UChicago News

Seminary Co-op Bookstore plans week of events, culminating with grand opening on May 11

Susie Allen, UChicago News — Mon, 06 May 2013 12:15 -0500

Award-winning author Aleksandar Hemon will deliver the keynote address at the grand opening celebration for the Seminary Co-operative Bookstore on Saturday, May 11.

Hemon, author of The Lazarus Project, Love and Obstacles, and The Book of My Lives, will speak at 3 p.m. Other events include bookmaking demonstrations, a session on picture books with children's authors from...

Educator Michael Kinnamon selected as Divinity School’s alumnus of the year

Susie Allen, UChicago News — Wed, 01 May 2013 10:05 -0500

Ecumenical leader and educator Michael Kinnamon has been named the Divinity School’s alumnus of the year for 2013.

He will deliver his address, “A Report from the Front Lines of a Renewal Movement Under Siege,” on Thursday, May 2 at 4:30 p.m. in the Swift Lecture Hall.

Kinnamon, AM’76, PhD’80, is an ordained minister in the Disciples of Christ and the International Council of Community Churches. In August 2012, he was named the Spehar-Halligan...

Alumni Award winners include Nobelist James Cronin

Michael Drapa, UChicago News — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:21 -0500

Nobel laureate James Cronin, SM’53, PhD’55, will receive the Alumni Medal, the highest honor for a UChicago alumnus, while 13 others will be recognized for their career accomplishments during Alumni Weekend.

Cronin shared the Nobel Prize in physics in 1980 for showing that the laws of nature operate differently on matter and...

Roger Ebert, X’70, film critic and longtime Graham School lecturer, 1942-2013

Michael Drapa, UChicago News — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:58 -0500

Before Roger Ebert, X’70, became one of the world’s most influential film critics, he began doctoral studies in English at the University of Chicago in 1966. Although Ebert left his studies to pursue a remarkable career as a Pulitzer-winning journalist and commentator, he never fully left the University, serving for 37 years as a lecturer on film for the Graham School of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies.

Ebert died of cancer on April 4 at age 70, prompting...

University of Chicago Alumni Association launches new alumni directory

Laurie Davis, UChicago News — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:51 -0500

The University of Chicago Alumni Association has launched a new alumni directory, designed to facilitate networking for alumni and students. The directory is a new addition to the UChicago Community Online, a hub...

College alum Michelle Quay receives Gates Cambridge Scholarship

Kyle Mox, UChicago News — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:07 -0500

Michelle Quay, a recent graduate of the College, has been selected as a 2013 Gates Cambridge Scholar.

Currently a graduate student in Iranian Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, Quay received a bachelor’s degree in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations in 2011. At Cambridge University, she will pursue a PhD in Asian and Middle Eastern studies, with an emphasis on medieval Persian literature.

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Revels to rev up 'Impossible City' revue at Quadrangle Club on Feb. 1 and Feb. 2

Jessen O'Brien, UChicago News — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:35 -0500

Sharp-shooting cowboys, women’s rights activists and America’s first belly dancers may not be the Quadrangle Club’s typical crowd, but all that will change Friday and Saturday as the University of Chicago Revels take to the stage for their debut of “The Impossible City.”

The Revels have been entertaining the Hyde Park community with original musicals since 1904. Although the shows first focused on the University of Chicago, the Revels have expanded in...

John Edwardson gives $5 million to University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Laurie Davis, UChicago News — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:31 -0500

John Edwardson, retired chairman and chief executive of CDW, Vernon Hills, Ill., has given $5 million to the University of Chicago Booth School of Business as the founding gift to the school’s Social Enterprise Initiative, which supports student, faculty and alumni interest in the social sector, the school announced.

The social sector includes for-profit and nonprofit organizations...

More than 30,000 prospective College students apply to UChicago

Jeremy Manier, UChicago News — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:58 -0500

Applications to the College set a new record this year, with 30,369 students from diverse backgrounds submitting applications.

The total represents a 20 percent increase over last year’s figure of 25,307, continuing a longstanding trend of growing interest in the distinctive intellectual environment that the College offers.

University leaders said the growth in undergraduate applications stems from...

Alumni share advice on successful careers with students at ‘Taking the Next Step’

Megan E. Doherty, UChicago News — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:03 -0500

More than a thousand students packed into a ballroom at the Chicago Marriott on Saturday, Jan. 12 to meet alumni in dozens of professions, ask questions and make connections for their future careers. The gathering, called Taking the Next Step, is the largest career event in the College and one of the largest at any university.

“It’s important for our students, who have become trained in rigorous inquiry and liberal education, to become the leaders in their chosen...