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The Latest Breaking News from University of Chicago

Afternoon Edition: May 18, 2022

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Court Theatre to receive 2022 Regional Theatre Tony Award

The honor comes with a $25,000 grant for the Hyde Park theater company currently in the midst of its 67th season.

Chicago Sun-Times

A new generation of white supremacist killer: shedding blood with internet winks, memes and livestreams

ATLANTA — Bored during the early days of the pandemic, Payton Gendron logged on to the 4chan message board website to browse ironic memes and infographics that spread the idea that the white race is going extinct.

Los Angeles Times

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A history professor weighs in on the Buffalo attack and white supremacy

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Kathleen Belew, an assistant professor of history at the University of Chicago, on the threat of white supremacist movements in the U.S.

WEKU

‘We cannot live without love’: when Dr Love met Dr Loneliness

Stephanie and John Cacioppo were two neuroscientists specialising in love and loneliness. When they married, they put theory into practice. But when John died suddenly, would her science save her?

The Guardian - UK

Stupefyingly difficult U. of C. Scavenger Hunt marks 35 years with Olympic condoms, aerial pancake flipping and Rube Goldberg machines

CHICAGO — The 35th annual University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt — which is nominally a scavenger hunt but closer to a campus tradition wrapped inside a multigenerational class reunion bundled into an elaborate prank requiring the cooperation of hundreds of students, dozens of faculty, family, friends and government officials —…

Chicago Tribune

Meet The Man Whose Name Is Synonymous With Tornadoes

Tetsuya "Ted" Fujita, aka “Mr. Tornado,” created the scale for ranking the severest storms.

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Billionaire laments Chicago violence, donates $25 million to train leaders of police departments here and across country

Ken Griffin, founder of Citadel, and businessman Michael Sacks gave seed money for two academies at the University of Chicago to train police leaders and people who run violence interruption groups.

Chicago Sun-Times

Deep disparities in internet access found across Chicago in new analysis

Citywide, about 80% of households have internet access, but researchers with the University of Chicago’s Internet Equity Initiative said there is a nearly 40 percentage-point difference between certain neighborhoods.

Chicago Sun-Times

After another deadly weekend, Chicago’s top cop says violence is spreading to new areas as it declines in hardest-hit neighborhoods

At least two of the weekend’s 9 fatal shootings occurred downtown, which has seen a spike in gun violence this year, according to data supplied by Chicago police.

Chicago Sun-Times

6 people killed, man critically wounded in police-involved shooting, 37 others hurt in weekend shootings in Chicago

In one of the fatal attacks, two men were killed and two others were wounded in a drive-by shooting Saturday night in West Englewood on the South Side.

Chicago Sun-Times

CPD’s growing use of cameras that read license plates leads to worries about data misuse

“The numbers of licenses scanned demonstrates the broad reach to surveil and see where someone is,” a spokesman for the American Civil Liberties Union said about the 200 million plates logged last year. “It’s a lot of power.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Commentary: Homicides near universities are a crisis that needs immediate action and long-term solutions

On Nov. 9, University of Chicago graduate student Shaoxiong “Dennis” Zheng was fatally shot during a robbery that occurred near the campus. Just three weeks later, Temple University senior Samuel Collington suffered the same tragic fate just two blocks from campus. Days later, Columbia University graduate student Davide Giri was…

Chicago Tribune

U. of C. doctor: Calling low-grade prostate cancer by a less scary name would avoid needless surgeries

Dr. Scott Eggener of the University of Chicago is reviving a debate on how to explain this ‘least aggressive, wimpiest form of prostate cancer that is literally incapable of causing symptoms or spreading.’

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Rising COVID-19 cases prompt warnings for Illinoisans ‘to remain vigilant and remain up to date’ on vaccine shots

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 3,340 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, the highest daily count in two months and the latest red flag in the state’s three-week upswing in infections.

Chicago Sun-Times

State public health officials move away from ‘outdated’ COVID testing positivity rate in favor of hospital metrics

The change in coronavirus data reporting follows new guidelines set by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which place more emphasis on hospitalizations and case rates per 100,000 residents.

Benzinga

Hyzon Motors Appoints Samuel Chong As Finance Head

Hyzon Motors Inc (NASDAQ:HYZN) has appointed Samuel Chong as its Chief Financial Officer, effective April 12, 2022. Chong will succeed Mark Gordon, who has served as Hyzon's CFO since August 2020. Chong has served as the Treasurer and Head of Investor Relations at Fluence Energy Inc (NASDAQ:FLNC) and as Treasurer of Gogo Inc (NASDAQ:GOGO). He holds…

Chicago Sun-Times

Former President Barack Obama warns Chicago audience of ‘anger-based’ journalism and social media cashing in on conflict

The former president said he believes platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube “appear to have some insight into what’s more likely to prompt insurrectionists, white supremacists, misogynist behavior and internet bullying.”

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Chicago Tribune

A Chicago ER doctor wrote ‘Emergency’ about COVID’s first year — and the time his own hospital failed his mother

CHICAGO — Thomas Fisher figured he would end up in the very place he works, in the emergency room. Eventually, everyone passes through. Two springs ago, at the onset of the pandemic, he thought he might die of the thing he was treating in others. He updated his will, removed…

Inverse

Why Darwin-hating Christians are hunting for a “living dinosaur” in the Congo

Young Earth Creationists believe that man and dinosaur once walked the Earth together — and they are determined to prove it. In doing so, they hope to destroy Darwin's theory of evolution.

Chicago Sun-Times

Korngold Festival celebrates ‘forgotten’ composer’s Oscar-winning film work, ‘worthy’ opera

The festival’s centerpiece will be the semi-staged American debut of Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s opera “Die Kathrin,” featuring a 64-piece orchestra and 30-voice chorus.

The Hindu

Poverty rose but income inequality fell

There are signs that this pandemic has not followed the usual script — of the poor bearing the brunt of the pain

Chicago Tribune

Genetically altered skin grafts hold promise as addiction treatment, University of Chicago scientists say

CHICAGO — Scientists at the University of Chicago have come up with an intriguing potential treatment to combat cocaine and alcohol addictions — a skin graft genetically altered to release molecules that curb the craving for those substances.

Chicago Sun-Times

4 killed, 8 wounded in shootings in Chicago Tuesday

Two young teens were fatally shot, one in Bronzeville and the other near the University of Chicago campus.

Inverse

Weed won't prevent Covid-19, but scientists are finding surprising cannabis connections

Two recent studies suggest that compounds found in cannabis may play a key role in treating and preventing Covid-19, but regulatory restrictions hinder the research.

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