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Racing to save ancient history, University of Chicago scientists work to preserve carvings in Egypt

For 100 years, U. of C. researchers have worked to record history at the temple complex of Medinet Habu. Now, they’re aiming to protect them from climate change and other ravages.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 5, 2024

Pope.L, world-renowned performance artist and teacher at University of Chicago, dies at 68

Pope.L called himself a “fisherman of social absurdity.” He once crawled along New York’s Broadway in a Superman costume and ate scraps of the Wall Street Journal while sitting on a toilet.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 3, 2024

Fermilab’s ‘muon shot’ could see suburban lab become site of revolutionary particle collider

An influential panel of the world’s top particle physicists is recommending exploring building the most powerful collider on Earth to help unwind the universe’s mysteries.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 15, 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

University of Chicago to settle student aid price-fixing lawsuit for $13.5 million

U. of C. is the first of 17 colleges — including Northwestern University, Notre Dame and Ivy League schools — to settle what’s been dubbed the “568 Cartel” class-action lawsuit.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 16, 2023

University of Chicago to pay $13.5m to settle ‘price-fixing cartel’ financial aid lawsuit

Top-ranked university is one of 17 elite colleges that are accused of restricting financial aid packages for students, lawsuit claims

The Guardian - US · Aug 16, 2023

Preckwinkle’s pick slated by Cook County Democratic Party to replace Kim Foxx

Clayton Harris III, a former prosecutor and political aide, joins former Illinois Appellate Court Justice Eileen O’Neill Burke in the March 2024 primary run for state’s attorney.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 15, 2023

Quantum quarterbacks: Pritzker’s a ‘geek’ for computing science that Emanuel calls ‘cutting edge of the next generation’

Leaving the science to the experts, the governor and former Chicago mayor concentrate on bringing attention and funds to support the experimental field of quantum computing, which has the potential for faster development of vaccines and unhackable computers.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 7, 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