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Hands-on experience wows kids at South Side Science Festival: ‘Exposure is everything’

The second annual University of Chicago event brought a new generation of potential researchers closer to science.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 30, 2023

Clearer college financial aid offers promised by hundreds of colleges, including some in Illinois

Northern Illinois, Chicago State and Northeastern Illinois commit to new standardized financial aid offers. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Northwestern, University of Chicago haven’t signed on.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 29, 2023

Sliman Bensmaia, rocker, University of Chicago researcher whose work helped restore touch to people with prosthetic limbs, dead at 49

He helped develop the first robotic prosthetic arm that gave realistic touch feedback, enabling a man, paralyzed from the chest down, to distinguish between touches on individual fingers and the palm of a robotic hand.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 1, 2023

‘Endless possibilities’: the chemists changing molecules atom by atom

A new method called ‘skeletal editing’ offers a hugely simplified way to alter matter, paving the way for world-changing innovations in personalised medicine and sustainable plastics

The Guardian - UK · Aug 5, 2023

Economics website is filled with racist and sexist speech, some blame top universities in cities like Chicago, Boston

New research indicates that users of the website Economics Job Market Rumors include individuals at top-tier colleges and universities, including Harvard, Stanford and the University of Chicago, and many others.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 21, 2023

Show of hands: The science of gesture

Author Susan Goldin-Meadow on unlocking the hidden meaning of our gestures

Salon · Jul 8, 2023

Editorial: Student loan freeze didn’t help borrowers shed debt

President Joe Biden is already scheming to get around last week’s Supreme Court ruling that invalidated his effort to unilaterally make billions in student loan debt disappear. If Plan B involves more executive branch legerdemain not authorized by the Constitution — the details remain murky — expect another legal challenge.

Tribune News Service · Jul 8, 2023

University of Chicago partners with Massachusetts firm to incubate startup companies in Hyde Park Labs

CHICAGO — Chicago’s life sciences industry is about to get another much-needed shot in the arm. The University of Chicago signed a partnership agreement with CIC, a Massachusetts-based operator of shared workspaces and labs, to incubate dozens of faculty-led startup companies within the university’s leased space in Hyde Park Labs,…

Chicago Tribune · Jul 7, 2023

Sociologist, former JNU professor Imtiaz Ahmad passes away

Renowned sociologist, author and former professor of Jawaharlal Nehru University Imtiaz Ahmad passed away on June 19.

The Hindu · Jun 19, 2023

U. of C. couple whose son died in crib accident have spent 25 years trying to prevent similar tragedies

Linda Ginzel and Boaz Keysar created Kids In Danger in 1998 just a few weeks after their son Danny’s death.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 7, 2023