UChicago News

Martha Roth reappointed to second term as dean of Humanities

Steve Kloehn — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:00 -0500

Martha T. Roth, the Chauncey S. Boucher Distinguished Service Professor of Assyriology, has been appointed to a second five-year term as dean of the Humanities Division, President Robert J. Zimmer and Provost Thomas F. Rosenbaum announced. The term begins July 1.

In their message to Humanities faculty, Zimmer and Rosenbaum underscored the University’s “absolute...

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: “...

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...

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...

Peter Novick, celebrated scholar of history, 1934-2012

William Harms — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:35 -0500

Update: A memorial service for Peter Novick will be held at 3 p.m. May 22 in Bond Chapel, with a reception to follow in the Swift Common Room.

Peter Novick, a University of Chicago historian whose specialty was the study of history itself, or historiography, died Feb. 17 at the age of 77. Novick, professor emeritus of history, used his formidable skills to explain how different views of the...

Amy Iwano named executive director of University of Chicago Presents

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:00 -0500

The University of Chicago Presents has named Amy Iwano to the role of executive director, effective April 2. Iwano comes to UChicago after 18 years as executive director of the Chicago Chamber Musicians.

Martha Feldman, chair of the University’s Music Department, said of the appointment: “Amy Iwano will continue to invigorate University of Chicago Presents in its mission of bringing Chicago the finest chamber music...

Seven UChicago faculty members receive named professorships

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:35 -0500

Seven members of the University faculty—Habibul Ahsan, Pete Angelos, Shadi Bartsch-Zimmer, Young-Kee Kim, Paul Mendes-Flohr, David H. Song, and Jerrold R. Turner—have received named professorships. All appointments are effective Jan. 1.

Habibul Ahsan, director of the Center for Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention at the University of Chicago Medicine and associate director of the University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center, has been named the...

Modern Language Association honors three Humanities faculty members

Susie Allen — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:58 -0500

The Modern Language Association will honor three University of Chicago faculty members for their recent publications. The MLA will present awards to Michael Bourdaghs, Janel Mueller and Joshua Scodel on Saturday, Jan. 7.

Bourdaghs, Associate Professor in East Asian Languages and Civilizations, will receive the Scaglione Prize for Translation of a Scholarly Study of Literature. Bourdaghs and his co-editors, Atsuko Ueda of Princeton University and Joseph A. Murphy of the...

Morris Philipson, former director of University of Chicago Press, 1926-2011

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:26 -0500

Morris Philipson, director emeritus of the University of Chicago Press and a leading figure in academic book publishing, died Thursday, Nov. 3. Philipson, 85, was a resident of Chicago.

He was a lion in the publishing world and served as director of the Press from 1967 to 2000. During his tenure — the longest of any director in the Press’s 119-year history — he raised the bar in academic publishing to...

Larry Norman to serve second term as Deputy Provost for the Arts

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:00 -0500

Larry Norman, Professor in Romance Languages & Literatures, Theater & Performance Studies and the College, will serve a second term as Deputy Provost for the Arts, announced Provost Thomas Rosenbaum.

“Larry has defined the position of Deputy Provost for the Arts in his inaugural term, working hand-in-hand with deans, chairs, faculty and staff to integrate the academic, co-curricular and professional arts into the University community and to deepen the...