China holds U.S. geologist in secret location Nov 20, 2009
So two years after disappearing into custody, the University of Chicago-trained Xue (pronounced shway) remains held at an unknown location in Beijing, charged with stealing state secrets over the purchase of a commercial database on the oil industry ... "I have been writing letters to members of Congress, the Senate, the Bush administration, the Obama administration, at least two ambassadors in Beijing Huntsman and Randt trying hard over time to raise his case and make sure everyone was... (MSNBC -- International)
Ancient, boar-like crocodile among 3 new species found Nov 20, 2009
Paul Sereno (left) of the University of Chicago and Hans Larsson of McGill University in Montreal excavated the fossil skull of a 100-million-year-old BoarCroc in Niger ... The three species, along with new examples of two previously known ancient crocodiles, were detailed yesterday by researchers Paul Sereno of the University of Chicago and Hans Larsson of McGill University in Montreal. (Boston Globe)
The Parenting Place Nov 19, 2009
University of Chicago psychiatrist Dr. Sharon Hirsch said the public thinks of preschoolers as carefree. "They get to play. Why would they be depressed?" she said. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Lack of Sleep Linked to Heart Problems Nov 19, 2009
Researchers at the University of Chicago report in the Journal of the American Medical Association that can promote calcium buildup in the heart arteries, leading to the plaques that can then break apart and cause heart attacks and strokes ... The University of Chicago team documented for the first time exactly how much of a risk shortened shut-eye can be one hour less on average each night can increase coronary calcium by 16 ... "We were surprised by the findings," says Diane Lauderdale, a... (Time.com)
Lazard Chief Kenneth Jacobs Was Constant Amid 21 Years of Changes at Firm Nov 19, 2009
Jacobs graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in economics from the University of Chicago in 1980 and received his masters in business administration from in 1984. He sits on the board of trustees at the University of Chicago and the Brookings Institution. (Bloomberg)
Morphine may accelerate cancer growth Nov 19, 2009
"It's a surprising finding, really," said Patrick Singleton of the University of Chicago Medical Center, who presented findings from two studies at a cancer meeting in Boston. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Health)
Face Transplant Patient Can Smell, Taste, Breathe Normally Nov 19, 2009
Dr. Laurie Casas, a clinical associate professor of surgery at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, said much more needs to be learned before facial transplants become anything more than experimental ... SOURCES: Wayne Larrabee, Jr., M.D., clinical professor, head and neck surgery, University of Washington, Seattle; Laurie Casas, M.D., clinical associate professor of surgery, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago; November/December 2009, Archives of Facial... (MEDLINEplus)
Pain killers promote cancer growth Nov 19, 2009
"If confirmed clinically, this could change how we do surgical anesthesia for our cancer patients," said Dr Patrick A. Singleton, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Chicago Medical Center and principal author of both studies ... Moss''s palliative-care patients were taking methylnaltrexone (MNTX), developed in the 1980s for opiate-induced constipation by the late University of Chicago pharmacologist Leon Goldberg. (India Times, India)
Fact check: Guantanamo detainees and U.S. prisons Nov 19, 2009
University of Chicago economist Allen Sanderson said job creation numbers "tend to be gross overestimates.". "You should take them with more than one grain of salt although it's not recommended by a doctor," Sanderson joked. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
* DPP unhappy with Obama comments Nov 18, 2009
Lien and Obamas great uncle, Charles Payne, attended the University of Chicago together and have been good friends since. Obamas first words to Lien when they met at the summit were: I know you. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
Study: Sea stars bulk up to beat the heat Nov 18, 2009
The journal is published by The University of Chicago Press for the American Society of Naturalists. . (EurekAlert!)
