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| URL : | http://uchiblogo.uchicago.edu/ | |
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| Filed Under: | United States / Chicago | |
| Posts on Regator: | 411 | |
| Posts / Week: | 2 | |
| Archived Since: | June 16, 2009 | |
Blog Post Archive
How science can help you make a better cup of coffee
Cell biologist Stephanie Levi's Night Labs series makes science accessible.
By Ruth E. Kott, AM'07
Molecular geneticist and cell biologist Stephanie Levi, PhD'09, wants people to understand what she does. To explain the Golgi apparatus,...Show More Summary
Reel volunteers
A night in the life of a Doc Films projectionist.
By Mitchell Kohles, '12
I remember watching Fight Club as a 16-year-old and first understanding how movies made it up onto the big screen. Or thinking I understood. It wasn’t until volunteering...Show More Summary
Beyond the climate debate
Doc Films screens Michael Nash’s internationally acclaimed documentary Climate Refugees.
By Mitchell Kohles, ’12
In October 2006 Michael Nash read a report by the UN that claimed that there were more refugees as a result of climate change than of political or religious conflict. Show More Summary
Hard hitting
Meet the UChicago doubles team who won back-to-back NCAA titles.
By Elizabeth Station
Kendra Higgins and Chrissy Hu fell short of winning their third consecutive NCAA doubles title this past spring. As consolation, Higgins took runner-up...Show More Summary
Alumna conjures up a magical Harry Potter finale
Ashley Demma, AB'11, shows off her knowledge of the wizarding world that rivals Hermione's.
By Christina Pillsbury, '13
One night when I was 16, my older sister was on her first date with her current boyfriend, and I was at the midnight release of the sixth Harry Potter book. Show More Summary
The art of cartooning
Dream up a story. Grab a marker and some index cards. And follow simple advice from Ivan Brunetti, AB’89, to create your own comic strip.
By Elizabeth Station
Comics artist and teacher Ivan Brunetti describes Cartooning: Philosophy and...Show More Summary
Parade of inclusiveness
Oversized crowds and outrageous conduct make for a gay day indeed.
By Mitchell Kohles, ’12
I was stuck between two girls dressed up as fairies, then in the process of applying even more glitter to their costumes, when a canon full of rainbow-colored confetti exploded to my left. Show More Summary
Crowds rain on my parade
An increase of attendance at Pride made navigating the parade route impossible.
By Christina Pillsbury, '12
I know a lot of UChicago students now break the stereotype that we're socially awkward, pale, reclusive human beings, but atShow More Summary
Under the dome
The Joe and Rika Mansueto Library, in blog form.
By Katherine Muhlenkamp and Benjamin Recchie, AB’03
You’ve probably read a lot lately about the University’s domed robo-library, but the odds are good that you haven't had a chance to tour it in person yet. Show More Summary
Beyond patients
While their children are treated at Comer Children's Hospital, some families go without food. Medical students established a program to help.
By Jason Kelly
Hospital food has a bad reputation, but it’s better than nothing—and that’s not just a figure of speech. Show More Summary
Welcome new alumni
Magazine photographer Dan Dry and Kyle Gorden, AB'00, share their pictures from the 507th Convocation festivities on campus last Saturday, June 11.
Hire the humanists
Seven alumni share tips for finding a job in a tough market.
By Elizabeth Station
Even before the economy tanked, humanities graduates had no predictable career path. At Alumni Weekend, the Master of Arts Program in the Humanities (MAPH)...Show More Summary
Enrico Fermi and the time capsule of doom
The cornerstone's contents revealed!
By Benjamin Recchie, AB'03
Last Thursday Dean of the Physical Sciences Robert Fefferman presided over the public opening of the time capsule that Enrico Fermi placed in the cornerstone of the Research Institutes building 62 years ago. Show More Summary
Alumni Weekend in review
Already ready to relive Alumni Weekend 2011? Check out photos posted to Facebook or view the photos submitted to our Flickr group in the embedded slideshow below.
Signal to noise
In defense of the cassette tape.
By Carrie Golus, AB'91, AM'93
Readers of a certain age, perhaps you, like me, still have a small selection of cassette tapes in your possession, which you hang onto for sentimental reasons. Mine are from...Show More Summary
Pierce II (and other phantom buildings)
Part six of our Paper Campus series.
By Benjamin Recchie, AB'03
Welcome to another installment of the Paper Campus, in which I dig into the University of Chicago Library's archives for designs of buildings that were rejected, modified, or otherwise never were. Show More Summary
Waiting for super-cops
In South Africa, public fear of violence feeds a popular obsession with crime.
By Elizabeth Station
“Our ideas about crime cannot be separated from our idea of truth,” anthropologist Jean Comaroff argued in this year's Ryerson Lecture. Show More Summary
Writing on the stall
A graffiti list of undergrad dreams.
By Carrie Golus, AB'91, AM'93
Unlike Quinn Dombrowski, AM’06, I am an amateur graffiti appreciator. I only occasionally read it. I never document it.
Until last week. I found the following “Before...Show More Summary
Daley show
Braced for more urban-policy fights, the former Chicago mayor begins a five-year Harris School appointment July 1.
By Jason Kelly
Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, whom President Zimmer introduced Tuesday as a new distinguished senior fellow at the Harris School of Public Policy Studies, will coordinate ten guest lectures about urban issues. Show More Summary
Maroon Lens: Ben Kolak
Maroon Lens is an occasional column about alumni filmmakers. In this installment, Ben Kolak, director of Schizcago, discusses experimental comedy, anarchy, and Valois.
By Ruth E. Kott, AM'07
Ben Kolak, AB'06, was one of three alumniShow More Summary