of Chicago have been elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Michael Fishbane, the Nathan Cummings Distinguished Service Professor of Jewish Studies in the Divinity School and the College; Thomas Ginsburg, the Leo Spitz Professor of International Law at the Law School...

UChicago wins two Webby Awards for homepage website redesign

Jeremy Manier, UChicago News — Thu, 02 May 2013 16:21 -0500

The University of Chicago has won two prestigious Webby Awards for the best website in the School or University category.

The international award recognizes the mobile-friendly redesign of www.uchicago.edu that the University introduced in September 2012. One of the University’s most powerful communication...

Gregory Lawler elected to National Academy of Sciences

Steve Koppes, UChicago News — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:18 -0500

UChicago mathematician Gregory Lawler has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences for his excellence in original scientific research.

Lawler was among 84 new members and 21 foreign associates from 14 countries elected to the academy on April 30.

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