Takeover battle: Shareholders often do not know whats best Nov 18, 2009
Im a majority-rules guy, said Steven N Kaplan, a finance professor at the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. The UK system is better. (India Times)
Cadbury? Just say 'cheese' Nov 18, 2009
I'm a majority-rules guy,'' said Steven Kaplan, a finance professor at the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. The UK system is better. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
When the budget director talks, people will listen Nov 18, 2009
Jon R. Gabel, a senior fellow at the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, said the budget office overestimated the cost of health reform on three occasions: in the 1980s, when Congress changed the way Medicare paid hospitals; in 1997, when Congress passed a balanced budget act; and in 2003, when Congress passed a Medicare prescription drug bill ... " It has since become a budget office tradition for the new director to be presented with a stuffed toy skunk; Elmendorf... (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
READ: Bernanke's speech Nov 17, 2009
The Youth Labor Market Problem: Its Nature, Causes, and Consequences (Chicago: National Bureau of Economic Research and University of Chicago Press), pp. 349-90; and Thomas A. Mroz and Timothy H. Savage (2006), ",". (USA Today -- Money)
CHICAGOLAND: Body of school board chief found in River... Nov 17, 2009
Michael Scott was to be honored tomorrow night at the University of Chicago for his committment to end the violence in Chicago Public Schools as Chicago's Guiding Light for the Life Directions (a not-for profit organization) Benefit (see www. lifedirections. (The Drudge Report)
Confucius in the eyes of Westerners Nov 14, 2009
"Although the bill was symbolic, it reflected the American politicians' respect to Chinese culture," said Guy Alitto, associate professor in the University of Chicago. According to the professor, some representatives including those who had always been against symbolic bills, voted for commemoration. (Xinhuanet, China)
'Her Work Is Changing the Future of Women's Health' Nov 14, 2009
She had previously been with the University of Chicago as the Helen Ross Professor in the School of Social Service Administration, the Institute of Mind and Biology and the Department of Comparative Human Development. In Chicago, Gehlert also served as associate director of the NIH-funded Institute for Translational Medicine and co-chaired its Community Translation Science Cluster. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
The New Vampire in Literature Nov 14, 2009
Cawelti, J. 1976, Notes towards a Typology of Literary Formulas in Adventure, Mystery and Romance: Formula Stories as Art and Popular Culture, University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London. Torrey, R. (online) 2009, http://ezinearticles. (Suite101.com)
Health Care Accounts For Eight Percent Of US Carbon Footprint, Calculation Finds Nov 14, 2009
Published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, University of Chicago researchers used expenditures from different parts of the health care sector to measure the industry's potential effect upon global warming through the release of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases ... Jeanette Chung, PhD, a Research Associate in the Section of Hospital Medicine at the University of Chicago and the study's lead author, said that she hoped the study would draw the attention of the health... (Science Daily)
Recommended: A Shadow Falls Nov 13, 2009
University of Chicago Press, 2009. by David P. Barash and Judith Eve Lipton. (Scientific American)
African countries urged to include cancer in health policy Nov 13, 2009
A professor of Medicine and Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Prof Olufumilayo Olapade, said Africa could follow the examples of the developed counties but was quick to add that Africa needed to go for home grown solutions and not to duplicate in its entirety, the solutions of other countries. Source:GNA. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Cross-donor system planned for region's kidney patients Nov 13, 2009
Even tough critics such as Dr. Lainie Friedman Ross, medical ethicist at the University of Chicago, agree that the paired-exchange system can be fair. Ross has faulted other approaches for discriminating against one group of patients in favor of another, but she said she's ''totally in favor" of Roth's system. The paired-exchange system comes 50 years after Dr. Joseph Murray carried out the nation's first kidney transplant at what is now Brigham and Women's Hospital, using a kidney taken from... (Yahoo News -- Organ Donation & Transplants)
Would you take a survey with your lunch? Nov 12, 2009
"She said the captain was getting an M.B.A. at the University of Chicago and was very interested in my survey.". CMU researchers constantly seek diversity among their participants. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Gertha L. Robbins Nov 12, 2009
After graduation from college and the end of World War II, she returned to Chicago, where she graduated from the University of Chicago with a master's of social work degree in 1947. She worked for various social service agencies in Chicago, and also taught school in the Chicago public school system. (St. Joseph Herald-Pallidium, MI)
