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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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‘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

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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.

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Show of hands: The science of gesture

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

Salon

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.

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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

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

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.

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Robert J. Zimmer, who championed free speech as head of University of Chicago for 15 years, dies at 75

Mr. Zimmer led the university from 2006 to 2021.

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A quantum leap forward: University of Chicago gets $150 million from Google, IBM to build world’s most powerful supercomputer

The University of Chicago’s computing ambitions took a quantum leap forward Sunday with a commitment of $150 million in funding from IBM and Google to build the world’s most powerful computer.

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Half of Americans believe in God – the lowest number in history

Survey finds a record one-third of Americans never go to church amid declining church membership and belief in God

The Guardian - US

Democrats fight to expand a ‘broken and illegitimate’ supreme court

As the US’s highest court is pummeled by divisive rulings and ethical scandals, Democrats think they have a solution: add four seats to counter a rightward tilt

Inverse

Astronomers Use a Powerful Supernova to Potentially Solve a 60-Year-Old Question

The Hubble Constant guides the expansion of the universe, but we don't have a precise measurement of it — but a supernova may have paved the way to a solution.

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Obama shares words of advice with a new generation of community organizers

Barack Obama credits Lilydale First Baptist Church on the South Side — where he spoke with about 30 students — and its longtime pastor for helping him find his way.

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Oriental Institute takes a new name to reflect changing times

University of Chicago museum becomes the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa.

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As Chicago's most active voting precinct, Cook County inmates vote with help from jail and advocates

CHICAGO — Chicago’s most active voting precinct has an unlikely cornerstone. A big chunk of its voters don’t cast ballots at an elementary school gym or a library — they vote from jail.

Evening Standard

Meet Glaze, the tool that stops AI copying your art style

Glaze subtly changes an artist’s work to make AI see it completely differently

TechRadar

This free app stops AI stealing your art style

A University of Chicago research project could see artists take back ownership of their artwork.

Chicago Sun-Times

University of Chicago graduate student workers unionize

The vote to affiliate with the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America follows a similar move by graduate students at Northwestern University.

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New program helps those who help victims of trauma

A free Chicago Caregivers Program is launching at Malcolm X College this summer.

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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and wife to invest $250 million in new Chicago research lab

The lab will harness brain power from Northwestern University, the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

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