» Local grade school students to perform in Japanese comedic performances
19/03/10 09:00 from University of Chicago News Office
Being chased by madcap mushrooms, dealing with persimmon thieves and celebrating good harvests have been all in a day’s work over the last 400 years for the Shigeyama family of the Okura School of Kyogen Theater. The Shigeyama family will b..

» Chemists influence stem–cell development with geometry
18/03/10 09:00 from University of Chicago News Office
University of Chicago scientists have successfully used geometrically patterned surfaces to influence the development of stem cells. The new approach is a departure from that of many stem–cell biologists, who focus instead on uncovering the..

» Reminder about IT Policies
17/03/10 13:45 from NSIT Announcements
IT policies are in place to protect you and your computer from harm. It's important to be aware of these policies, since by using the University of Chicago network, you agree to abide by them.

» Feeling lonely adds to rate of blood pressure increase in people 50 years old and older
17/03/10 09:00 from University of Chicago News Office
Chronic feelings of loneliness take a toll on blood pressure over time, causing a marked increase after four years, according to a new study at the University of Chicago. A new study shows, for the first time, a direct relation between lone..

» Looming unemployment harms older workers’ health, study finds
17/03/10 09:00 from University of Chicago News Office
Downsizing and demotions at the workplace can be a health hazard for people over age 50, according to research reported in a recent issue of The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological and Social Sciences. A team of researchers foun..

» Study finds wealth can buy health, but in China gap narrows across generations
17/03/10 09:00 from University of Chicago News Office
Studies in the United States have long shown that the rich tend to be healthier than the poor, and that the health gap between the haves and have–nots widens as people get older. But a new study from North Carolina State University shows th..

» NSIT Is Now IT Services
16/03/10 14:15 from NSIT Announcements
Networking Services and Information Technologies (NSIT) is now Information Technology Services (IT Services).

» Daniel Raeburn plans to pen memoir with NEA creative writing fellowship
16/03/10 09:00 from University of Chicago News Office
Daniel Raeburn, a lecturer in the Committee on Creative on Writing, has received a 2010 Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Raeburn said he plans to use the $25,000 fellowship to write a memoir about his ex..

» Q&A with Greta Honold, AB’08, on Goodman Theatre’s “The Long Red Road”
16/03/10 09:00 from University of Chicago News Office
The theater world was abuzz when the Goodman Theatre announced that Philip Seymour Hoffman would make his Chicago directorial debut with “The Long Red Road,” a new play by Brett Leonard. Hoffman’s decision to cast rising star Tom Hardy in t..

» Research concludes that students don't learn more science under Chicago Public Schools College-Prep-for-All Policy
15/03/10 09:00 from University of Chicago News Office
A Chicago Public Schools policy that dramatically increased science requirements did not help students learn more science and actually may have hurt their college prospects, according to a new report from the Consortium on Chicago School Re..

» Scholars initiate research to ‘jumpstart new field of inquiry’ on virtues
15/03/10 09:00 from University of Chicago News Office
The sciences, the humanities and religion all provide perspectives on what constitutes good behavior, according to scholars leading the New Science of Virtues project and awarding grants to researchers at Chicago and other institutions to f..

» New Beginning from Lands' End: What happens when you give a troubled neighborhood $100 million?
11/03/10 17:24 from The Chicago Weekly
(Elly Fishman and Ellis Calvin) Twelve years ago, when the late Gary Comer visited his former elementary school, he was brought to a room where ten new computers sat unused because the school lacked the funds to power them . Today, Paul Re..

» Medieval Hard Times: The Society for Creative Anachronism finds things aren’t what they used to be
11/03/10 17:21 from The Chicago Weekly
2009 coronation of the King of the Midrealm in Rockefeller Chapel (courtesy of Phil Reed/Flickr) Perhaps you’ve seen them before, out on the Midway Plaisance on a crisp autumn afternoon with coolers open and medieval banners flying . And p..

» Worried Sick: The International Contemporary Ensemble plays a new song cycle about hypochondria
11/03/10 17:19 from The Chicago Weekly
(Luke Batten and Jonathan Sadler) A hypochondriac’s obsession with disease seems more like material for a psychological drama than a song cycle commissioned by an acclaimed contemporary classical music group . Yet the International Contemp..

» Ghosts of Fathers Past: Fathers and sons butt heads at eta
11/03/10 17:16 from The Chicago Weekly
(courtesy of eta Creative Arts) “You think six feet of dirt means something?” quips the ghost of Leon Goldwater’s trumpet-toting father in eta’s new production of “Fathers and Sons.” The essence of the story is encapsulated in this sentenc..

» Ragtime revival
11/03/10 17:13 from The Chicago Weekly
Before pianist Reginald Robinson’s Sunday performance at the University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute, the crowd murmured about the lack of an actual piano . Onstage sat a small keyboard with an impressive amplifier behind it. Whispers w..

» Pub puzzlers
11/03/10 16:09 from The Chicago Weekly
If you want to pay lots of money in exchange for being asked increasingly obscure and intellectual questions that will leave you hunched over the bar counter, drunk, broke, and brainless, Hyde Park is the place you’re looking for . The Uni..

» 10 Simple Ways to Protect Your Laptop
11/03/10 15:30 from NSIT Announcements
Follow these ten tips to keep your laptop safe.

» Study: Life is shorter for men, but sexually active life expectancy is longer
10/03/10 09:00 from University of Chicago News Office
At age 55, men can expect another 15 years of sexual activity, but women that age should expect less than 11 years, according to a study by University of Chicago researchers published online March 10 by the British Medical Journal. Men in g..

» Mitchell Posner named president of the Society of Surgical Oncology
10/03/10 09:00 from University of Chicago News Office
Mitchell Posner, the Thomas D. Jones Professor and vice chairman of surgery and section chief of general and oncologic surgery at the University of Chicago Medical Center, was sworn in to a one–year term as president of the Society of Surgi..

» Rockefeller Chapel joins in Chile’s period of mourning for earthquake victims
09/03/10 09:00 from University of Chicago News Office
People wishing to pay respects for victims of the recent earthquake in Chile may light candles at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel during Chile’s three-day period of national mourning for earthquake victims. The observance at Rockefeller will la..

» Graham School’s Axis Chicago highlights faculty expertise, strengthens University’s ties to city
08/03/10 09:00 from University of Chicago News Office
At the exhibition Telescopes: Through the Looking Glass, Adler Planetarium visitors can explore what today’s advanced telescopes can see and how that affects astronomers’ understanding of the universe. That theme will take an historical tur..

» Gimme Shelter: The Chicago Weekly's annual guide to Hyde Park housing
03/03/10 18:50 from The Chicago Weekly
Spring is in the air . Soon birds will be building their nests, couples will canoodle in newly-green parks, and students sick of their dorms or their roommates will begin the hunt for a new (or first!) apartment in Hyde Park. The world-wea..

» Big Trouble at Little Shimer: What's happening to Chicago's Great Books college?
03/03/10 18:40 from The Chicago Weekly
Last Sunday afternoon, most of Shimer College crowded into a small room to discuss the future of their school . The Assembly—a democratic body in which all students, faculty, staff, and trustees have equal votes—has traditionally been the ..

» Report from Obamaland: The President may not be here, but his presence remains
03/03/10 18:37 from The Chicago Weekly
Stately and elegant, red brick with white trim, partly obscured by a row of trees, the house has nothing to set it apart from the other homes on this affluent residential block of Kenwood . Except that it is protected. In the driveway ther..