» University of Chicago surgeon pioneers closed-chest, totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass surgery
01/06/08 09:00 from University of Chicago News Office
Since July 2007, the University of Chicago Medical Center has taken coronary artery bypass to a whole new level. That's when Sudhir Srivastava, MD, a pioneer in the development of robotic heart surgery, left his practice in Odessa, Texas, t..

» Argonne supercomputer to simulate extreme physics of exploding stars
10/05/08 09:00 from University of Chicago News Office
Robert Fisher and Cal Jordan are among a team of scientists who will expend 22 million computational hours during the next year on one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, simulating an event that takes less than five seconds. Fis..

» Slow Food: An Italian movement for relaxed eating finds a mixed reception on college campuses
08/05/08 16:12 from The Chicago Weekly
On the evening of Monday, April 14, forty students crowded into the Resident Masters’ apartment at the University of Chicago’s Shoreland Hall dormitory . They were there for dinner and a discussion, both centered around the concept of ..

» Third World Press: Bennett Johnson publishes the books they don't want you to read
08/05/08 16:11 from The Chicago Weekly
Among the hundreds of organized manila folders stacked on every possible surface of his office, Bennett Johnson, II searches for something —an octopoid literary piece he found a few years ago, titled “Tentacles of Rage: The Republican ..

» The New Wave of Hyde Park Rock: Two scenes struggle to define the future of local music
08/05/08 16:08 from The Chicago Weekly
Standing in the audience on the University of Chicago’s Bartlett Quadrangle at last Saturday’s DKE Battle of the Bands, it seemed as though inoffensive is now the rule in Hyde Park music . Stumbling upon the scene, someone raised on th..

» Shock and Ambiguity: When attention-seeking art goes too far
08/05/08 16:06 from The Chicago Weekly
Take a moment and breathe in the pungent aromas of the season: blossoming flowers, strong fertilizer, wet grass. Springtime brings April showers, May flowers, and, all across the land, a whole lot of art. While spring is supposed to be a f..

» Black and Blue: Race and humor at the Hyde Park Arts Center
08/05/08 16:04 from The Chicago Weekly
“Disinhibition: Black Art and Blue Humor,” a new exhibition at the Hyde Park Art Center, is, as the title promises, without “inhibition” in its attempts to force the viewers to interact with difficult issues —specifically race an..

» Lone Wolf No More: Jason Anderson embraces the intimacy of music at South Union Arts
08/05/08 16:01 from The Chicago Weekly
“No matter how many people come to a show, the ultimate goal is to make that night sublime. Something unique, special, alive and wonderful,” gushes Jason Anderson. ”I am always just striving to create a magical experience, one whose ..

» Craigslist Quandaries: How modern convenience can turn subletting into a plain old chore
08/05/08 16:00 from The Chicago Weekly
I’d never used Craigslist before. Not for anything, not even for missed connections. But then I had to find shelter afar, and no resource was better suited to my task than the online juggernaut. Buying and selling on Craiglist: I have no..

» Bach's coffee
08/05/08 15:58 from The Chicago Weekly
In eighteenth-century Leipzig, a new temptation beckoned from the street corners—coffee. This new luxury inspired Johann Sebastian Bach to write a miniature comic opera known as the “Coffee Cantata.” Last year, a group of University ..

» Gloria in excelsis
08/05/08 15:57 from The Chicago Weekly
I have to admit, the setting was not as glamorous as I had pictured it. I was less than three feet away from Gloria Steinem, but despite the artful curve of Ratner Athletics Center’s side window I was still sitting on bleachers in a gym ..

» Changes to NSIT Email Servers
08/05/08 10:30 from NSIT Announcements
NSIT is replacing its old outbound mail server, smtp.uchicago.edu, with a newer authenticated server, authsmtp.uchicago.edu. You may need to update your email settings.