EMBA program ranks 20th Nov 11, 2009
Northwestern University, the University of Chicago and the University of Pennsylvania Executive MBA programs held the top three spots in BusinessWeek s survey. Comments. (The Observer, IN)
US health care sector is a fairly green giant Nov 11, 2009
The University of Chicago analysis, based on federal data, takes into account emissions from the manufacture of goods used by the industry and the power needed to run hospitals and other health facilities ... "It was important to generate at least a first estimate of emissions," said lead author Jeanette Chung of University of Chicago's Department of Medicine. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Will: When it comes to fixing the climate, it's all alarmism, no action Nov 10, 2009
In their new book, "SuperFreakonomics," Steven D. Levitt, a University of Chicago economist, and Stephen J. Dubner, a journalist, worry about global warming but revive some inconvenient memories of 30 years ago. Then intelligent people agreed (see above) that global cooling threatened human survival. (The News-Press -- Opinion)
'Avoid intervention on local currencies' Nov 10, 2009
Indias ability to intervene and manage the exchange rate may be constrained due to domestic compulsions such as inflationary pressures and large government borrowings, the former IMF chief economist and professor of finance at the University of Chicago has suggested to government ministries and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). While inflationary pressures rule out unsterilized intervention and the expansion of the monetary base, large government borrowing needs will come in the way of... (India Times)
Alice Rossi, 87, noted sociologist, leading feminist Nov 10, 2009
She did research at Harvard University, the University of Chicago, and Johns Hopkins University before finally teaching full time at Goucher College. She joined the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1974 with her husband, Peter, a sociologist who also received a faculty appointment there. (Boston Globe)
With Jobs Scant, MBAs Consider Startups Nov 10, 2009
Attendance at the kickoff to the business plan competition at the University of Chicago () was also up about 25% from last year, says Ellen Rudnick, executive director and clinical professor at the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship at Booth. In the last year, 42% of MBA students at the Carnegie Mellon () took at least one class in entrepreneurship. (BusinessWeek)
Donald Baim, 60, heart surgeon, executive Nov 9, 2009
He earned his undergraduate degree in physics from the University of Chicago in 1971 and his medical degree from Yale in 1975. He trained in internal medicine and cardiology under Dr. John Simpson at Stanford University. (Boston Globe)
India May Lead G-20 in Fiscal Stimulus Exit as Singh Signals Withdrawal Nov 9, 2009
former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund and now a professor at the University of Chicago, said it was quite appropriate for the Indian government to think about winding down fiscal stimulus. I am not saying do it today, but do it over the next year and going forward, Rajan said in New Delhi yesterday. (Bloomberg -- UK)
Field of Dreams Nov 9, 2009
The conference dropped back to the Big Nine during the 1940s when the University of Chicago dropped out, but it returned to Big Ten status in 1950 when Michigan State was added to the league. But we're getting off track. (Indiana Sports -- Rivals.com)
* Internet debate over scrolls leads to arrest Nov 9, 2009
Golbs father is Norman Golb, a professor at the University of Chicago and a critic of claims that the Dead Sea Scrolls were the work of a sect called the Essenes, thought to have lived near the Qumran caves where the scrolls were found. Norman Golb has suggested that the scrolls were actually the product of several libraries in Jerusalem and were taken to the caves around the time the city fell to the Romans in the year 70. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
DePaul Sweeps Exhibition Doubleheader Nov 8, 2009
DePaul Men Demolish University of Chicago in Exhibition Tune-Up. CHICAGO From the opening tip, the Blue Demons came out on the attack. (BlueGoldNews.com)
* A White House chef who wears two hats Nov 8, 2009
He graduated with a history degree from the University of Chicago and honed his culinary skills at Avec, a Chicago restaurant, before becoming a private chef. In recent months, Kass has emerged as one of the most high-profile promoters of Michelle Obamas healthy living agenda. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Hobson Advises College Students About Good Financial Practices Nov 7, 2009
"Good Morning America's" financial contributor, went to the University of Chicago this week and took questions from students about, savings, and spending. She also gave them tips on how to develop good financial habits. (ABC News -- Business)
Local student take a step toward Presidential Leadership Nov 7, 2009
