» Very low-performing Chicago schools make progress after reform efforts
09/02/12 14:36 from University of Chicago News Office
A new report from the University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research shows that at the elementary level, turnaround efforts in Chicago had positive effects on students in chronically low-performing schools. Success at the high..

» Seven UChicago faculty members receive named professorships
08/02/12 15:35 from University of Chicago News Office
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 effectiv..

» Friday webcast to feature UChicago Crime Lab forum with key city leaders, experts
08/02/12 12:39 from University of Chicago News Office
The challenge of reducing youth violence in Chicago will be the subject of a Friday, Feb. 10 forum featuring city officials and scholars from the University of Chicago Crime Lab and the Urban Education Lab . read more

» Newark Mayor Cory A. Booker to deliver annual Kent Lecture on Feb. 16
08/02/12 12:36 from University of Chicago News Office
Newark Mayor Cory A. Booker, known for his deep belief in service and social justice, will talk about “Empowering Urban America” at the 2012 George E. Kent Lecture at the University of Chicago. Sponsored by the University&rsquo..

» Clarke’s 24-hour restaurant to open Feb. 13
08/02/12 11:55 from University of Chicago News Office
Clarke’s , a new 24-hour restaurant located at 1451 E. 53rd St., will open its doors at 8 a.m. Feb. 13. During its opening day, Clarke’s will offer a 10 percent discount for each total bill from 8 a.m. to midnight as a pre-Vale..

» University of Chicago Medicine, CeaseFire partner to address violence
07/02/12 13:17 from University of Chicago News Office
In an effort to address urban violence on the South Side, the University of Chicago Medicine is partnering with CeaseFire Chicago to sponsor a “Violence Interrupter,” who will focus on monitoring, mediating and defusing dispute..

» Oriental Institute exhibit shows seeing isn’t always believing
07/02/12 10:00 from University of Chicago News Office
The way people think about life in the ancient Middle East is largely based on the pictures, paintings and images they see in books and museums. read more

» Odds of living a very long life lower than formerly predicted
06/02/12 16:00 from University of Chicago News Office
Americans’ chances of reaching extreme old age are much lower than previously thought, new research shows. read more

» Three new members join Argonne Board of Governors
06/02/12 10:43 from University of Chicago News Office
Constellation Energy executive James L. Connaughton, former U.S. Sen. Byron L. Dorgan, and Invenergy founder and Chief Executive Officer Michael Polsky have been appointed as the newest members of the UChicago Argonne, LLC Board of Governo..

» Know the Risks: Sharing Copyrighted Material is Illegal
02/02/12 15:06 from NSIT Announcements
Did you know that Peer to Peer (P2P) software can put data you have stored on your computer at risk? If it isn’t properly restricted to only the specific files and directories that you intend to share with others, it can unintentionally se..

» Guns, Birds, & Steel
01/02/12 23:13 from The Chicago Weekly
[Show as slideshow] Just west of Torrence Avenue, 134th Street acts as a divide. To the south, the fringes of a junkyard gradually merge with warehouses and factories. Some of the street signs are hand-painted. There are cattails and prair..

» Do Not Touch
01/02/12 22:58 from The Chicago Weekly
courtesy of the Renaissance Society [Show as slideshow] Just before last Sunday’s opening of Cathy Wilkes’s exhibit “I Give You All My Money,” Renaissance Society staff briefly convened to determine where the installation’s borders were su..

» High Visibility
01/02/12 22:50 from The Chicago Weekly
“I am an invisible man.” To begin a play with that phrase can’t help but raise expectations. Court Theatre’s current run of “Invisible Man” has especially high expectations to reckon with, owing to both the long history of the celebrated n..

» Digital Enchantment
01/02/12 22:41 from The Chicago Weekly
  Sasha Tycko [Show as slideshow] Clad in sequined jackets, thick-framed glasses, animal prints, and the like, Chicago’s hippest 20-somethings came out for a night of art and beer at the Octagon Gallery’s latest show last Friday. Hous..

» Domestic Nightmares
01/02/12 15:53 from The Chicago Weekly
There’s a phrase often repeated among surrealists, Dadaists, and those attempting to explain the artistic oddities of those first two groups. Echoing André Breton’s sentiment, the surreal, they say, is “the chance encounter of a sewing mac..

» Squaring the Circle
01/02/12 15:48 from The Chicago Weekly
If Jean-Michel Basquiat, Edward Munch, and Willem de Kooning were to combine their artistic gene s and make a baby, the result would be the work of German artist André Butzer. Or at least, the work he used to make. Fast-forward five years ..

» Out of Hiding
01/02/12 15:44 from The Chicago Weekly
Bernard Scavella, the veteran saxophonist, is a man of few words. His breath seems like a terrible thing to waste. The virtuoso divides his time between his work as a pharmacist and mesmerizing gaggles of jazz buffs on the weekends. Scavel..

» Colombian Exposition
01/02/12 15:40 from The Chicago Weekly
“What I love about cumbia is that it’s the music of the people, ” said Tiff Itzi-Nallah. Itzi-Nallah spun last Thursday at Zhou B. Arts Center with the People’s DJs Collective, bringing the popular art form into a new context. Traditionall..

» Bond Chapel to become new home for Reneker Organ
01/02/12 10:00 from University of Chicago News Office
Late this fall, Bond Chapel will echo with the sounds of a remarkable musical instrument. The Reneker Memorial Organ, a baroque-style organ built in 1983, will be moved this summer from 5757 S. University Ave., the current home of the Chic..

» Creative Futures
27/01/12 22:07 from The Chicago Weekly
Tyler Leeds Robert Taylor began the first day of class by asking his nine students why they were given their first names. “I was named Joy,” responded one student, “because my daddy said I brought joy into his life.” After two beats of res..

» Floats Your Boat
27/01/12 20:14 from The Chicago Weekly
Jamie Keiles Three types of people turned out last Sunday for the Chicago Boat, Sports & RV Show: boat people, family people, and conventioneers. The boat people flocked to McCormick Place for the boats. They bought boats (last year’s floo..

» PHISH ALERT
09/01/12 11:56 from NSIT Announcements
PHISH ALERT: The recent email with subject, UPGRADE YOUR ACCOUNT is a scam. It purports to be from President Zimmer. Please delete immediately. If you have responded to this email, please change your CNet password immediately at https://cn..

» New Photo Rosters Benefit Faculty and Staff
22/12/11 11:52 from NSIT Announcements
Faculty can now download class photo rosters in color immediately instead of waiting for paper copies to be made and picked up.  The positive response has been overwhelming. From Sept. 19, 2011 to date, there has been 1,753 faculty request..

» What’s coming in IT? Educause suggests more collaboration
30/11/11 13:41 from NSIT Announcements
by Amy Ramsden Pizzolatto November 30, 2011 Whether it’s working with iTunes U or developing a university computing cloud, collaboration was the theme of the 2011 Educause Annual Conference of IT in higher education held in Philadelphia Oc..