» Madeleine Albright to speak at Rockefeller Chapel 5 p.m., Tuesday
08/05/08 09:00 from University of Chicago News Office
Madeleine Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State, will join University leaders and Czech dignitaries on Tuesday, May 13 for a series of events at the University of Chicago, including a lecture at 5 p.m. in Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. Alb..

» Media Advisory: How Climate Change is Impacting Siberia; Effects on indigenous populations of Siberia to be considered
06/05/08 09:00 from University of Chicago News Office
Siberia, one of the coldest inhabited places on Earth, is being impacted by global warming. On May 10, scholars from around the world will gather at the University of Chicago to try to better understand the effects of global warming on the ..

» University of Chicago Graham School offers free summer classes in Arabic and Chinese to talented Chicago Public School students
02/05/08 09:00 from University of Chicago News Office
The Graham School at the University of Chicago is offering a new summer session in collaboration with the Chicago Public Schools called The University of Chicago Summer Language Institute in Arabic and Chinese for Chicago Public High School..

» Learn How to Create a Digital Portfolio at the Solution Center
01/05/08 11:30 from NSIT Announcements
On Friday, May 2, the Solution Center is hosting a presentation by Apple on how to create a digital portfolio using the Apple software programs iWeb and Pages.

» First Steps: A group of girls from the West Side step into a brighter future
30/04/08 21:40 from The Chicago Weekly
Shaquocora Henderson has big plans for her future . “I’m going to be the CEO of my own company,” the eighth grader says. “I’m not going to work for anybody.” When asked about future colleges, she says without hesitation, “It�..

» A Family Affair: Labor woes at the Friend Family Health Center
30/04/08 17:39 from The Chicago Weekly
The Friend Family Health Center treats over 5,000 patients every month . Located at the corner of 55th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue, its patients come from all over the South Side, and many are under- or uninsured. The University of Chi..

» Chic-A-Go-Go!: Chicago Cable Access's musical kid-friendly freak-out
30/04/08 17:38 from The Chicago Weekly
Chicagoland commuters know what it means to be “on the go.” With help from a little melody and a pair of headphones, the traditional stopping and starting of the daily commute on the CTA becomes a mobile stage onto which passengers sau..

» Generation Gap: A new production of an eta classic pits young against old
30/04/08 17:36 from The Chicago Weekly
eta Creative Arts Foundation’s new play opens on a scene of newlywed bliss, which quickly turns into an argument before marital harmony is restored and the couple rushes off stage to have sex . It is a scene repeated countless times in �..

» Black Is, Black Ain't: A new exhibit at the Renaissance Society explores blackness and transcending race
30/04/08 17:35 from The Chicago Weekly
Thomas Johnson sits in the gallery of the Renaissance Society in front of his work, “What a Black Man Feels Like, 2004,” reclining, yet severely attentive to the television screen playing the footage of his piece. Here, Johnson both ex..

» The End of the Pepperland: A storied apartment complex comes to an end
30/04/08 17:33 from The Chicago Weekly
Take a good, hard look . This summer will be your last chance to see the Pepperland before its doors close for renovation, marking, as one resident put it, “the end of an era.” The legendary twelve-unit apartment building faces an inte..

» The Science of Sex
30/04/08 17:31 from The Chicago Weekly
Sex sells, yes ? But what about a book on the woman who had an orgasm every time she brushed her teeth followed by a small epileptic seizure and believed that she was possessed, or on women who have nocturnal clitoral erections, or on the ..

» Hillraising in Indiana
30/04/08 17:30 from The Chicago Weekly
I am a minority on the University of Chicago campus . Not in the ways that the University characterizes me as one—Asian, bisexual, female—but as a Hillary Clinton supporter a stone’s throw from her opponent’s home. The walk to camp..

» Paleontologist to appear on PBS 'First Flower' documentary May 6
30/04/08 09:00 from University of Chicago News Office
University of Chicago paleontologist Sir Peter Crane is among the scientists featured in the 2007 NOVA documentary, "The First Flower," which PBS will rebroadcast at 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 6. "First Flower" recounts the scientific mystery behi..