High school students often put off looking into college options until later than they should, so an important educational component of the week in Illinois was an exceptional University of Chicago campus orientation and college admissions presentation. Taylor returned to Malden with practical guidelines and strategies about how to choose the right school to achieve future success. (Malden Observer, MA)
Tackling "partial birth" abortion Nov 7, 2009
Clark also quotes Dr. Melissa Gilliam, who practices pediatric and adolescent gynecology at a University of Chicago hospital, and also performs abortions. "People obtain services for their reason," Gilliam said. (Salon)
Seniors can enjoy sex into their 80s Nov 7, 2009
During a survey, published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine, conducted by the University of Chicago, men and women ranging in the ages of 57 to 85 were asked questions regarding their sexual activity over the past year ... Edward Leumann, the lead author of the survey, a professor of sociology at the University of Chicago, stated Its not that when you are 80, its all over. (India Times, India)
Record numbers at undergraduate research symposium Nov 6, 2009
Washington University and the University of Chicago take turns hosting an undergraduate biology and psychology conference, as well as a physics and chemistry conference each year. About 90 students were in attendance, including five from Washington University, as well as faculty representatives from all 13 schools. (Washington University Student Life, MO)
FTC Red Flags Rules: How to create an identity theft prevention plan Nov 6, 2009
He holds a BS in Chemistry from the University of Chicago. Rate this Tip. (Search Security, MA)
CVS Caremark 3Q profit up but loses big contracts Nov 6, 2009
According to the Center for Research in Security Prices at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, CVS shares last fell 20 percent in one day on Oct. 30, 2001. CVS, based in Woonsocket, R.I., said Thursday that its third-quarter profit jumped 39 percent to $1. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
Being Bernard-Henri Levy Nov 6, 2009
And then, after bulldozing the villages to dust, he would rebuild them as low-rise condominiums modeled after graduate-student housing at the University of Chicago. Each cluster of buildings, he tells me, will have its own ice-skating rink, subterranean hydroponic ostrich farm, miniature Eiffel Tower (he is a Francophile, this neocon), interrogation facility, and Applebee s restaurant. (The American Conservative)
Francisco Ayala; Spanish novelist, sociologist, scholar spent years in exile Nov 5, 2009
In 1955, he began a 20-year stint in the United States, working at Princeton, Rutgers, New York University, Bryn Mawr College, the University of Chicago, and City University of New York. Many of his most outstanding books stem from the years he spent in exile, including Los Usurpadores ( The Usurpers ) of 1949, in which he examines the immorality of a person subjugating another to his will. (Boston Globe)
IWU drops to 44th on list of 50 best values in private liberal arts colleges Nov 5, 2009
Northwestern University in Evanston, University of Chicago and Bradley University in Peoria were private universities that made the list this year at 15th, 19th and 42nd respectively. Posted in , on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 6:10 pm. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Myelodysplastic Syndromes Nov 5, 2009
From the Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (A.T.); and the Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago (J.W.V.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Tefferi at the Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St. SW, Rochester, MN 55905, or at tefferi. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Phosphodiesterase Type 5 Inhibitors for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Nov 5, 2009
From the Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago (S.L.A.); and the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada (E.D.M.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Archer at the University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Ave. (MC6080), Chicago, IL 60637, or at sarcher@medicine. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Cut Out, Chemically Bombarded and Burned to Death; This Book Provides Oxygen to an Otherwise Airless Time Nov 5, 2009
All proceeds from this book will go to the Breast Cancer Center at the University of Chicago. A Random Interruption is enrolled in Xlibris' Bookstore Returnability Program, which gives booksellers the convenient option of returning excess stocks through Ingram Distribution. (Primezone Releases)
Panthers Face Wheaton Friday Before Taking On League Champion UIC Saturday Nov 5, 2009
This will be just the second meet of the season for the Thunder, as they dropped their opener, 168-37, to the University of Chicago. The Panthers hold a 14-5-1 lead in the all-time series with UIC, but have not fared very well recently. (Uwmpanthers.com)
Weekend Road Trip To Illinois Starts At Wheaton Friday For UWM Women Nov 5, 2009
This will be just the second meet of the season for the Thunder, as they dropped their opener, 105-100, to the University of Chicago. The Panthers hold a 14-4 lead in the all-time series with UIC and carry a 10-meet win streak into action Saturday, not having lost to the Flames since the 1998 season. (Uwmpanthers.com)
