Genetic analysis reveals insights into genetics of OCD, Tourette’s

Posted On Tuesday, November 5, 2013 By . Under ILLINOIS  Tags: , , , ,   
Genetic analysis reveals insights into genetics of OCD, Tourette’s An international research consortium led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Chicago has revealed major differences between the genetic makeup of obsessive-compulsive disorder and Tourette’s syndrome, providing the first direct confirmation that both are highly heritable. Their report was published in the October issue of the ...

Facilities Services Installs New Signage for Easier Navigation

Posted On Monday, October 28, 2013 By . Under ILLINOIS  Tags: , , ,   
A new way-finding system for the University of Chicago campus is helping guide visitors who approach Hyde Park by vehicle, with additional help for pedestrians to navigate the campus grounds once they arrive. The changes include updated signs on roads and highways, clearly identified campus parking, new pedestrian maps at points ...

Ronald H. Coase, Founding Scholar in Law and Economics, 1910-2013

Posted On Thursday, September 5, 2013 By . Under ILLINOIS  Tags: , , , , ,   
Ronald H. Coase helped create the field of law and economics, through groundbreaking scholarship that earned him the 1991 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences and through his far-reaching influence as a journal editor. Coase, who spent most of his academic career at the University of Chicago Law School, died at ...

University of Chicago Library Enters Borrowing Agreement with Ivy League Schools

Posted On Wednesday, August 28, 2013 By . Under ILLINOIS  Tags: , , , , ,   
  University of Chicago faculty, students and staff will soon be able to borrow circulating materials from the libraries of Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, MIT, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, Yale, and the Center for Research Libraries as the University of Chicago Library joins the Borrow Direct partnership. The circulating collections ...

NORC president John Thompson to lead U.S. Census Bureau

Posted On Tuesday, August 6, 2013 By . Under ILLINOIS  Tags: , , , , ,   
John H. Thompson, president and CEO of NORC at the University of Chicago, has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the new director of the U.S. Census Bureau. President Barack Obama nominated Thompson in May for the position, which has been vacant since August 2012. “The Census Bureau is one ...

Inaugural Arthur L. Kelly Prizes Honor Faculty Members

Posted On Tuesday, July 30, 2013 By . Under ILLINOIS  Tags: , , , ,   
Professors Ka Yee Lee and John Frederick are the first recipients of the Arthur L. Kelly Prize for Exceptional Faculty Service in the Physical Sciences Division. The annual prize recognizes University of Chicago faculty members who have made outstanding contributions to the division in addition to their teaching and research. ...

Ancient Snowfall Likely Carved Martian Valleys

Posted On Friday, July 26, 2013 By . Under RHODE ISLAND  Tags: , , , , ,   
Researchers at Brown University have shown that some Martian valleys appear to have been caused by runoff from orographic precipitation — moisture carried part of the way up a mountain and deposited on the slopes. PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Valley networks branching across the Martian surface leave little doubt that water once flowed ...

Design for Major Residence Hall and Dining Commons to be Unveiled on July 23

Posted On Monday, July 22, 2013 By . Under ILLINOIS  Tags: , , ,   
The University of Chicago will unveil plans for a major new student residence hall and dining commons on Tuesday, July 23, in an event that will be webcast live to the UChicago community. The announcement webcast will begin at 1 p.m. on Tuesday. It will provide a chance for the UChicago ...

Ray LaHood joins UChicago Institute of Politics’ Board of Advisors

Posted On Monday, July 15, 2013 By . Under ILLINOIS  Tags: , , ,   
The University of Chicago Institute of Politics announced Tuesday that former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood will be joining the Institute's Board of Advisors. "With his long and distinguished career in public service, Secretary LaHood epitomizes a spirit of bipartisanship and ethics that undoubtedly will inspire our students," said David ...

Student Austin Hudson-Lapore reported missing

Posted On Sunday, June 16, 2013 By . Under ILLINOIS  Tags: , , , ,   
Austin Hudson-Lapore, a third-year student in the College at the University of Chicago, has been reported missing. He was last seen at his apartment, on the 5300 block of South Kimbark Ave., around 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 12. Austin is 20 years old, 5 feet 7 inches tall, approximately 120 ...

Multiple Research Teams Unable to Confirm High-Profile Alzheimer’s Study

Posted On Saturday, May 25, 2013 By . Under ILLINOIS  Tags: , , ,   
Multiple Research Teams Unable to Confirm High-Profile Alzheimer’s Study Teams of highly respected Alzheimer’s researchers failed to replicate what appeared to be breakthrough results for the treatment of this brain disease when they were published last year in the journal Science. Those results, presented online Feb. 9, 2012, suggested that the drug bexarotene (marketed as Targretin) could rapidly reverse the ...

The Strangely Familiar Browsing Habits of 14th-Century Readers

Posted On Friday, May 24, 2013 By . Under MASSACHUSETTS  Tags: , , , ,   
Today we constantly switch from one text to another: news, blogs, email, workplace documents and more. But a new book by an MIT professor reveals that this is not a new practice: In the 14th century, for instance, many people maintained eclectic reading habits, consuming diverse texts in daily life. Consider ...

Psychopaths Are Not Neurally Equipped To Have Concern For Others

Posted On Friday, April 26, 2013 By . Under ILLINOIS  Tags: , , ,   
Psychopaths Are Not Neurally Equipped To Have Concern For Others Prisoners who are psychopaths lack the basic neurophysiological “hardwiring” that enables them to care for others, according to a new study by neuroscientists at the University of Chicago and the University of New Mexico. “A marked lack of empathy is a hallmark characteristic of individuals with psychopathy,” said the lead author ...

UChicago Promise Eases Path to College

Posted On Wednesday, January 9, 2013 By . Under ILLINOIS  Tags: , , ,   
Office for Civic Engagement The University of Chicago today announced the launch of UChicago Promise, a multipronged initiative designed to help students throughout the City of Chicago gain admission to, pay for and thrive in college. The centerpiece of the initiative is a commitment from the University to eliminate loans from the financial aid packages ...

Career Treks With Partner Universities Bring Together Students And Employers

Posted On Tuesday, December 25, 2012 By . Under ILLINOIS  Tags: , , ,   
UChicago’s Office of Career Advancement, in a first-time partnership with Wake Forest and Stanford universities, is sending students over winter break to the San Francisco Bay Area, Washington, D.C. and Chicago to meet prospective employers and make vital career connections. Student treks to prospective employers are unique to the University of ...

Next Scientific Fashion Could Be Designer Nanocrystals

Posted On Monday, December 24, 2012 By . Under ILLINOIS  Tags: , , , , , ,   
Three University of Chicago chemistry professors hope that their separate research trajectories will converge to create a new way of assembling what they call “designer atoms” into materials with a broad array of potentially useful properties and functions. These “designer atoms” would be nanocrystals—crystalline arrays of atoms intended to be manipulated ...

Four on faculty elected fellows of American Association for the Advancement of Science

Posted On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 By . Under ILLINOIS  Tags: , , ,   
Four University of Chicago faculty members were elected as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the organization announced on Nov. 29. The UChicago fellows are: Anthony Kossiakoff, the Otho S.A. Sprague Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Institute for Biophysical Dynamics; Angela Olinto, Professor in ...

University Temporarily Closes Dining Commons Serving South Campus

Posted On Monday, December 3, 2012 By . Under ILLINOIS  Tags: , ,   
The University of Chicago on Thursday temporarily closed the dining commons serving the south part of campus, to ensure a comprehensive response to findings of a city inspection. Students and other members of the University community who use the affected Arley D. Cathey Dining Commons are advised to take advantage of ...
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