Dark Matter And Dark Energy Make Up 95 Percent Of Universe, Detailed Measurements Reveal Nov 4, 2009
"These new polarization measurements from QUaD are the most sensitive ever made," said Clem Pryke, QUaD team member and assistant professor at the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, located at the University of Chicago ... The principal members of the QUaD collaboration are the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology at Stanford University and the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics at the University of... (Science Daily)
The Parenting Place Nov 4, 2009
University of Chicago psychiatrist Dr. Sharon Hirsch said the public thinks of preschoolers as carefree. "They get to play. Why would they be depressed?" she said. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
The Office Mom Nov 3, 2009
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Lupus drug passes important second test Nov 3, 2009
"This is spectacular news for the worldwide lupus community," said Dr. Tammy O. Utset of the University of Chicago. "These trials demonstrate that SLE can be studied successfully in a clinical trial setting and should encourage further interest in drug development for lupus, an area of great unmet need.". (Honolulu Advertiser)
Afghan Challenger Drops Out of Election Nov 2, 2009
" by bubbadubba November 1, 2009 8:48 AM EST The oil companies paid him off to drop out. The oil companies want that pipeline.Get a clue world.I like President Obama but he also needs to get a clue as to why we really in Afghanistan and why so many bribed Republicans are demanding we stay there.OUT OF AFGHANISTAN NOW. by Joutue November 1, 2009 10:06 AM EST By jontue november 1,2009 8:41 Am My sentiments exactley, someone sure paid him off. It's been corruption since, day one of us involvements.... (CBS News -- World)
Human Genome, Glaxo lupus drug works in 2nd trial Nov 2, 2009
Tammy Utset, an associate professor of medicine at the University of Chicago, who was involved with the clinical studies said the results were "spectacular news" and should encourage further interest in drug development for lupus. The trial also measured patients who took a low dose of the drug. (AlertNet)
For MBA grads, its the worst hiring season ever Nov 2, 2009
That's five percentage points lower than the top-ranked University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Click for more from BusinessWeek. (MSNBC -- Business)
The Freakonomics duo tackles climate change -- and discovers the limits of cleverness Nov 1, 2009
A professor in the storied University of Chicago economics department, he has, despite doing the ostensibly oddball research Freakonomics describes, earned a reputation as one of the brightest economists of his generation ... That s just weather, says David Archer, a geophysical scientist at the University of Chicago. (Boston Globe)
Protein Critical For Insulin Secretion May Be Contributor To Diabetes Oct 31, 2009
Researchers Deborah Nelson and Louis Philipson of the University of Chicago, senior authors on the paper, argue that the finding may explain a portion of what goes wrong in Type 2 diabetes and could help doctors find rare patients whose diabetes has a previously-undetected genetic origin. "Chloride regulation is not really well understood, but it's at the heart of cystic fibrosis, and it is related to the regulation of how insulin gets made," said Philipson, professor of medicine and medical... (Science Daily)
DOJ Urges 7th Circuit to Shield Iranian Artifacts From Seizure by Terrorism Victims Oct 31, 2009
The court heard arguments on Oct. 26 in a case asking whether the Field Museum in Chicago and the University of Chicago must give up artifacts purportedly owned by Iran as compensation for victims of a terrorist bombing allegedly sponsored by Iran. The U.S. government as amicus curiae sided with Iran in an effort to overturn a trial court ruling backing the victims' efforts to seize the artifacts. (Law.com)
Q&A with Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts Oct 31, 2009
Tom Ricketts attended the University of Chicago in 1984, and that year lived with his brother Peter in an apartment at Addison and Sheffield, which, as all Cubs fans know, is near the right-field corner of Wrigley Field. That year, the Cubs won the National League East with a 96-65 record. (MLB.com -- Chi Cubs Cubs)
Food: Your best route to better health Oct 31, 2009
"This year's survey findings prove that Americans are demanding more from the food and beverages they consume to achieve ," says Amy Hess-Fischl, registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator at the University of Chicago. "As we see an influx of functional consumer products hit the grocery shelves, it's important to make sure consumers understand the benefits.". (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
Ricketts introduced as Cubs' owners Oct 31, 2009
Pete attended the University of Chicago in 1982 and lived near Wrigley Field. Tom joined him in Chicago, and they attended many games in the bleachers. (MLB.com -- Chi Cubs Cubs)
